El Cristo is a very famous statue of Christ in Havana that faces the city from the little municipality of Casablanca, right across the bay. This 20 mt Carrara marble sculpture has been watching Havana’s day and night since 1958. If you enjoy photography, this is  one of the places where you can have a […]
Some days I cannot take Havana out of my mind. If feels like I am losing something really precious to me and there is nothing I can do about it. Trying to fight that feeling back would be like trying to fight time and distance so I get somehow pessimistic. Today was one of those […]
Since the end of the 90´s these “fiber glass coconuts” have added more colour to Havana streets and more noise, of course. 🙂 I have always loved coco taxis, even if they were brought to the city for tourist – only purposes and the ride fare is not particularly cheap for locals. Luckily, you could […]
One thing I can say “Habaneros” have in common: we all love Coppelia. Coppelia is without doubts or questions a symbol of Vedado and a special place for every Cuban from Havana City.  It is located in one of the busiest corners of  downtown Havana (L St. and 23rd Ave) only a few blocks from […]
En La Habana Vieja los nombres de las calles están indicados en las paredes de los edificios o casona de cada esquina pero si te desplazas a la zona del Vedado, Nuevo Vedado o Playa los números y letras de las calles te los enseña el famoso “mojón”. El mojón se encuentra en cada esquina, […]
Not too many people know how much I have  disliked the construction of the “Tribuna Antimperialista Jose MartÔ in Havana. One morning I woke to the noise of cranes, big trucks and ground diggers to find that my childhood park was getting completely destroyed to build “I don’t know what”! All I was able to […]
