Cuba, New Year's, 2001-2002

Cuba, New Year's 2001-2002 The famous Hotel Nacional in Havana Beautiful car in front of the hotel The garden of the Hotel Nacional

Balconies and mosaics in Havana The Capitolio building The gates to Chinatown A famous cigar factory The Gran Teatro de la Habana

Scene painters at the Gran Teatro Famous names over the door Paint. Marble staircase at the Gran Teatro The mountains around Havana are made of marble ...

... and so are the sidewalks Radio built for Castro for the revolution Behind the glass is La Granma, the boat Castro used to start the revolution View from the Museo de la Revolucion. Notice all the old cars! Biblioteca and Plymouth

View of Coco Taxi from the inside of a Coco Taxi The Catedral San Cristobal (note the unequal towers) El Patio, in front of the Cathedral Restaurante La Dominica with the customary live music

Typical colonial architecture El Templete (a famous chapel) Castillo de la Real Fuerza, with its famous weather vane The entrance to the castle

View of the moat from inside the castle View of the Castillo del Morro The famous Giradella weather vane Looking across the harbor entrance to the fort

A statue of Simon Bolivar Shipping terminal The beautiful buildings are falling apart View from the roof of Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Hemingway stayed

View from the roof of Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Hemingway stayed View from our room at the Hotel Victoria View from our room at the Hotel Victoria We got lost and found this statue

Ceramic mosaic in the Hotel Habana Libre Typical street scene (with car) Typical street scene (with motorcycle and sidecar) Entrance to the Universidad de la Habana Entrance to the Universidad de la Habana A marble courtyard at the university

Amazing tree at the university Monument to Jose Marti, at the Plaza de la Revolucion The ever-present image of Che Guevera View from the top of the monument

Castro's office is in this building Another view from the top of the Jose Marti monument A funeral at the Necropolis Cristobal Colon Monument to the firefighters at the Necropolis Graves of the revolutionaries

Acres of marble (and a ghost) at the Necropolis Acres of marble (and a garbage bin) Eduardo Chibas, a revolutionary who committed suicide on his radio show The lighthouse at the Castillo del Morro

Closer shot of the Castillo del Morro Ramparts of the Fortaleza de la Cabana (plus lighthouse) Dan's two obsessions (one of them is the lighthouse) A sundial at the Fortaleza

Cannons Sunset over Old Havana from the Fortaleza Kids playing near the Malecon Fishing along the Malecon (seaside boulevard)

The entrance to the harbour Street performers on stilts The industrial part of the harbour, from a ferry View of old Havana from Casablanca, across the harbour

View of old Havana from Casablanca (shorter exposure) Night view of old Havana Party at the statue of Christ in Casablanca Lounge music at la Huron Azul, hang-out of Cuban intellectuals

One last shot of the lighthouse

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