Vedado Havana

... built anything in Havana in those decades). Its a bit out the way but metered cabs in Havana are pretty cheap.  I could wax on about how great Havana is  - I wish we had longer there - but so much is written about it already. I also think the photos (mine are nowhere near any good) of the place can tell you a lot. Its like taking a spanish city and then stopping the clock for fifty years on any sort of commercial activity. Whats great about it is that there are ...

... stops en om ongeveer 13:00 pm aangekomen op het Viazul busstation in Havana. Tesamen met een belg en twee finnen een taxi genomen naar het centrum. Bij het Victoria hotel aangekomen bleek deze alleen nog kamers te hebben voor 80 cuc of meer en via een medewerker van het hotel bij een casa terechtgekomen. De casa kost weliswaar 30 cuc maar ligt op slecht 15 minuten loopafstand van het oude centrum en ziet er netjes uit. Aangezien ik ...

... de ces possessions materielles dont ils manquent si cruellement, faisant partie de ces Cubains sans acces au dollar (= sans famille a Miami et ne travaillant pas dans le tourisme). Mais je ne vois aucune raison pour qu'ils aient pas le droit de sortir de chez eux. Je vois aucune raison pour que s'ils veulent me voir, bah faut qu'ils attendent que je vienne. Vu qu'ils sont lentement en train de reunir des papiers pour émigre aux US (un relicat de l ...

... bench that had only enough room for 1.5 persons and she said "Relax, you're in Cuba, there's nothing to worry about". The rest of the ride was kind of a blur, mostly caused by the brain stem injury produced by a three-wheeled bike bouncing over cobblestones hundreds of years old. Holy **** did this guy work, considering the town was built on a mountainside! He was grinding away on those bike pedals, with the chain audibly crying out in pain. And every ...

... wardens' in blue uniforms plus another team of beige dressed 'security wardens' (both my terminology) everywhere, we had seen only a few police and even army personnel on the streets. There tended to be police cars at the main town locations. In the evening we weren't particularly hungry, possibly caused by last night's blow out, so we went for a walk to Ambos Mundos. I chose the 'Ambos Special Hamburger', which was pretty good and almost up to 'Wendy's' standard, whilst ...

... talk openly about myself and my opinions, usually getting inreturn that people tell me about their life as well. Not this time. They are very nice, but there is a problem. In a way I think I should get out of there,and at the same time I can see from inside a family of average,middle class cubans. I guess I will stay a bit more. TV There are lot of classe on Cuban TV, teaching many subjects at different levels. The news I have seen from the rest ofthe world, usually taken from ...

... uma Plaza, fomos à outra, a das armas. Nela há uma grande feira de livros e a grande maioria sobre Che, Fidel e a revolução de 59. Demos uma volta e entramos no palácio de los capitanes generales. Lá dentro, conseguimos um acesso a uma área "proibida" , mas claro que isso teve um preço. Ao sairmos, a mulher que nos deixou entrar pede: "¿Não tem nada pra me ajudar com meus filhos?" e lá se vai ...

... met Che Guevara and organised the guerrillas that were to be more successful from late 1956 onwards, I think they could have twisted the reason behind this initial failure into something even more flattering. Perhaps &#8220;this small defeat was completely necessary in order to go on and fulfil their destiny&#8221; would do the trick. <br><br>The picture of life under the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was illustrated in the bleakest way possible, with much ...