Tourism Havana – City Of Time

With unique architecture, buildings built in the past and present style help the Cuban capital Havana be known as the time city of the world. Setting foot on the East Coast of Cuba in 1492, explorer Christopher Columbus exclaimed, "This is the most beautiful place the human eye has ever seen!". Therefore, I cherished my intention to go to Cuba for a long time and knew for sure that it would be a special trip. Recently, when I read that Cuban tourism accounted for a large part of the total national revenue and arrivals. Visiting this island has reached millions of people every year, I am determined to explore Cuba before the embargo ends, before McDonald's and Starbucks enter every street corner

... Is the plane of KLM on the Amsterdam-Havana route crowded? one empty seat left A ten-person Dutch tourist, wearing sportswear, compact furniture, bringing both babies less than one year old and old grandparents on sticks, pushing wheelchairs.



It is as if tourism is an obligation to the people of the country of flowers. Cuban Parliament House in Havana. Source: Palmbeaches.org The hostesses are tall, with a bare face without lipstick, hair tied freely, smiling happily, comfortably with each passenger, without resting hands for up to a minute on the journey. When I landed at Jose Marti Airport, for a moment I felt like I was at Noi Bai airport 20 years ago: lonely, simple, old. At the same time, more than a dozen control doors were working quite seriously. As far as I know, in theory, American tourists are still not allowed to travel to Cuba But in fact, hundreds of thousands of Americans still buy tickets to Cuba from Canada, Mexico and the Cuban customs are just "intentional" stamping on their visas, not on passports.



And not many Americans who travel to Cuba will be fined as specified in the embargo agreement. After leaving the airport door, we "crashed" into the humid heat at the end of April. The car park was filled with the gasoline-smelling smell of relatively new buses imported from China and a series of antique American cars over the age of 50, old cars parked on either side of the road. Source: Zerofiltered.com At first, I was amazed why such "museum" cars still ran on the streets. Vehicles manufactured before 1954 are usually round in shape. And the cars after 1955 were long and sharp like rockets, and Cubans with economic conditions polished them like they had just left the factory. For people with little money, the car is protruding, with holes, painted like wooden doors.



People only have the right to trade and exchange used cars in Cuba before 1959. Newly imported cars must be licensed by the Government. At a very high price, people cannot reach it. But that is why the unique "old-fashioned" American cars in this world have become unique symbols of Havana. The general feeling of Havana is difficult to say because of many things confusing. A series of hotels and casinos in splendid locations on the secluded blue coast, absolutely not seeing a ship.Due to the needs of tourism, many hotels are now being renovated, with music and bars. crowded in and out.



Sitting in the garden of Hotel Nationale in the evening, overlooking the breezy beach, with a fragrant cigar and a cool Mojito in hand, I thought I was in a dream. Source: Tripoto.com During the day, the landscape is clearer. The "derelict" buildings of the former Cuban bourgeois located right on the road running along the coast also collapsed, because they belong to the state's ownership, they cannot be restored. There is a house where people from abroad send money to secretly buy back the old house, repair the inside, the outside is still dilapidated to prevent detection, and then rent it to tourists ”. state-owned, room rental is the only private business service that Cuba agrees to tax conditions (private cafes, clothing stores, movie theaters were closed a few years ago). . We stayed in such a house, a Spanish-style house with soaring ceilings, antique marble tile floors, and airy with full equipment and antique carved wood furniture from the beginning of the last century.



clock stand, table mirror, dining table, decorative cupboard, rocking chair ... The neighbor stood looking at us from the balcony, her arms outstretched as if welcoming and smiling. Suddenly a guy wearing dried garlic strings passed by, she motioned to buy, let down the rope and he tied the garlic in for her to pull. The ladies in Havana. I was almost engrossed in taking pictures that I crashed into a tricycle loaded with fruit. Seeing me amused, holding up a bunch of honey-leaf bananas and holding them up to look at, he smiled brightly for me to take a photo, showing off his white teeth.



playing domino laughs and tingles. Alas, peaceful and serene like my street in Hanoi during the subsidy period! Most of Havana's sights are in the old town built by the Spaniards from the century.

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