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We were to spend ten days, but left this huge city after two. The monument to the revolution was neat, clean and our cabbie boasted of it's importance. Old Havana is slowly being revitilized, and pedestrian only areas show marked improvements.
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Sadly, the majority of Havana is still crumbling, and luckily, you can't smell, or see, the heavy pollution.
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No trip for us is complete until Mark finds the waterfront, but no sailboats. Another area of old Havana under renovation, with the price of goods offered in the shops reflect the affluence. Nothing "cheap" here!
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More renovations, and inside the modern facade is an old Spanish church.
Another traveller taking photos
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We stayed at "Casa Park" with our Cuban hostess Celia, who was wonderful. Our stay cost thirty five pesos a night, and ten pesos for breakfast each morning. Her home is directly across from the "John Lennon Park". We had decided to stay at a private home instead of a hotel, believing this was the best way to explore the Cuban culture. Celia spoke excellent English.
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These pictures are taken from the taxi as we headed to the airport. We decided to leave due to the crowds, the noise, the prices, the hustlers and the continuous expense. Cuba is not the cheap holiday written about in the travel books. And finding bread and eggs and milk was impossible. The cemetery was huge and behind iron fences that ran for blocks.
Easist way to weave through the traffic
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It's a long taxi ride to the airport and I just kept clicking away on the camera. There are modern cars,
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happy farm workers and billboards to remind you how wonderful Fidel is
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I caught this billboard wondering why no Revolutionary slogan is on it and of course, there are a lot of these old cars everywhere.
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More information about the revolution and we did see many royal palms, the national tree of Cuba
adios Havana