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