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Cuba 2019

May 20 - June 4, 2019

The equivalent of the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles located in front of Hotel Nacional

Sierra Maestra edificio A, now taken over by corporación CIMEX.

Sierra Maestra edificio B is now edificio Riomar №40.

The building is falling apart but some apartments are still occupied. It is a post war zombie movie sight.

Damian Menendez invited us in his house to meet his wife and share for dinner his catch. The day is young, hopefully there will be more fish to bring home.

Movie theater Yara oposite heladería Coppelia

Hotel Focsa, I played every day here while living in Hotel Lincoln in 1972.

Hotel Nacional

Hotel Nacional

This is the terrace in my home in Nautico 1973-1975.

We were greeted with the mandatory coffee for Cuba coffee. It is morning, the sun is still not hitting this side.

The window in my room

Now here lives Maria Antonia Miclin Durand.

She is an exceptional woman.

We became close friends, exchange mails everyday since I came back. Here I am with permanent damage on my retina from the sun :)

Maria Antonia has an shrine to a deity protecting the ocean. Since my mom was about to be released in the water we asked the angel if this is what she wants.

The question if my mom wants to be in the ocean received 4 bocas arriba (not depicted in the photo), which is the strongest positive answer.

On the terrace in my home in Nautico 1972

La ceniza de mi mamá

Escoltando la ceniza de mi mamá

Flores 1977-1980

Flores 1977-1980

This is how mangoes hang from trees.

El Malecon

El Malecon

El Malecon

Heladería Coppelia (now in reconstruction)

Heladería Coppelia (now in reconstruction)

Heladería Coppelia (now in reconstruction)

El Capitolio

Hotel Lincoln - lived here for 6 months in 1972

Hotel Lincoln - lived here for 6 months in 1972

Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabaña

Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabaña

Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabaña

Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabaña

Che signature

El Cristo de La Havana

El Cristo de La Havana

Durian Belanda (Soursop)

Red bananas

The Riviera, we lived here in 1971

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón

Noni fruit

Castillo de la Real Fuenza

Art with ron planchao Silver Dry and sustained by fishing cord bread roll.

La Giraldilla de Cuba

La ceniza de mi mamá

This is how you drink ron on the Malecon. The bottle is not water.

Jaimanitas

Jaimanitas

Jaimanitas

Jaimanitas

Jaimanitas

Jaimanitas

What are the chances that the only two men on the beach are called Juri. Our Cuban friend is named after Juri Gagarin.

Marina Hemingway

Marina Hemingway

Marina Hemingway

Club Nautico Internacional Hemingway de Cuba

Parque Lenin

Parque Lenin

Parque Lenin

Palacio Central de Pioneros Ernesto Che Guevara en Parque Lenin

I thought the last three letters of Lenin are fallen. This turn to be Che signature.

Palacio Central de Pioneros Ernesto Che Guevara ~ Che Guevara Central Pioneer Palace

You can see through the hole in the back the monument of José Martí.

La directora del Palacio Central de Pioneros Ernesto Che Guevara Nuria Barbosa León explaining the idea of the monument.

Playa Guanabo

Playa Guanabo

This is how you dry pants in the wind. They stand on their own.

Playa Guanabo

Barrio China ~ Chinatown

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

The castle is falling apart.

Glorieta Mudéjar. The embankment is submurging.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Glorieta Mudéjar.

Túnel de Quinta Avenida

Verónica, José y Alden - lunch in casa Vero fo the special ocasion, my mom's voyage.

El Malecon

Street signs are used to prop the balconies.

Meladia

"No hay ron" No se despacha 5 pesos de ron, Ron a granel, Botella 750 ml 20.00, Caneca 375 ml 10.00

El gigante

El gigante

This is what a broom looks like.

El Prado

El barrio de los sastres.

El barrio de los sastres

The writings says "Little Bear". Teddy Little Bear has been roaming the streets at night.

Writings on walls and people

Baroque 1770s cathedral

Baroque 1770s cathedral

Plaza de la Catedral

Plaza de la Catedral

Baroque 1770s cathedral

Plaza de la Catedral

Plaza de la Catedral

Plaza de la Catedral

La Plaza Vieja

La Plaza Vieja

La Plaza Vieja

La Plaza Vieja

The old water channel for La Habana

The old water channel for La Habana

Vendedora de maní ~ Peanuts vendor

Hospital Clinico Quirurgico “Hermanos Ameijeira”

Hospital Clinico Quirurgico “Hermanos Ameijeira”

Vanila Sky (remake of Abre Los Ojos) with Tom Cruise moment - no traffic on a major street Galiano

"Vas bien, Fidel" is a responce given by Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán to Fidel's question "¿Voy bien, Camilo?"

"Hasta la victoria siempre" is the most famous quote of Ernesto Rafael "Che" Guevara. The quote stems from the farewell letter to Fidel Castro.

José Martí Memorial

José Martí Memorial

Some columns look to me as if they are gonna collapse any moment. Many of them are just painted over.

Store "Polar Bear". I wonder what do they sell there. You can not tell since stores are empty.

Luis drinking Ron Cubay planchao (in a juice box)

This is our second casa particular.

Behind the pot with greens...

... is the air opening to the ground floor where 73 people live.

On the first floor, where we are, live 6, and this includes the tourists like us.

The window in the kitchen. Very nice in the sweltering heat.

Drinking ron and listening to Cuban music with Melanie Kühnemann - madly in love with Cuba.

Morning catch

Dacha is the name of the dog.

Shrines in every home

This is the breakfast for 5 cuc that we did NOT get. For same money we had "lomo de cerdo con arroz" and drank ron Añejo 3 años.

Conference room with rocking chairs.

The heroes are tired.

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