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Nov 18, Arriving Havana
Nov 19, Havana
Nov 20, More Havana
Nov 21, Vinales
Nov 22, Bay of Pigs
Nov 23, Cienfuegos
Nov 24, Trinidad Amigo Anconat
Nov 25, Santa Clara & Varadero
Nov 26, Varadero
Nov 27, Varadero
Nov 28, Varadero
Nov 29, Havana & Oslo
Nov 30, Back to Norway
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Visiting a dull, drab and un-maintained
Havana, day 2.
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Nadja from Bellarus is
contemplating her trip while waiting for departure.
This is the moat at the castle protecting Havana. |
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The entrance to the
castle. Our group. |
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Gun emplacement
overlooking the harbor. A local coast guard ship
arriving. |
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Our group are taking
photos. Thousands of them. Details of the coast guard ship.
The green shirts are the shirts of our group, Come and Dance, Cuba 2015.
The skyline of Havana. |
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The Cuban flag over the
castle. Same colors as the Norwegian, American, English, French and Thai
flags, red, white and blue.
A lone modern gun on display. |
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One of the courtyards.
Overlooking the Havana harbour. |
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Filthy, polluting smoke
in the background. Nice corner view.
Walking back. |
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Diplomas for the world
longest cigar, 8 meters long.
Here is the cigar itself. |
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Details of cigar
making. The old man doing his craft.
The orchestra outside, entertaining tourists. The music can be heard
here. |
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Martin and Roy at a
dinner table. Vibeke and Nadja in the evening. |
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Martin is taking
photos. Martin with Vibeke coming out of the
bar. |
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Old cars are
omnipresent in Havana. Nadja and Martin on the
rocks. |
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Departing the castle.
Outside one of these lone, more modernistic guns. |
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The typical derelict
buildings of commie Cuba. No owners, no maintenance.
A more modern apartment block that may work. |
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Another modern block of
flat. A majestic building lacking maintenance
for years. |
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Typical delapidated,
old nice builing falling apart. Martin and Roy
at the lunch table. Great lunch and many laughs. |
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Fancy mural in the
streets. Made of cardboard boxes. The
underground water supply from olden days. |
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Hard bargain girl in
the shop Walking back to our bUses. |
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Havana Club rhum
destillery.
The entrance hall of the mUseam.
An old still. Martin had one as a student.
Mural depicting the rhum making. |
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A toy train setup
showing how the production was done. The produce
of Havana in the form of Rhum. |
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Details of the still.
Nadja with our tour guide in the Background. |
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Second day
conclusion:
Havana is not a place to visit. No shops to talk about. The prices are high
and it is a torn down country after 66 years of commie neglect. There are
other countries that offers the same like Vietnam and Thailand at a much
lower price and far more freedom. Cuba is NOT recommended as a
tourist resort or object.
The next day, Saturday November 21st, it was time
to relax without any tours and then depart to Varadero. The commie boss Raol
Castro need the hotel in a hurry. Planning ahead is not for them.
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