There is something about Havana that
makes it the most distinctive city in the Caribbean. The old fin-tailed automobiles,
pastel buildings (paint peeling off), Spanish architecture under restoration, crowds of
cyclists, Che's persona captured on posters with the legend Hasta la Victoria Siempre, a
glorious-glorious-superbly glorious sunset that tints everything pink.
As the sun goes down, the streets wake up to celebrate the hybrid culture where the
Spanish and the African mix to make the Cuban. Havana throbs to the beats of the salsa and
the rumba every evening. For sight seekers, there's a feast for the eyes midst the bustle
of historic Habana Vieja, in verdant Vedado, moneyed Miramar and in the streets of Centro
Habana. The capital of Cuba is a traveller's delight, promising the thrill of discovery
and a challenge to ones intelligence with its rich tapestry of many fibres and many
colours.
