Havana, do everything to let you fall in love with her

Lonely, just match Cuba, the Caribbean character. It is mixed with various cultures in the Atlantic Ocean. Cuba is alone, and I am alone in Cuba.

Perhaps there is a complex to the socialist camp; perhaps the enthusiasm of the mysterious Guevara's belief; maybe it is the ideal and delusion of traveling around the world. The new mainland always marked footprints. During one month of holiday, I returned to China from South Africa to China, and then to Mexico and Cuba. Because he was "pigeon" by his companions, he could only travel alone in Cuba for 10 days.

Arrive, applause sounds

Hese Marty said: "I have two motherland: Cuba and Night."

Why is it not two faces in Cuba. On the one hand, the average life expectancy of 78.89 years old and a literacy rate of 99.9%, entering the ranks of extremely high human development index; on the other hand, it has been blocked for a long time. Noble. The revolution is "freedom", but it is criticized for review and dictatorship; life takes "planning" as the outline, but he has splurked enthusiastically and unscrupulous. But all the hearsays are not as good as meeting each other.

In the first stop, I met the 500th year of Havana (2019 is the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana). After the plane arrived, applause sounded in the cabin to celebrate the safe landing after the bumps. But for me, it was Havana said, "Welcome, don't prepare, welcome surprises."

When you wait for your luggage, "surprise" comes. The drone that was lucky before was checked. The two Miss Cuba sisters carefully registered for me. They speak Spanish, and I can only fill in the necessary matters based on the intention, watching the "aircraft" was put in sacks. At that time, I wanted to find help online, but because I did not do enough my homework, I knew that Cuba had to buy a network card online after landing, and I had to find a special network to connect to the Internet.

State -owned Communications Cuban Telecom (ETECSA) monopolized Cuba's Internet services. Only some five -star hotels provide time -limited network services. Most tourists need to buy Internet cards and find outlets scattered in the corner. If you see a group of people playing with mobile phones, there are mostly places where you can surf the Internet. 1 card 1CUC, you can go online for 1 hour, press the "exit" key to the Internet, you can continue to use this card to access the Internet next time, but if you do not press the "exit" key, you will flow away silently. Of course, the network speed is very bad.

Sculpture next to the Waterfront Avenue. Since this is a outlet, the author has come to the Internet many times.

A family next to the homestay also sells the Internet card, but the price is twice as expensive than other places.

There are two types of currencies in Cuba: redeemed pesos and Cuba peso. The exchange rate of CUC and the US dollar is about 1: 1, which is generally consumed for foreign tourists; CUP is used by local people, with a value of about 25cup in 1CUC. The surface and appearance of the two currencies are very similar. The airport and other places can be exchanged for CUC. It is best to exchange the euro or pound, and use the US dollar to charge a 10%fee. If you want to redeem CUP, you have to go to the vegetable market and small shops to change it with CUC, but many things will not be sold to foreigners at the price of CUP. This is the microcosm of Cuba's "dual economy", which not only causes obstacles to travel, but also increases costs, but it is also a more authentic Cuba.

Photos of the Cuban Revolutionary Leader Castro on the walls of the Havana vegetable market

The hotel in Cuba is very expensive, and some high -end hotels do not even let local people enter. For most tourists, family hotels are the best choices. There will be two signs at the door. Red for locals can be rented to foreigners. On the 10th of Cuba, I lived in Airbnb homestays.

Dance, sunset, avenue

On the first day of wandering in the old city of Havana, it was catching up with the children from school. A girl wearing a red scarf opposite the road entered my shot. She seemed to receive a signal and suddenly danced, seemed to report to me. Even though she and my camera are separated by the traffic, she still rotates, shook hands, jumping, and has been more than 1 minute. At that moment, I couldn't help but sigh: Havana, I really want to do everything to make you fall in love with her. The author Lu Yu Dai Hong scarf girl danced at the camera.

When I met a lot of children along the way, when I saw the camera in my hand, they teased me with joy, or ran away shyly, very cute. The red scarf on their necks made me feel kind. Some children wear blue scarves, wearing blue scarves in Cuba, primary school 1 to 3, and red scarves above grade 4.

In the evening, I just walked to the coastal avenue rendered by gold. "Havana's interesting, 7 -kilometer -long seaside avenue is the most moving and most Cuban street in this city. For a long time, the lovers, philosophers, poets, stray singers, fishermen, and people who look at Florida "I like to gather here" "The afterglow of the sunset is like a torch with a weak light, which makes the broken exterior wall also emit a sloppy and hazy beauty. Today, this is still the most authentic open -air theater in Havana. It is also a real life. In the "Poor Carbale Song and Dance Performance", people come here to meet, greetings, date, and exchange. "

The old building next to the seaside avenue beside the watersheds of the dusk is reflected in the golden light

The two descriptions in the travel manual are sufficient, but when the dusk is linger on this avenue for a few days, I was still beyond imagination by Havana's gentleness and passion. The sun was soft and pleasant at 7 pm, sitting quietly on the bank, listening to the sound of the waves beating the shore. The sunset and the avenue, and the loneliness and generosity of this 500 -year -old city, so refreshing.

There is always no shortage of romance on the streets of Havana

The excitement in the old city

Havana's real old city (La Habana Vieja) consists of 4 squares: Plaza de La Catedral, Plaza de Armas, Plaza Vieja, and Plaza de Sancisco De ( Asis). Although there are only 2 kilometers of walking, it can't be visited for a day. I passed a lot of churches, small shops, and castles, and I also spent 2CUC climbing to the clock tower of the Catedral de La Habana, overlooking the church square that retains many Spanish colonial buildings.

Church square, one of the four major squares in the old town. The double towers on both sides of the cathedral are not symmetrical, one wide and narrow, and most of the corals in nearby waters are built.

Inadvertently met the "El Bodeguita Del Medio", a 4CUC Mojito for punch -in. The little tavern is too crowded, making it difficult to have the story of Yaxing taste Hemingway and those celebrities who have visited. The exterior wall of the tavern is written on the name of the tourists. I heard that every few months will be brushed again, leaving only the name of a person. It is also because this "most famous bar in Havana" is too good, and the surrounding bars will play a jealous signboard such as "Hemingway has never been here", "almost very famous", and a family says: "The beer here is more than your predecessor than your predecessor. The heart is still cold. "

The exterior wall of the "five -pointers" is full of tourists' names. It is said that it will be brushed again every few months, leaving only the name of a person.

After more than 200 years, the Convento de San Francisco de ASIS, which was built for more than 200 years. A girl on the podium was playing the piano under the statue of Jesus. It may be her mother and the only listener. In one corner of the monastery, there are whiteboards with various languages ​​and currencies with various languages. Of course, there are also Chinese: Havana, China, and good health. There are also love and a small flower next to it.

Passing through the market street, the clowns in colorful clothing stepped on the stilts, interacting cheerfully with the children, wearing blue scarves and wearing school uniforms, lined up from the clowns' stilts. In the sun, the spirit and enthusiasm of this happy scene came to all the onlookers.

The clowns in the market street stepped on the stilts and interacted cheerfully with the children.

Havana has too many museums, and it is less than visiting one by one, but the Museo de La Revolution is worth seeing. It was the Presidential Palace before 1959. The mirror hall on the first floor imitated the mirror hall of Versailles Palace and decorated gorgeous. The 9,000 collections in the museum described the history of Cuba from Columbus to Cuba from Cuba to the beginning of the 21st century from October 1492, including the 1953 "July 26 Uprising", 1956 Grama Expedition, the establishment of a revolutionary government in 1959, and 1961 "Pig Pigs The Bay Incident "and the establishment of a major socialist revolution, including the Cuban Communist Party in 1965.

The Cuban Revolutionary Museum was the Presidential Palace before 1959, and the mirror hall on the first floor was built in the Versailles Palace Mirror Hall.

Of course there are some missed. The El Capitolio is in the renovation. He can only sit on the steps of the door and combine a photo with the elder sister in the Cuban flag T -shirt. The shape of this neo -classical style building is similar to the U.S. Congress Building. It is regarded as the "most ambitious and magnificent building" of Havana. It is one of the six most famous palaces in the world. "Rich". After 1959, the building was changed to the Cuban Academy of Sciences and the Cuba Technology and Environment Ministry of Science and Technology and the Environment. It is now where Cuba National People's Congress is located. The author took a group photo with the elder sister wearing a Cuban flag T -shirt in the Cuban Congress Building

In addition, I also visited the Chinese Street, which marked the Chinese -style archway written in Chinese characters. But this may be the most unrealistic Chinatown in the world, and almost no Chinese are seen.

Walk under night

Havana was still restless at night. The band was performing on the open -air stage of the Central Cultural Plaza, and men, women, and children danced skillfully. Find a corner of the story in the night, maybe we can understand the city's peace and anxiety, constant change and changes.

A reporter at the Cuban station for dinner, and she led her Vedado. Walking and finding a attraction -Cuban Overseas Chinese Monument. The 8 -meter -high black marble cylinder was not eye -catching in the night. It was built to commemorate the Chinese Dedication of the Chinese Revolutionary War in 1931. The commemorative stamp of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Middle Agado in 2020 is the pattern. The inscription is engraved with Spanish, "No Chinese Chinese are deserted, none of the Cuban Chinese are traitors!" In June 1847, the first 206 Chinese immigrants took a boat from Xiamen, China to work in Havana. As a "contractual worker", it is sold to Cuba. By 1874, the number of Cuban Chinese workers reached 143,000, almost all men. Huagong has made significant contributions to Cuba's prosperity and development. At that time, Huagong's status was very low. They were only allowed to intermarried with black people, and the couples who came together were often forcibly dismantled. The Chinese Overseas Chinese History Museum in Beijing collects a contract signed in 1871 "The Contract Signed by Cuba Liangyu Company and Chinese Labor Xie Xie".

On the way, we found a ice cream shop. The background wall read "All you need is love", and "magic" bought Coca -Cola "magic". It was completely impossible before. Cuba had a cola "TUKOLA" made of local brown sugar, and was prohibited from importing Coca -Cola. In 2019, there is also a description of "two countries in the world cannot buy Coca -Cola legitimately, one of which is unable to buy Coca -Cola legitimately, and one of them is Cuba." Obviously it is out of date. Now you can buy Coca -Cola made of Mexico, with Mexican style patterns on it, showing that the change is quietly carried out.

Cuba can buy Coca -Cola imported from Mexico

"A large amount of flour has arrived", "Flutes are snapped up, 5 packs per person" "Do you close the door? Help me take some", "Miss Miss showed me the information in" Cuba Life Information Sharing Group ". Channels of living materials. Cuban supplies under the planned economy are still short. For foreigners, they can only look forward to limited new goods every day to add some fun to their lives. Although locals can buy the lowest price at the supply and marketing agency, different materials are supplied at different times. In the few days I am in Cuba, I saw many citizens carrying frozen chicken on the street. I heard that it was a group of chicken.

When you come to a supply and marketing cooperative, the table on the door indicates the number of foods that a family can receive according to the number of different populations. The notice next to it is the community voting of the Cuban New Constitution: 249 votes support, 30 votes against. Cuba held a national referendum on the reform of the New Constitution on February 24, 2019. About 6.8 million Pakistan voted for support, accounting for 86.8%of the total voting population. The new constitution acknowledges the legitimacy of the private economy, and also retains the provisions of the Cuban Communist Party as the sole ruling party: "Cuban Communist Party is the only and outstanding political forces leading the country and society." Communism played the leading role in the common struggle. " On April 10, 2019, the new constitution officially took effect.

The architecture around the Anti -Emperor Plaza next to the seaside Avenue is quite interesting. The upper half is very similar to the Edificio López Serrano of the Empire State Building. The 70th floor below was cut "; the monument of the victims of the Battleship of the Burine was established in 1925 by the puppet government dominated by the United States to commemorate the ship bizarre explosion at the port of Havana in 1898. At the top of the monument, there was an American bald eagle. After the "Pig Bay Incident" in 1961, it was cut off and added an inscription to commemorate the "Bate", which commemorates the "greed of imperialism and their desire to control Cuba Island. Victims". The most interesting thing is the US Embassy in Cuban. It was called a representative office of the United States in Cuba. The Three Kingdoms opened the right measures for offering office agencies in the other country. The United States and Cuba resumed diplomatic relations in 2015. There is a large flagpole in front of the US Embassy. It is said that there are 138 roots. They are erected to cover the large screen in front of the embassy, ​​because the large screen will make many political propaganda slogans. Black flags will be raised on the flagpole before, so the Hese Matty Anti -imperial Plaza in front of the door is also accustomed to the Black Flag Plaza, which is the forefront of Cuban people to protests on large -scale protests. There are 138 flagpies in front of the Cuban Embassy in front of the Cuban Embassy, ​​and Cuban people are erected to cover the large screen in front of the US Embassy.

500 years, New Town

On the 3rd day of Havana, I went to Xincheng District to turn around again. The "500" large logo repeatedly reminded me of the ups and downs of the city during the 500 years, but it is still proud to this day. The buildings in the new city area are arranged like a chessboard, and its modern buildings are basically built in the 50 years of Cuba and the United States. In the 1950s, here became so angry that the casino became smoky and fame. At the same time, there is a new landmark of Cuba -Revolutionary Square, the highest building in Havana, Havana Monument. On the opposite side of the monument is the avatars of Chervara and Camilo Sienfos. The following are their famous phrases "Forever Winning" and "Do it well, Fidel". This is the stop station of the master sightseeing car.

The sunset and seaside avenue, and Havana's 500 years of loneliness and generosity, so refreshing.

Hese Marty's Monument is the highest building in Havana

The Cuban National Hotel is at the Tagana Mountains by the sea. The field of vision is excellent. It opened in 1930. It is built in the Breakers Palm Beach in Florida, USA, which integrates Murdhar, Rome, Moore and other types Architectural style and decorative art. In the past century, it has witnessed many important historical moments in Cuba, and Chinese leaders have also stayed here when visiting.

The Cuban National Hotel imitates the construction of the Brak Palm Beach Hotel and integrates a variety of architectural styles. The author went to Havana in 2019 at the 500 -year anniversary of the city, and the 500 logo was established in many places.

When I first arrived, I wanted to look at the scenery of the old city of Havana. The hotel guests are endless, or lazily listening to the band performance, or ordering a curd cocktail to enjoy the afternoon sun in the afternoon. I did not fall in love with Mogo, but I fell in love with another kind of Caribbean's sweet coconut forest.

As the Havana University of Cuba, the architectural style of Qi Pai will also attract the "Haoke" of the classic car to stop in. There are many Chinese students on the campus. The nearby Napoleon Museum collects 7,000 collections of Napoleon's life collected by the Cuban sugar giant. Ascend the rooftop to enjoy the panorama of the city.

The University of Havana is the oldest university in Cuba and one of the earliest universities in the Americas.

The luxurious cruise ship next to Havana Port forms a clear contrast with the master car on the road

Captain cars are a beautiful landscape on the streets of Cuba, and Cuba is also called "flowing Museum of Master".

Havana three -wheeled coconut taxi (Coco TAXI) can take a maximum of 3 people.

Parque de Los Mártires is also near the University of Havana, or an on -site point. After many times here, I thought that the sculpture inside had experienced something, and was artificially "dug". After consulting the information, I knew that the sculpture itself was designed to commemorate students who were unfortunately killed during the Batista regime. The pattern of "dug out" is a parade from the contour. You can't see the character of the characters, nor can he know their identity, but you can clearly see the banner that guides them.

The sculptures of unfortunately died in the Battista regime in the martyr's park

I also accidentally discovered the Callejon de hamel hidden in the residential area. , Mix and match surrealism, three -dimensionalism and abstract art. Some works are very interesting, such as the story of the little prince, the big eyes on the roadside, and so on.

Run away to visit the Columbus National Cemetery. The cemetery is everywhere, and there is no sense of horror of the graveyard. Many historical figures in Cuba are buried here, "like walking through the history of Cuban." Many tourists gathered in front of the tomb of "Miracle", and a woman who died due to dystocia was buried here. It is said that neither her and her baby's body was rotten, and the baby originally buried at Emlia was held in her arms. So Cuba rose to worship the "Wonderful Daughter", and flowers were always piled up in front of the tombstone. There is always no shortage of worshipers in front of the "Daughter of Miracle" in the National Cemetery of Columbus

In addition to following the attractions visited by the Raiders, a towering building with dense windows and tidy arranges attracted my attention. This is a spiritual hospital. Every Cuban people enjoy medical insurance to ensure that the people's health is written into the constitution. "Cuba has the best doctors in the world" and "Cuba has 70,000 qualified doctors, while Africa has only 50,000" high -quality doctors is an important resource and diplomatic business card sent by Cuba to overseas.

"Havana is like an old attic full of dust." After the city site was established in 1519, people made the first mass under the kapok tree. The entire old city is included in the World Heritage List. The new city district was built in the 1920s and 1950s, and the meaning of "old" is very strong. But it is these exquisite or absurd "old" that make the onlookers of the new world fascinating. Among them, the "new" that inadvertently discovered makes people get treasure and has a long play.

The entire old city of Havana is included in the World Heritage List. The new city district was also built in the 1920s to the 1950s, and the meaning of "old" is very strong.

I walked in Havana for 3 days. The scenery passing or missing, stopping or setting a glimpse of it, was just a prelude to Cuba, which was lengthening the front of the front.

This article contains the "World Knowledge Pictorial" magazine 2022, No. 9

Editor in charge: ZAN

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