Old Square (Plaza Vieja) Havana

I am glad I did this trip because it is said that after Fidel dies a lot of things will change in Cuba! Things indeed started changing nowadays (just came across this article the day I was finalising this entry in my travel blog - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-a merica-21008571 ) and perhaps I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the "old …

... used cruise terminal. Most cruise lines in this part of the world are American owned and they are not allowed to put into Havana (Cuba) - the embargo again. As we walk along the seafront there is a long stretch of seawater against the harbour wall which ...

I love signs and so have to include a sampling of signs that caught my eye, many along the roadways were political; some walls and fences were painted with what looked like graffiti to me and I did not expect to see that;  some advertising signs, ...

... tour from our hotel into Havana to see some of the Cuban history and culture.  Tour included the Old Square, Arms Square, Cathedral Square, San Francisco de Asis Square, museum "Palacio de los Capitaines Generales", Ambos Mundos Hotel, La Bodeguita ...