Old Havana

Brick road made of wood blocks and sand to muffle the sound of the carriages.

All of the statues are of the Cuban revolutionaries who defeated the Spanish back in the Spanish-America-Cuba war.

The house where the Cubans declared their revolution against Spain.

The boat and sea plane terminal where the mafia and Hollywood elite entered the island.

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Another Hemingway haunt that made it’s way to Key West.

Along the Malecon.

The rot has its own beauty, The seaside homes along the Malecon will all one day be restored. It’s happening now every other ten.

The National Hotel. Home of the Caribbean’s premiere casino that was run by the Myer Lanski.

This is where the casino was. It was the one and only spot where 500 mafia bosses from America and Italy once met under the guise of a Frank Sinatra concert.

The building behinds the poles is the United States Embassy. The embassy used to broadcast images on a ticker board to the Cuban People, so Fidel put up all of these flag poles in front, so when the flags were flying you couldn’t see the embassy. They took down the flags, but the poles remain.

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Another incredible “restaurant”. It’s the garage of an adjoining home, but it would fit right in in LA or New York.