Casa Felina Havana

Calle 202 No. 29304 entre 293 y 295, Reparto Calixto Sanchez Boyeros Havana, Cuba

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Cigars, music & rum

A travel blog entry by carofree

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... of which are being renovated and some of which have scaffolding round them which has been there so long there are vines and trees growing up and round it. Some of which look like there about to fall down and look uninhabitable but then you see the washing hanging out of windows so you know people are living in them. The old cars are indeed old, some look great others I don't fancy going in, but then the taxis (old Ladas) don't look too healthy either but we've ...

Getting Acquainted with Havana

A travel blog entry by roadscholarorg

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... integral part of the family, expected to care for young children. I observed many doting grandparents shepherding their charges to school both in Cienfuegos and Havana.


Our next visit was to the Sephardic Synagogue in Havana. We dropped off more medical supplies and discussed the history of the relationship between the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews in Cuba. The Cuban Jewish community in Havana is much larger than other cities in Cuba (about 900), and the synagogue was ...

Our man in Havana

A travel blog entry by carlier

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... in Brazil a few weeks back informing us that JC & Jean (Tim’s folks) were coming out to meet us in June and selecting from the 'meet up’ options we had thrown at them they had already booked a trip to Cuba. After a quick dash across Venezuela to Caracas and three hours of Cubana airlines crossing the entire Caribbean from south to north we arrived at Havana airport to spend an age convincing Cuban customs Tim’s basic pocket Radio was not part ...

May Day Marches and men on masts

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

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... s way when the rest of us were trying to get photos. It was difficult to get an image without having them in it - but when the performers produced a velvet bag that they waved at people for a few coins, the women were suddenly not interested and disappeared quickly. They really didn’t look hard up, so perhaps they objected to giving handouts and thought the troubadours should really get a proper job.

Thirsty again we sat down for some drinks outside a ...

I mutilate my feet in Old Havana

A travel blog entry by starlagurl

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... back to find some eager beer drinkers angling for my place, trying to figure out who left half a pint of beer on the table...

"Um, I was sitting here, thanks..." and they meekly walked away.

Nothing too exciting happened except that I kind of bluffed my way into the rooftop pool at Hotel Saratoga, one of the swankiest places in Havana.

At the door, I told ...