
Hotel Nacional, formerly run by American gangster Meyer Landsky.




You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Jose Marti statue in Cuba.



Old Havana.

In front of the Museo de la Revolucion.

Old city wall.








The infamous Sloppy Joe's, featured in Graham Greene's novel and film version of Our Man in Havana.

Inside Sloppy Joe's.


Cafe stop.



Museo Belles Artes.

I really enjoyed this museum and discovered several Cuban artists that I's like to research in the future: Marecelo Pogolotti, Jorge Arche Silva, Antonio Gattorno, Rafel Blanco, Golberto Frometa, Pedro Alvarez, and Tomas Sanchez in particular.

Hotel Seville-another setting for Our Man in Havana.

Inside Hotel Seville.



Capitolio Nacional.








Street sweets.

Hotel Ambos Mundos, where Hemingway was a resident on Obisdo Street.



Museo de la Ciudad.


Plaza de Armas.


Plaza Vieja.



The old armory.


Cuban pastry: cangrejito-deep fired and filled with cream.




A stylish restaurant near the Hotel Deauville.


Ran into a Tokyo friend, Charlie, by chance in the restaurant and we'd hang out when I was in Havana.

Chicken gorgons with dipping sauce.

Grilled fish with fried plantains.

Live music hall.

Some uninspired Cuban-fusion rap, I would have liked to have seen something more traditional.
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