January 1, 2012 @ Havana, Cuba


View from our hotel room

Lots of oldies cars waiting outside the hotel

Hotel Nacional de Cuba

Entrance to the hotel

Hotel lobby

Old historic building

Monumento al *Maine*

Monumento al *Maine*

Statue Jose Marti

Look to the right

Plaza de la Dignidad

Malecon

El Monte de las Banderas

So colorful

138 banderas cubana

Kitty & I

This angle is much better

Old but detail oriented builing

A Cuban institution with people waiting up to an hour to get a seat

Peso-paying sections cost 1 peso per scoop (24 Peso = 1 USD)

Tryp Habana Libre Hotel, ex-Hilton

Coppelia Ice Cream parlour

Not quiet working

Ministerio de Comunicaciones

iconic image of Che Guevara adorning the Ministry of the Interior

Me @ Plaza de la Revolucion

Havana*s largest plaza

A statue and monument of Jose Marti

18m tell marble statue of national hero Jose Marti

Car @ Cuba

Terminal Interprovincial de Autobuses de la Habana

Bus in Cuba

Art @ Terminal Interprovincial de Autobuses de la Habana

San Francisco de asis Church and Convent

Plaza de San Francisco

Statue outside San Francisco de asis Church

Building in restoration

La Taberna de la Muralla

Havana*s only brewpub

Cheers to Cuba!

Good presentation of skewer

Lunch special - fish

This pork chop tastes amazing, it is huge and only 5 CUC

Iberia & Air France utensil

Kitty

Outdoor square seats

Plaza Vieja is a wunderfully square renovated with the help of the UNESCO

Lot of people waiting as usual

Plaza de San Francisco

Terminal Sierra Maestra San Francisco

Cabana

Love this bright yellow car

No photo allowed

Interesting cathedral across the ferry terminal

Terminal de Ferris

Ferry to Lanchita de Casablanca

Standing only

Bahia de la Habana

Casablanca

Quite a few shipyards

Take

And review

Casa Blanca train station

Already very stylish at young age

Me taking a photo of El Cristo de la Habana

Habana skyline

The statue is about 20 meters high including a 3-meter base

Bahia de la Habana

Sunset @ Habana

Gulf of Mexico

Vedado

Malecon from Castillo de Los Tre Reyes del Morro

Monumento a Maximo Gomez & Palacio Presidencial

Castillo de Los Tre Reyes del Morro

Canal de Entrada

The cannons are aiming at the Malecon?

Sunset @ Malecon

Entrance to Castillo de Los Tre Reyes del Morro

Handsome castle built into the rocky palsades of Punta Barlovento

Lighthouse @ Castillo de Los Tre Reyes del Morro

Sunset @ Malecon

Sunset @ Malecon

Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabana

Cannon firing ceremony every night which announces the closing of the city gates

It is the largest fort in the Americas stretching 700 meters in length

The fortess contains various meseums and restaurants

We found the upstair restaurant which we randomly crashed into last night

Lobster set dinner for 10CUC

Shrimps tasted excellent

Andrea, Michelle, Kitty, Me & Kenneth

He was grapping customers on the street now he is the chef

Private upstair restaurant

Obispo

Looked bored

Elevator @ Hotel Ambos Mundos

Kitty taking a picture of me taking photo

El Floridita

Another stop on the Hemingway booze tour

Well known for its daiquir*s


Cabana


Canal de Entrada


Canal de Entrada


Malecon