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Ministry of Communications Building
The face of Camilo Cienfuegos. It says, "Vas bien Fidel" (You're doing fine, Fidel).
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Plaza de la Revolution
Revolution Square. Osmin is telling us about the revolution and FIdel Castro. Revolution Square is used for large gatherings. It's…
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Beautiful church
We were surprised at how many times our guide told us that some people in Cuba are religious but a lot of Cubans aren't religious…
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Empty
I'm not sure if it was because it was before 10am but it was surprisingly empty.
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Paint
Osmin told us Cuba doesn't get a lot of paint imported. There was a lot of peeling paint but it just gave everything character.
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Old Havana
Sad we just drove down this street. it was really cool! I would have loved to walk it.
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Fieles a nuestra historia
True to our history. Instead of a lot of product advertisements there are billboards and signs with revolutionary propaganda. With…
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Hotel Saratoga
I like this picture of the hotel with the buggy in front. Even a dog, which I didn't see at the time. We didn't see many dogs.
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More cars!
They were everywhere. I never really tired of seeing them. It made the whole day feel like we went back in time, so did a lot of t…
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National Museum of Fine Arts
They had a lot of cool buildings.
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Cool
Even if they were for tourists, we still took a ton of pictures of the cars. Some were restored pretty nicely, some looked good fr…
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Classic Taxi
Our tour guide told us that the classic cars were for the tourists only. Not a lot of people owned classic cars, they own Russian…
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Granma Memorial
It's part of the Museum of the Revolution. It has the Granma inside. THe Granma is the boat that brought Fidel Castro and 81 other…
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Tank!
It's in front of the Museum of the Revolution. I just liked the tank seemingly in the middle of town.
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Museum of the Revolution
A lot of pictures from today are going to be taken from the bus. We covered a lot in 8 hours. We did get out a few times.
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Travelers
I was just amazed at all the people with suitcases. They must have come off of the other cruise ship. I was expecting more people…
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Best of Havana
We were on the "Best of Havana" tour. It was 8 hours long and covered our person-to-person requirements! Our guide was named Osmin…
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Welcome to Havana!
I waited for Bill downstairs by the buses. I was talking to an elderly woman while we both waited for our husbands. She told me sh…
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Money line
The next stop after passing the visa and health screen was the money line. They asked only one person per group stand in line for…
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In Havana!
To get off the ship we had to pre-buy a visa. We bought ours through the cruise line. As Americans We were required to do 8 hours…
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Tour time!
Once the ship stopped it was time to meet up with our tour. We had to meet in the theater and wait for our tour to leave.