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Havana harbor entrance
From Castillo de la Real Fuerza
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| Castillo de la Real Fuerza
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| Bastion, Castillo de la Real Fuerza
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| Architecture tour expert, Prof. Orestes
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Plaza de Armas
Colonial building, now Hotel Santa Isabel
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| Columbus statue
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Apartment split horizontally!
Apparently a common practice.
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| Simon Bolivar statue
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| Havana Cathedral
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A restored building courtyard
Tour leader Hilary on the left
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| Plaza Vieja
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| Plaza Vieja sculpture
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| Plaza Vieja
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| Plaza Vieja
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| Oddly accoutered dog
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| Gangsters in Havana!
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| Very spiffy Cafe del Oriente
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| Cafe del Oriente
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| Plaza de San Francisco
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| Plaza de San Francisco
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| National Revolutionary Police HQ
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| National Revolutionary Police HQ
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Museum of the Revolution
A former Presidential Palace
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| Camilo Cienfuegos
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| Fidel Castro during a 1955 radio interview
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A young Raul Castro
After his arrest in 1953(?)
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| Fidel with pipe
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| Cienfuegos + Guevara
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| Cuban Communist Party C.C. 1965
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Parodies of US Presidents
With thanks for "consolidating the revolution"
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| "Granma" Memorial
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| "Granma" Memorial
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| Museum guard
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| Eternal Flame
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| Fidel's tank during Bay of Pigs
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Revolutionary delivery truck
Used in 1957 for a sneak attack on Batista
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| Plaza de la Revolucion
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Che Guevara mural
On Ministry of the Interior
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| Camilo Cienfuegos mural
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| Jose Marti Memorial
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| Jose Marti Memorial
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| Jose Marti statue
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| Central Committee building
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| Allotments(?), Avenida Paseo
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| Avenida Paseo
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| Avenida Paseo
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| Avenida Paseo
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| Our trusty transport
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| The fine 4+ star Melia Cohiba
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| National Capitol Building
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National Capitol Building
Now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences
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| Hotel National: a former gangster haunt
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| Apartment block, Eastern Havana
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| Street stall
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| Museo de Bellas Artes
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| Street Art
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| University of Havana
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| University of Havana owl
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| University of Havana
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Tank "captured by Che"
Donated to commemorate student contributions in 1950s
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| University of Havana library
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| Approach to US Interests Section
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Jose Marti
Pointing an accusatory finger at the US Interests Section
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| Flagpoles in front of US Interests Section
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| US Interests Section
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| Rally area in front of US Interests Section
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| José Fuster's Homage a Gaudi
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Cojimar and Hemingway's Estate.
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| Cojimar
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| Hemingway Memorial
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| Hemingway Bust
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| Cojimar Castillo
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| Hemingway meets Fidel
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| Hemingway House
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| Hemingway House
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| Hemingway House
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| Hemingway office
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| Hemingway's boat Pilar
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| Hemingway writing tower
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| Hemingway typewriter, in writing tower.
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| 20 miles East of Havana
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| 9 miles NW of Matanzas
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| Matanzas
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| Street art
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| 10 miles East of Matanzas
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| Passing flower display
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| Jose Marti, Matanzas
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| Matanzas Cuban Communist Party HQ
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| The Cuban Five
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| Historic Pharmacy, Matanzas
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| Afro-Cuban Santeria Rumba band
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| Afro-Cuban Santeria Rumba band
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| 12 miles SE of Matanzas
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| 13 miles SE of Matanzas
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| 18 miles SE of Matanzas
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A block party with the local Committee for the Defence of the Revolution
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| Revolutionary Block Party
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| "Provincial Head of Ideology"
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| Revolutionary Block Party
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Farewell words from the local Chief
Plus Alex Correa on the right
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The Mountains - Stronghold of the Revolution
3 miles West of Trinidad
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| View from St Francis tower
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| Odd Santeria Temple
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Odd Santeria Temple
Black Madonna is also the Sea Goddess
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| Sudden flash downpour
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The former Convent of St Francis is now the Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos.
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| Convent of San Francisco de Asis
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| Convent of San Francisco
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| Beardless Fidel Castro
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| Fidel with Glasses
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| Areas affected by "the bandits"
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| 22 miles NW of Cienfuegos
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| Waiting for transport
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| Chavez, Fidel, Mandela
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| Cienfuegos
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| Cienfuegos
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| Cienfuegos Botanic Garden
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| Scotsman at Cienfuegos Botanical Garden
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| Botanic Garden guide
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| 12 miles SE of Cienfuegos
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| Visit to an Artist
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| Pharmacy
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"You health services is freee .. but costs"
Examples of value of various free health benefits.
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| .. all the way up to a very hypothetical heart transplant
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| Eggs, eggs, eggs.
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| Plaza Mayor
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| Jose Marti
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| Communist Youth League branch
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| Communist Youth League branch
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| Hotel Palacio del Valle
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| Hotel Palacio del Valle
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| 22 miles NW of Cienfuegos
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