Havana is majestic, and often tragic.

Havana is the capital of Cuba and historically, one of the most important cities in the Caribbean.  It has seen several vastly different eras; the front door of the Spanish Colonial empire in the 1500s, A trade capital in 18th and 19th century, finally a haven for American smugglers, gamblers, and tourists in the 20th century – that is until 1959 when Castro’s  communist revolution took power.

More than 50 years later, and Havana looks very much the way it did in on January first 1959. A standstill economy cut off from the outside world has left Havana, and Cuba, for better or for worse, in a surreal window to the past. Sometimes, Havana is beautiful. Sometimes it’s tragic. Follow this link to have a look.