2009.10.31 Havana

The city has its own charm: Old Spanish colonial style architecture and kommunizm ideology posters everywhere. Though, people are already get used to tourists and the capital what they can get from tourists. On every step you can meet someone who will try to sell you cigars.

No doubt, that in case when Cuban economy become open for "capitalist" world, then all reality prices will increase a lot.

Anyway, while walking along the Prado street you can see plenty of old colonial style buildings. But unfortunately you can also see a lot of totally ruined and empty buildings with trees grown inside.

Oh yeah, whole Cuba is full of old American, Russian, European and Japanese cars. It's hard to imagine Moskvich and an American car from 70s parking side by side. And it's really amazing that these cars are still drivable.

Unforgetable experience was walking alonside the coast Old Havana. Really hot sun is shining and the weather is too humid, so I was thinking about taking a shower 3 times a day. At six o'clock in the morning it's still dark outside, but half an hour later the sun is so high, so it's already burning.

I had interesting moments while buying souveniers. There are a lot of cute and original things with really nice prices. Surely I would love to come here for a long vacation and buy all these things as much as possible. But for now, we have to think about what to carry with us next four months.

To be continued ...


Egi
31OCT2009