In March 2019 I had a wonderful time visiting Havana with family. While there I did a one-day photo walk with talented Cuban photo artist Alfredo Sarabia.
Since then I have published four blog posts about my travels there:
• Sephardic Synagogue and Malpaso Dance Company
For this fifth Havana post I will share my favourite images of cars in Havana.
Havana is known around the world for its classic cars. These have remained, no doubt, due to the trade embargo imposed upon Cuba for many years. Importing foreign vehicles was a challenge and hence cars that remained in Cuba were well maintained out of necessity. Now they won't go away due to nostalgia and tourism - and, perhaps, possibly due to a renewed trade embargo by a certain large neighbouring nation.
To learn more about cars in Cuba, here are a few links:
- History on Wheels - an excellent article from Salon.com
- The Cars of Cuba - a video documentary found on Youtube
- Three classic cars that define Cuban History
And on to the photos...
A short walk from the port of Havana brings you to one of many spots found throughout the city where classic cars sit, waiting to be hired.
We hired a somewhat simpler car - a Plymouth...
And piled in!
Me with my nephew and my daughter.
We headed to the Sephardic Synagogue, training centre for the Malpaso Dance company (covered in this blog post), where another classic Plymouth was parked out front.
Floridita, known as one of Ernest Hemingway's favourite hangouts in Havana. To learn more click here.
Cool Story Bro
Fairlane 500
Climbing the hill to see the statue "El Cristo de la Habana"
"El Cristo de la Habana"
The view from the lookout point next to the "El Cristo de la Habana" statue - well worth the ferry ride and walk.
And back to the cars!
The Best
Long live classic Cuban cars!
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To see more of my images from Havana, please view one of the below links: