Returning to Havana

Ten minutes into our visit to Cuba and just about every stereotype you may have heard comes true - people driving rusty classic American cars, enthusiastic people excited to meet Americans, mentions of Fidel and Che around every corner. Today we left our casa particulare on the beach in La Boca and received a ride back into town in one of these vintage American autos. It’s really impressive to see their ingenuity for fabricating replacement parts and keeping these decades old cars up and running. Again a stark contrast in comparison to the wastefulness and obsolescence here. Our drive promptly dropped us off at the edge of town in Trinidad as to not run into any police trouble for taxiing tourists without the proper credentials.