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- Havana
- Capital
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Currency
- 11,184,023
- Population
- CU
- Country Code
Havana Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Havana, Cuba
Havana
... going to be appetising and we were extra glad of the snacks we'd brought from civilisation. I'll say very little else about Havana. Its a place I could take or leave although if you're heading there I would't spend more than 3 or 4 nights there. ...
Havanna
Eigentlich wollten wir erst spaeter nach Kuba, aber dank Schweinegrippe haben wir uns dann doch gegen den Weg ueber die USA und Mexiko entschieden. Und so landen wir am 29. April nach direktem Flug von London aus in Havanna. Schon die Vorbereitungen fuer ...
Hasta la victoria siempre
... being affordable foir everyone. One of the highlights of the trip was definitly the visits to the Casa de la Musica in Havana and Trinidad, to where we continued our trip. It is usually a venue where local sala artists play and especially the Trinidad ...
El mooono loooco semiintel·lectualoïde...
... Atlàntic, i la prostitució emergent dels anys 90 que tan famós va fer el Malecón(passeig marítim) de L'Havana. Jo vaig fer cap a Cuba per a trobar respostes...som-hi doncs! Cuba és el país que representa la definitiva caiguda de l'imperi colonial ...
Return to Havana
... , and wrote a letter to the nation via the national paper... boooorringg!!! Seeing as we were in Cuba and seeing as we were in Havana... had to smoke a cigar!!! What a howl.... we bought some cigars... won't say how or ...
Feb 08, 2013
03/08/07
... ir atrás da Plaza de la Revolución, depois de uma pequena confusão no caminho, passamos em frente à Universidade de Havana . Lá conhecemos o Alejandro e o Xander. Dois cubanos estudantes de história que nos convidaram para conhecer a Havana deles. ...
Stuck! Unable to get money or food.
This entry is only going to be short, just for a quick update until i get more money for internet. We arrived in Havana, Cuba just after midnight in the early hours of the 3rd January with no where to stay. In broken Espanol and English we ...
Finally in Havana
... a trek in from there and yes things are very run down. Absolutely no danger of a traffic jam. We`re staying in Old Havana for a few days. Interesting in it`s faded grandeur, but a lot of the old buildings look unsalvageable, especially on the seafront, ...
Drivin' Along In My Automobile
Havana, Cuba, 14th July - 21st July, 2007 I arrived in Havana late on Saturday afternoon in the middle of a fairly biblical rainstorm (although I understand you folks back in Blighty know all about that at the moment), so I didn't see much as my taxi ...
Charles' Travel Blog of Cuba
... carried my bag along with hers, which I thought was kind...I never did see my leftover bag again... Day 2, Vedado, Havana, Cuba A crowing rooster wakes me. My room faces east and the sun is peaking over the high-rise apartments ...
Daylight robbery and night-time creativity
... gets too windy in the afternoon and I have to move inside, but still, with the kitchen door open I can see, smell and hear Havana, feel its enigmatic spirit keeping me sweet company. Many days are started with a little yoga session in the sun, or a jog ...
Music in the air
I had an amazing time at the beach on Sunday, it was almost surreal. When we got to Playa Santa Maria, we noticed a lot of skydivers, hanggliders, and wind surfers, it was pretty cool and very colourful. The waves were huge that day (don´t worry, we ...
Habana
... my Canadian Baseball cap so it cannot be held against us LOL. This is not something I would do in New York City. Es Cuba!! Feb 22 I spent my last day wondering around Habana towards La Vieja and discovered the major shopping streets. I almost bought a ...
havana ist anders
... decke tropfte und der yak hob ab.die vormals fröhlichen kubanerinnen verstummten angesichts der kommenden situation. denn: fliegen nach havana ist eins, einreisen das andere. das procedere erinnerte an inspektionen im dienst. habe ich alles oder nicht. ...
Viva Cuba
... . We flew into Havana around lunchtime and took a taxi from the airport to our casa particular in Old Havana. Casa Particulars are common in Cuba and it is where you stay in someone´s house rather than a hotel. Old Havana Old Havana is one ...
Burning candle from both ends but rolling car
... and hands filled with gravel – in LOVE with this part of Cuban culture. There’s another totally different part of Cuba, which has nothing to do with culture, more of practicalities and availability, which has me scratching my now sea-salted ...
Your Man in Havana
... seen in the last week or so: 1895: War of Independance - Spanish rule ends, but US begin plans to 'Americanize' Cuba Early 1900's: Havana prospers due to huge sugar crops, and US tourism (largely due to Prohibition in USA) 1934: President Batista ...
Havana Club
... hanging on the street, 1950s fiats and chevvys, music being played and sung on every corner. We spent our days in havana learning discovering the black market local currency as opposed to the foreign currency (25 to 1.. think about which currency you ...
Cuba highlights
... even scrunching their face. Its amazing. It took samson and I a bit to get used to the gulping of rum, but a few bottles of Havana Club reserve later, we were hooked. (Also local litres of rum cost like 1 dollar a bottle, cigars like 5 cents) 3. Cubans ...
05/08/2007
... , então fomos ao museu de la revolución . Bem interessante, mas puxando a sardinha para o lado de Cuba, afinal de contas estamos em Havana e não em Washington. Mas vimos também que antes do Fidel se tornar esse ditador antiquado que é hoje, ...
Viva Fidel!
Virgin is such a good airline, watched the Chronicles of Narnia and was well fed and watered throughout. Got my passport stamped in Havana even though the customs guy really didnt think it was a good idea. Had to be done though. Took us about ...
Cuba!!
... of this. But, also things conspired against us..like the place where I set off to to listen to some music in Havana was closed. I´m kicking myself that I didn´t get to enjoy more music and dancing! And then there was nothing on on ...
¡Cuba Libre!
... the Casa de la Musica (House of Music). He was the salsa instructor there and said to be one of the best dancers in Cuba (best salsa dancer in Havana 3 times running I later found out). The dude could move and I was so nervous! So there I was, ...
Sightseeing In The City
... , another fallen hero of the Revolution. Thoroughly tired from a long day we returned to our casa, collecting a bottle of the Havana Club Especiale rum to sample for the night. We sat around the casa enjoying the drink for a couple of hours, ...
Leaving Cuba
... . There is a limit to the town centers and revolutionary squares you see. Some bits were more interesting than others. Trinidad de Cuba is on the south coast in sugar cane country. As such it has a stronger African influence than others. We went to ...
Lost in Translation
... an area of the city called Vedado for our first couple of nights and would decide from there whether to travel around for a while in Cuba or hang out in Havana for a few days. It was a bit of a culture shock when we pulled up at our casa...it was a small ...
HAVANA - THE CITY OF CONTRASTS
A TRIP TO HAVANA CUBA In a week's time we are flying to Havana - we badly need to relax and this year we really want to swim in the exotic beaches of VARADERO. I have decided not to go with a group this year, but be on our own and ...
Hussle and hassle in Havana
We learned very quickly that Havana is certainly not a city to relax in. After recovering from our long journey, we ventured out into the streets and were immediately descended on by scam artists wanting to extract every dollar we had. The hotel we ...