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| Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: samintx
Date: July 23, 2012 03:27PM
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The first (last)picture shows the view from my hotel room. Where are all the private boats and shipping in this tranquil harbor? Nada. If this was a picture of CA or FLA any shoreline it would be replete with boats.
Revolution Square shows a picture of Che and the other picture is NOT FIDEL. It is the farmer who as a single person started the revolution. I have forgotten the history. Across the street the tall spike monument is a memorial to the Revolution. Behind are glum looking Government buildings. Kinda the WH of Cuba.
Marti Park is well kept and Marti is revered by the Cubans still.
An interestingRation books. Clothes nolonger require ration stamps but FOOD still does. Because our Cuban guide with wife working too earned to much to support ration books fOne of our visits was a psuedo farm plant place.
The picture is of an old sugar cane cart. Those white things I believe they call geese. More lovely tile work.
This street scene I explained to myself but don't know if true or not. Look in the middle of the telephone pole at the white plastic bag. This bag was on a multi armed steel post. It looked like trash to be picked up.
The wine was imported. I did not drink any of the wine because we had a new rum drink at every repast and that was all the alcohol for me in the warm climate. We are at the shore eating now and the table in the corner is reserved for Hemingway. His boat, Pilar, was kept in this city. The shore line is only a block away from the restaurant.
Revolution Square shows a picture of Che and the other picture is NOT FIDEL. It is the farmer who as a single person started the revolution. I have forgotten the history. Across the street the tall spike monument is a memorial to the Revolution.
Restored Spanish San Francisco Square, cathedral, restaurants and other buildings housed the Spanish offices when they occupied Cuba. The "cobble stones" are not brick but WOOD! The Spanish Governor didn't like the clatter of bricks and horse hoofs so he had wood cobblestones installed for quiet.
This batch of pictures show Batiste's offices (leftovers from past presidents). Elegant and like a palace. If you read Spanish you can read some of the history. This marble building with the neat Bicycle statuary was built I think in the 1920?s. No AC, however.
I photoed one wall with bullet holes. The bullet holes were all around. Batiste had fled the country with 4 mil in a suitcase and his life before Fidel could get to him.
It is hard to see but in the street scene the street lights also display how many seconds will expire till the light changes. Kinda' handy I think.
The UNMARKED American Airlines plane in Cuba. The pilot was American and told us when we got out of Cuban airspace. Announcing we were now in the "home of the free and home of the brave". He cheered and cheers when up from the occupants of the plane.
(I went to another computer to upload these pics because PhotoBucket was acting up, and they got jumble out of order from the text.)
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Revolution Square shows a picture of Che and the other picture is NOT FIDEL. It is the farmer who as a single person started the revolution. I have forgotten the history. Across the street the tall spike monument is a memorial to the Revolution. Behind are glum looking Government buildings. Kinda the WH of Cuba.
Marti Park is well kept and Marti is revered by the Cubans still.
An interestingRation books. Clothes nolonger require ration stamps but FOOD still does. Because our Cuban guide with wife working too earned to much to support ration books fOne of our visits was a psuedo farm plant place.
The picture is of an old sugar cane cart. Those white things I believe they call geese. More lovely tile work.
This street scene I explained to myself but don't know if true or not. Look in the middle of the telephone pole at the white plastic bag. This bag was on a multi armed steel post. It looked like trash to be picked up.
The wine was imported. I did not drink any of the wine because we had a new rum drink at every repast and that was all the alcohol for me in the warm climate. We are at the shore eating now and the table in the corner is reserved for Hemingway. His boat, Pilar, was kept in this city. The shore line is only a block away from the restaurant.
Revolution Square shows a picture of Che and the other picture is NOT FIDEL. It is the farmer who as a single person started the revolution. I have forgotten the history. Across the street the tall spike monument is a memorial to the Revolution.
Restored Spanish San Francisco Square, cathedral, restaurants and other buildings housed the Spanish offices when they occupied Cuba. The "cobble stones" are not brick but WOOD! The Spanish Governor didn't like the clatter of bricks and horse hoofs so he had wood cobblestones installed for quiet.
This batch of pictures show Batiste's offices (leftovers from past presidents). Elegant and like a palace. If you read Spanish you can read some of the history. This marble building with the neat Bicycle statuary was built I think in the 1920?s. No AC, however.
I photoed one wall with bullet holes. The bullet holes were all around. Batiste had fled the country with 4 mil in a suitcase and his life before Fidel could get to him.
It is hard to see but in the street scene the street lights also display how many seconds will expire till the light changes. Kinda' handy I think.
The UNMARKED American Airlines plane in Cuba. The pilot was American and told us when we got out of Cuban airspace. Announcing we were now in the "home of the free and home of the brave". He cheered and cheers when up from the occupants of the plane.
(I went to another computer to upload these pics because PhotoBucket was acting up, and they got jumble out of order from the text.)
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| Re: Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: modelamac
Date: July 23, 2012 03:49PM
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| Re: Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: modelamac
Date: July 23, 2012 05:59PM
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| Re: Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: samintx
Date: July 23, 2012 06:10PM
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Coming from this forum, I'm honored and thanks to all for their kind remarks. I have 17 more pics I'll be posting which are downloading now. Then that is the end! This whole trip required by US law to fill certain categories to be legal. Every move had a Cuban (I assume Communist) watching us. One man stayed on the bus one day....Not "watched" but "observed" on all our outings.
| Re: Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: bruceko
Date: July 23, 2012 07:46PM
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| Re: Batista's office and Revolutionary monuments Posted by: JoeM
Date: July 23, 2012 09:05PM
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Date: July 23, 2012 09:15PM
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