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| Mary Walker | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> cuba | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Moro Castle guards Havana Bay |
 Melia Havana, our elegant Spanish hotel |
 View from our hotel room |
 Capitol, patterned after US Capitol |
 But we couldn't enter. |
 Italian architecture: Historic Theater |
 Theater detail |
 Theater interior |
 National Hotel where dignitaries met |
 National Hotel terrace |
 National Hotel lobby |
 King and Queen of Spain visited in 1999 during Fidel Castro's time |
 Cloudy morning at old harbor, Havana |
 Plaza de San Francisco |
 Tight corners |
 The Longa, the former stock exchange |
 A glimpse of the bay from the Plaza |
 Cruise ship in the bay |
 Ship Terminal |
 Sculpture at Plaza de San Francisco |
 Bas¡lica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asis |
 Venezuelan Art Center Stencil |
 Mosaic at Venezuelan Art Center |
 Mosaic detail |
 Modern additon atop a historic bulding |
 Apartments where Ernest Heminway once lived |
 Finca La Vigia, Ernest Hemingway's house |
 Hemingway house terrace |
 Hemingway porch |
 Hemingway dining room with trophies |
 Living room, more trophies |
 Hemingway's desk |
 Hemingway's bathroom |
 Hemingway's boat, the Pilar |
 Hemingway did some spying from this |
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 Cathedral Clock Tower |
 Cathedral Bell Tower |
 Colonial Art Museum in Cathedral Square |
 Old hotel and al fresco restaurant at Plaza Vieja |
 Apartments |
 A beautiful 'Yank Tank" |
 And another... |
 New branch of the museum |
 First Spanish aqueduct housed in Plaza Catedral |
 Mosaic made of sand covers the wall of an entire block |
 Skip found a place to rest |
 Skip's new girlfriend |
 Plaza de Armas |
 Our guide Daniel joining in with a street guitarist |
 A cool respite; hotel courtyard in city center |
 A country school, at Las Terrazas |
 The school has UNESCO support |
 Our Cuban guide, Rigo, gives kids a boost |
 The kids love Rigo |
 Some classrooms are outdoors |
 Senior citizen facility in the country |
 This senior is 100 years old |
 Country house by a lake |
 Ceramic Studio of Jose Fuster |
 Ceramic cowboy and Arizona cowboy |
 Chess game at the Studio |
 Restored motorcycle |
 Che was here, too. |
 Ed's favorite car |
 Drumming troupe ready to perform |
 Excellent rhythm |
 Good form! |
 Historic cars and meeting friends on the street |
 Skip and his new granny |
 1956 Ford Fairlane, like Skip's very first car |
 What a great ride, all over Havana! |
 If only we could drive it |
 View from the back seat |
 Ed and Ilene's choice: a purple antique |
 Ed and Ilene |
 Che is larger than life, on building fronts |
 Our tourmates Cindy and Paul |
 A ride in a bici-taxi |
 Our driver |
 Fruit cart |
 Highest paid workers in Cuba, rolling cigars |
 Remedios central square |
 Basilica at Remedios |
 High school girls |
 Village of Santa Clara |
 Seniors demonstrating a stately traditional dance |
 Restaurant in Santa Clara |
 Ilene at hidden restroom door |
 Regional champs |
 Stealing third base against Santa Clara team |
 National Railroad Museum |
 Che was here, too |
 Signs of a poor economy |
 Septuagenarian climbs palm in 2.5 minutes |
 Ready to cut palm berries |
 Hotel Melia Buenvista |
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| Linda Pettiford | 08-May-2017 19:35 | |