Cuba - More random Havana

The Malecon is a highway that parallels the shore for many kilometers built in 1901 during the American occupation of Cuba as protection from the ocean waves.  What were once elegant colonial buildings along the Malecon are now hotels and crumbling semi-ruins, still inhabited.  There is little access to the water and traffic whizzes by on the four lane highway making crossing perilous especially as there are no crosswalks or traffic lights for most of it.   

 

 Fishing is popular from the Malecon........... hope springs eternal.  Apparently the water is very polluted so it's probably a good thing that fishing isn't good.

 A photo shoot   

 Can you say "cruise ships"

 Public art on the Malecon

 Look who's here

  Some beautiful trees

Banyan trees

The University of Havana

That pretty much encapsulates my first couple of days in Cuba. Further explorations to follow.