Galiano (via Italia) The Art Deco style theatre America (1941)
Our nicely renovated Casa Particular (left)
View from our nicely renovated Casa Particular at our neighbours
View from our Casa Particular at our neighbours
View from our Casa Particular at our neighbours
View from the Casa Particular rooftop terrace
View from our Casa Particular at the Malecon (boulevard)
Many houses are well painted on a regular basis
Wait till I'm beautiful again
Management parking
Trucks waiting for ...
Maintenance is simple
On their way to ?
1955 Ford Crown Victoria mild custom
At least this guy has a nice view from his rooftop
Paint is big-business here
Roof gone, but still 1 floor to be used
Primavera by Rafael San Juan (2015) is made of recycled steel
Malecon (Boulevard)
Primavera by Rafael San Juan (2015) is made of recycled steel
Shopwindows are not overdecorated
Shopwindows are not overdecorated
Classical dance and music for everyone
Bigscreen television
Music and dance everywhere
Modern entertainment
Taxi's everywhere and always
Grand Hotel Kempinsky
Callejón de Hamel (Hamel’s Alley)
At some point it will be renovated, for now it will do
Callejón de Hamel (Hamel’s Alley)
Callejón de Hamel (Hamel’s Alley)
Famous image of Fidel: true to your ideals, educate and be an example
Plaza de la Revolucion
Plaza de la Revolucion
2 Brothers at the former Legendario Rum Factory
Smoking is still very popular
At the former Legendario Rum Factory
Smoking is still very popular
At the former Legendario Rum Factory
Smoking is still very popular
As well as the rum
Will be beautiful again
One of the very rare accidents we saw: new vs. old
The main powerplant
Those were the days
Well maintained
big machines
After the ride the negotiating starts (again)
Keep a good overview
Bar Montserrat, good Mojito's with of course live music
Old vs. elderly, be patient
Capitolio: the seat of the assembly of Cuba to be
Philips was already very advanced in th '50's
Main shopping alley
One of the few places with working internet
One of the few places with working internet
lot's of wires
Message to watermanagement: please fix this
streetlife
At least we do have a lot of green
Streetlife
new, modern, less, old
modern backsite
and the front
disco in the Packard hotel
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
The strat and overview of the Malecon (Boulevard)
Castillo De Los Tres Reyes Del Morro
Disco in the Packard hotel
Museum of the Revolution
Tropical rain, 15 minutes only, lot's of water
Bicy's to the right
Guardobolsas: before shopping hand in your bag
Now only a façade, used to be a nice shop
Partly gone, waiting for renevation
Used to be hotel Perla, now a different class
Nice pink is not bad
Safety first
transport from different times
Renault 4CV (1954) My parents car the year when I was born ...
Morris Oxford saloon Series II (1954)
Traditional style b&w photography
developing
result is not that good, but a lot of effort was put into it
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta
Fishing at the Malecon
Lot's of green
Shell in the 50's, but still well maintained
Another tropical rainshower
Chrysler Plymouth Fury (1957) after a meeting with a modern 4x4
Chevrolet
A lot of manual effort to keep this real Russian Lada going
Chrysler Plymouth Fury (1957)
Gogomobil T250 (1959)
Playground on the statue of Maceo
Lack of maintenance, no fountains are working in Cuba
That's how it should look in the future sometime
Under construction
Here and there a bit of graffity
Old colonial and new
The sky is the limit
Fiat 500 taxi and well sponsored
