Cuba's Skills

Havana is a fascinating city in Cuba.

Wonderful old cars catch your eye as you walk through the city.

This city and the entire island are suffering from the embargo and you can’t find and buy many products, especially mechanical and technological.

Nowadays buying a car for Cubans is very expensive, it is the same as for Italian people buy a Ferrari.

it is like Italian people buying a Ferrari.

Traveling by car is a privilege for few people, hitchhiking or taking a bus is more common for Cubans.

The positive aspect is that the island is free from pollution environmental caused by cars because there are very few of them on the roads.

Due to the embargo, Cubans for decades have been forced to adjust, to fixing the little they have and they have developed a great creativity that you can see in many cities.

Every car had been repaired year after year from the 50s now they are beautiful Vintage cars that many tourists want to take photos of them.

The conservation of these cars over the years have made them one of the symbols of Cuba.

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muy lindas fotos @DENIT33 ir a la abaña en Cuba es como viajar en la maquina del tiempo, y los autos son el aspecto que mas la distingue en ese sentido, ya esta detenido en los años 60` cuando comenzó todo ese sin sentido bloqueo, porque piensan diferente, en fin, eso es otra charla :upside_down_face:

Gracias por compartir su belleza, pero cuéntanos luego en otro post otros aspectos de la cultura cubana, por ejemplo seria muy interesante leer la historia del Ron en la isla y otros tantos temas. :grinning: :+1:

Saludos desde la Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, Farid.

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¡Gracias! La idea de la publicación nació para publicar algunas fotos. Soy consciente de que Cuba no puede ser solo autos antiguos, sino que es mucho más. He visto gente orgullosa, poco dispuesta a hablar de política con el turista. Por eso dejo que las fotos hablen.

Thanks! the idea of ​​the post was born to publish some photos. I am aware that Cuba cannot be just Vintage cars but it is much more. I have seen a proud people, unwilling to talk politics with the tourist. That’s why I let the photos speak.

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thanks your post

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Hi @DENIT33 ,

Thanks for sharing this post! Your pictures are amazing! Definitely these vintage cars are part of Cuba’s charm. But as you’ve said Cuba is not only vintage cars. I’m looking forward to reading your future posts and to discovering other amazing things about Cuban’s culture.

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Hi @DENIT33

I love your post and photos. I’ve said this before in a reply to another Connect post about Cuba, one of my main objectives to visit would be to see and photograph the many beautiful vintage cars still on the road there. Yes as you say it has truly become a symbol of tourist attraction of Cuba. Thank you for sharing.

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Que buenas fotos @DENIT33 ésos autos conservados tan inmaculados, da gusto verlos.

Gracias por compartir.

Saludos.

Silvi :argentina:

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Wow…those are really rare and beautiful car… I wonder how they maintain this cars!!

I have enjoyed your post. Keep sharing story like this. Thanks @DENIT33

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Havana seems like a good and beautiful place to visit @DENIT33

I love the colorful cars :heart_eyes:

Have you driven a car there?

It’s indeed a coincidence. I found your post on the day when my favorite Taiwanese singer released his new music video that was shooted in Havana as well.

Jay Chou - Mojito is the music video. Take a look and bring back your Havana’s memory :wink:

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Hi @DENIT33 ,

wow this post is so fascinating, photos are so beautiful and colorful. The cars are indeed a very famous and nice symbol of Cuba, which I wish to visit once.

Thank you very much for sharing your experience and congratulations for being featured as Friday favorite :blush: .

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Thank you @Velvel for your comment.

Cuba is a very interesting island.

I would like to go back to see the other half of the island, 2 weeks have not been enough.

I didn’t drive vintage cars because every car has its driver.

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Hi @LuigiZ thank you for your comment.

Cuba is a very interesting island.

We traveled for two weeks, but it was not enough to visit the southern part of the island.

In the future I would like to return to complete the experience.

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Thank you @ShakilAK for your comment

Cuba is a very interesting island.

Thanks @SilvyC for your comment. Cuba is an interesting island.

In the future I would like to return to complete the experience.

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Thanks @AdamGT for your comment.

Cuba is an interesting island. There are many other things to say, to set a lot of thoughts down, but that take a long time and I would like to find proof of what I could write.

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Very nice @DENIT33 , I’m sure you had great time!

Let me tag here @FlavioDA , he has been there last November and he enjoyed it as well :blush: .

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Uauuuu @LuigiZ What a coincidence!

@FlavioDA is my boyfriend’s friend and he had planned the trip in Cuba. We made the trip together.

He and his fiancée are excellent travel companions. We are still in touch as friends.

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Oh really? That’s indeed a wonderful coincidence @DENIT33 but is also the beautiful thing of the Local Guides family :blush: . Where are you from exactly, close to them?

We traveled together for Connect Live 2019, after that he flew to Cuba. We will meet each other again in two weeks at @manulele81 's meetup in Norcia, perhaps you want to join as well :yum: ?

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I’m from Marostica (VI) Italy.

@LuigiZ Where you come from?

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