Richard And Jo Demeester's photos with the keyword: La Habana

Graves In The Necropolis

29 Jul 2009 217
The necropolis of La Habana is a beautiful sculpture park. Many marble and granite graves, with a heavy emphasis on angels, and overall in a pretty good state of repair.

Street Music

29 Jul 2009 244
Music, singing, and dancing. La Habana.

Monument To The Firefighters

29 Jul 2009 282
A very beautiful monument to fallen firefighters inside La Habana's necropolis (3rd largest cemetery in the world, I heard – about 1,000,000 people buried).

A Cuban Feast

29 Jul 2009 227
A visit with a great Cuban family – friends of some very good friends (most of you know, or know of, Ombi and Alex – they insisted we go and visit this family). Succulent roast pork, tamales, pasta salad, avocado salad. ¡Que Rico!

Diving From The Malecón

29 Jul 2009 219
From the the sea wall of La Habana.

The Forts

29 Jul 2009 490
On the other side of the bay from downtown La Habana, the twin forts of Morro and Cabaña.

“Always Towards Victory”

29 Jul 2009 280
Che looks over the Plaza de la Revolución in La Habana.

The Unknown Story Of The Blue Dog

29 Jul 2009 1 1 283
Downtown Havana. Jo didn't believe me at first. “Look, a blue dog", I had said. Had she misheard me? Was I exaggerating or referring to something other than a living animal? Was I majorly confused or delirious in the heat? Or was there a sad canine to be seen? No, it was a blue dog. Obviously the blue all over the pavement is part of the story – but the sequence of events that ended with a blue dog and a blue pavement are a mystery. If this dog could talk, it would have had a great story. Maybe we should have a story competition?

Smoking A Cuban

29 Jul 2009 218
We snuck out on to the roof to have our first Cuban since arriving in Havana. It was a gift from the restaurant where we dined, so it was probably not an expensive one. It was pretty damn good, still.

Taxis Wait In Jurassic Park, Havana

29 Jul 2009 2 1 285
Affectionately known as Jurassic Park, many old taxis wait in this stretch of Prado (Paseo de Martí), Havana.

A Typical Havana Motorcycle

29 Jul 2009 1 464
Few and far-between are motorcycles without sidecars in Havana. Often with a spare wheel strapped on the back, and usually ridden with a pillion and one or two passengers in the sidecar, they are a common sight in downtown.

An Older Beauty

29 Jul 2009 2 1 258
One of the occasional older cars that can be found on the streets of Havana.

A Cuban Taxi

29 Jul 2009 274
A collector's item in most of the world, but an economic necessity in Cuba. Pre-revolution cars of U.S. origin ply the roads.

Palacial Interior

29 Jul 2009 396
Apparently Tiffany had a hand in the interior decoration tips of this palace in Havana, now a museum of the revolution.

A Well-Cared-For Cuban Taxi

29 Jul 2009 2 1 327
Some of the taxis are given more love and attention than others.

A Colonial Courtyard

29 Jul 2009 223
Beautiful and fairly typical.

Feeling Like Jack

29 Jul 2009 322
Feeling like Jack, of beanstalk fame. Side entrance to Havana's cathedral.

Statue Of The Republic

29 Jul 2009 248
17 metres tall and weighing 49 tons, she's a big bronze woman.

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