A Day in Vedado
Vedado is quite a step up from Centro Habana. The houses are far better maintained, and it’s dotted with higher-end hotels and embassies (including the new US embassy).
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Graffiti
All around the city, you’ll see what I call “official” street art but also a good deal of “unofficial” graffiti.
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Centro Habana
Centro Habana looks to me something like the atomic blast–shadow of capitalism.
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El Malecón
The Malecón is near the top of my list of favorite places on Earth. It is a uniquely fantastic coordinate in space-time,…
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El Paseo del Prado
A long tree-lined promenade after the European style, the Paseo del Prado divides Habana Vieja from the newer Centro Habana.
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Habana Vieja
You will go to Habana Vieja. Old Havana … You’ll go there and you’ll say, “This is exactly what they said I’d see.”
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The Cuba Writers Program
My trip with the Cuba Writers Program consisted of a nine-day stay on the island, starting with 5 nights in Havana, then 2 in Cienfuegos in the south, and 1 final night in Havana.
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