Havana -In Fusterlandia section of Cuba
  Side Street just next to Capital Bldg in Havana
  Taxi’s-Havana
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  Farmers --Mantanza's area
  Mantanza's/Cardena's area
  Mantanza's area—Laundry Day —No dryers here
  Meeting on main street
  Local Farmer —Village 60 miles outside Havana
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  Cuban version of hot dog cart
 CUBAN VERSION OF A CAR
  Domino’s  Game
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  Roof top water storage
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  Village  Water repair Dept--No joke all by shovel, pick, and bucket -No equipment  
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  Whatever it takes
  Family above all else
  2 Cart Garage
  TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES ARE MANY IN CUBA
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  Mantanza's/Cardenas area—OFF TO WORK
  The John Deere alternative
   Common site -Water Tanks and Laundry -Village just outside Havana
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  Mantanza's/Cardenas area—The vintage cars  and trucks are everywhere and still running in spite of the 40 plus year embargo
  Organic Farm Mantanza's/Cardenas area
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   Organic farm -Mantanza's/Cardenas area
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  ALL MEALS ARE HOME COOKED —LITTLE TO NO FAST FOOD IN CUBA   Great Cooks
  LUNCH MADE FROM WHAT’S GROWN ON THE FARM
  Tobacco  Farmer  Mantanza's /Cardenas area
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  Explaining the fine art of Cigar making to the Gringos
  HAND ROLLING
  Hand rolled
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  THIS IS A LOCAL TAXI —”MOST TAXIS ARE TRUCKS WITH A SATAIRCASE WELDED ON THE BACK TO GET IN AND OUT
  Rear entrance to Taxi
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  Two fine looking Oxen
  Look at that 60 year old chrome and rear lights which worked
  Semi Pro Baseball Park — HAVANA Cuba-they love the game but lack decent facilities
 Old Time Semi Pro Player —Now a Coach
  Local Team —Uniforms —are not common due to lack of money
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  This park was at least 60 years old
  Havana Capitol Bldg- 1950/60's cars still used as taxis for tourist
  Building dedicated to Che Guevara
  Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work—Everything is made from small pieces of tile —all hand done     This is obviously dedicated to the revolution let by Fidel back in 1962
  Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA  Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
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  Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA  Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
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  My riding partners
  Even the signs date back to pre revolution
  Havana Day care center run by the church
  Havana — The cubans are for the most part pro American
  Notice the rain Barrel —second Floor — Havana
  60’s Ford Fairlane
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  Everything’s for Sale —except the dog
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  Sunset on the Malecon
  Havana Couple Sitting in the front door of their apartment
  Street 1-2 blocks off of  the Malecon -Havana
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  The Art District
  Havana apartment
  50’s NASCAR ?
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  Street 1-2 blocks off of  the Malecon -Havana
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  Late Night rendezvous
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 They don’t make Trucks like this TANK  anymore
  Havana— Central
  Street 1-2 blocks off of  the Malecon -Havana
  A little peek in
   2 Havana City street workers —Note the homemade brooms
  Internet Sq —One of the few places you can pick up Wi Fi
  Old Picture of Fidel at a Children’s Center
  Sunset a the  Malecon
  Music on The Malecon
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  Peek off the street into Living room in Havana
  The Castro brothers picture in Hospital lobby in Havana
  Again just blocks from the Capital —The infrastructure is decayed
  56 Chevy
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  The Malecon is the escape for many -Music, walking, people watching , swimming —its the main drag
 Swimming at the Malecon 
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  Physical Therapy Room in Havana Hospital
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  Another Vintage Chevy —although restoring relations with Cuba would be good for everyone —Be assured that the arrogance of some  Americans and their money would prevail and this great characteristic and charm of the old vintage cars would be dissol
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  A local troberdore and my friend Higo cross paths
  Some of the nicer apartments just outside City Center
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  Music is a life line for the Cubans
  Youth band -Havana
  Music is the ability to express oneself in a restricted environment
  Professional Dance Company
  Its Art
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  Barber shops are all over Havana -This is from the Cuba Barber shop Museum
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  Vintage Caddy  meets Vintage Chevy
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  Teens gather along the Malecon to swim day and night
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  Grocery store -Mostly for tourists -- but notice the empty shelves    Most Cubans buy at local farmers market    There are two currencies in Cuba —One for the locals and one for the Tourist
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  Street under repair—- for years
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 Old Fin back Caddy -like new in spite of being over 50 years old 
  Famous Hotel Nacional Havana --It still has all the amenities it did back pre revolution and has been updated
 Picture Of Yuri Gagrin —First man in Space and Russian Hero  Featured in  Hotel Nacional Havana    Hotel also has hundreds of other pictures of Hollywood stars, gangsters,  global politicians , royalty , Dictators etc all of whom stayed there at one
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  Still unavailable in US —legally
  My ride to the Hotel
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