It's nice to be back on the blog again !
It's been almost a year since I last blogged but there is so much to share about our recent trip to Cuba that this seemed like the perfect place to get it going again.
I'll try to post a few pictures from different categories...today we're going to see what Havana is so famous for... OLD CLASSIC CARS !
It's like being in the land that time forgot. The city of Havana is itself colorful and yet dusty and decaying, but, these amazing vintage cars are used by almost everyone on a daily basis...many as taxis, and are shiny and bright and well taken care of like the priceless objects they are.
The cars can be seen all over the city. Raul Castro has made it possible now for anyone to buy these cars without permission like they used to have to get when his brother was in charge. Many of these cars have been put back together with a hodgepodge of motors, mirrors and the like.
If you look very carefully at the snap below....you'll see I'm in this hot pink car ! We arranged to have one take us all around old and new Havana and it was a fantastic tour.
Cubans travel back and forth on the island, many carrying hard to find items to fix their cars.
This "car" below is called a "CoCo" Taxi...and as funny as it looks it can go pretty fast and lots of tourists take them back & forth to their hotels.
I drive a convertible at home....but this cracked me up!! A REAL ragtop if ever there was one !
Tomorrow we'll get to see more of the very wonderful trip.
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