Viva Cuba! Our general observations... Cuba is a really interesting place. It is still very communist - everyone seems to have a similar standard of living, so there are no flash houses and no slums... but much of the housing is fairly crowded and dilapidated. In the newer suburbs all the apartment towers appear identical. The cars are cool. Typically, people talk about how there are heaps of old American cars, but we found that most of the cars are Ladas... Go the Soviets!! The classic American cars mostly sounded like tractors, so I think the original engines (and a lot of the original charm) is long gone. Havana has a really cool local vibe - unlike other cities, the whole city is lived in, including the old, touristy parts of the city. Also, it seems
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