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Havana in the rain and Café Taberna

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January 9th 2016
Friday 8th January 2016 We thought we had left the rain behind – not a bit of it. It rained and rained and we were soaked and where were the ponchos? - back at the hotel because John said it didn’t rain in Havana. One good thing about rain, it clears the streets so we had Havana to ourselves. Havana is beautiful, elegant, faded, dilapidated and we loved it. Our guide Rainier gave us a lot of ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Oeste » La Habana

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more