Country Info
- Havana
- Capital
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Currency
- 11,184,023
- Population
- CU
- Country Code
Havana Slideshow
Havana
Travel Blogs from Havana, Cuba
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 ...
Where do I start?
... still taking it all in so I think I´ll leave description for another time. I´m hoping to use the computers at the Universtiy of Havana and then be able to attach my messages. It will be much cheaper that way. I will try keep up with this log instead ...
Cuba Libre?
... which require them to ask permission to travel within their own country and travelling abroad is almost impossible. The first few days in Havana were a total shock. The average person earns about $17 per month which is not enough to live on comfortably so ...
viva cuba libre
... to cuba samson was not shy in packing a box of cohibas (which i suspect are fake) as well a few bottles of 7 year old havana club in his bag. cuba was good. made better by some of the cool people that we met, made worse by the people who try to use u ...
Malecon and Central Havana
Andres and Mary took us everywhere. We walked for miles. We took as many photos as we could. Havana was a fascinating city, with contrasts everywhere. What struck me was that although most of the buildings in Central Havana were run down on the outside, ...
First steps
... rainy, I decided I should see as much outdoors as possible, and keep the museums for rainy days. So I headed east, towards Havana Vieja. Past the parque central, the museum of fine arts. The cafe Floridita, advertising its daikiris (so I guess ...
Havana
... . The next morning we paid the guy for washing our car again (???) then drove for three hours back to Havana airport. We got lost for the first time in Cuba as it took us more than half an hour to find our elusive airport terminal. If there is one ...
Back to Havana
... stay in Cuba has come to an end. And surprisingly things started to pick up towards the end of my stay in Cuba. Trinidad overall turned out to be a nice place and Havana really put a nice end to my stay here, so I can leave Cuba with a smile on my face ...
Casa Particular
... . Gretel and her husband are flight traffic controllers. But they have to stay at their parents house. Housing is for free in Cuba, provided by the state. But there is no additional available housing, so people have to live in famillies. There again, ...
Havana
Like stepping back into another lifetime - Cuba. Two currencies one for locals the Peso (CUP) and the other for tourists a Cuban convertible (CUC). They sell small birds in the airport and the streets they are in small cages! They do not have ...
Not just communism
... you go to Cuba, all you find is Communism and overworked women in the tobacco industry." To them I say "you uncultured bastards" Cuba is as rich as the next country. This island has amazing landscapes, wonderful people and a great culture. And the ...
Arrival in Cuba
... other people's luggage had been left in the rain. After a cursory early breakfast we went to the airport to await the flight to Havana. Check-in was relatively organized, but it quickly fell apart after that. I assumed we had to meet at the gate. Very ...
Kuba 09.04. - 23.04.
... aufregend alles) strömen die ersten kubanischen Sonnenstrahlen in unser im 8. Stock gelegenes Zimmer und ermöglicht den ersten Blick über Havana. Wow. Ich glaube wir standen erst einmal 10min am Fenster und haben nur geguckt. Eine andere (schöne) Welt ...
Randomly visiting
On the way back from my morning salsa class, I had decided to have a look a different stores and see how they worked, starting with the food supplies. I entered a panaderia, peering at the back room where workers were producing bread, and deciphering the ...
Revolution and Cuban Art
... period from 1959 to present days), including the attacks and embargo by the neighboring "empire" to the north, and the help that Cuba offered to many countries in the world. It was very interesting to see all these exhibits and pictures, after having read ...
Attacked By A Tree
... a lively city. We enjoyed some live music on the street and sat lapped up the atmosphere of being in Plaza Vieja, one of Havana’s many delightful squares. We then returned to our casa and called it a night ahead of a 04:00 taxi ride to ...
"It's like crazy-glue!"
With a slight Spanish accent: "Ooooh, it's SO HOT today! I’m so sticky... It’s like... it’s like CRAZY GLUE!" ...