You should see my face and my laughter... although I won't deny that yesterday when I arrived and downloaded the video from the memory card I ‘pulled my hair out’. For a moment I felt so angry... 😂 However, this negative emotion in me cannot last. So I woke up in the mood to try to make something out of nothing. And I also had such a beautiful dream... you know what you can do to remember your dream? Just when you wake up, do nothing but focus on what you dreamt about. Keep a notepad next to your bed. Write it down. Go to a place where there is only silence and try to just think about your dream. Sit there for a few minutes, alone with yourself and your dream. Don't allow yourself to be talked to or distracted. Many of us have the habit of grabbing the phone when we wake up. That's the worst thing you can do, because your brain will fill up with information and you will immediately forget the dream... unless what you dreamt is something shocking in the worst way. Have you ever noticed that those dreams are the ones you always remember? It's because our brain has the ability (powerful ability) to put us in survival mode. And we don't always have to be in that mode, do we? I don't know, think about it a bit. That's not what this post is about. I just got a bit disjointed.
The route (If you click on this link you can see my route on Google Map)
So if you're ready, come along for the ride. I'm going to show you some places in Havana, and I'm very excited to be able to do so. This time my special guest will be @enraizar. I think it's very nice this practice of taking guests on his walks around Madrid and other cities he usually visits, so I've taken the license to do the same.
First I suggest you watch this short video. The simplest and most earthly explanation is that I didn't position the camera correctly and, of course, during the whole route I recorded the asphalt. 🤣 So some other time I will be able to record this stretch of road.
When I got home and told a friend what I had done during the day, he got very annoyed with me and told me that the place where I went is very dangerous. No one with any sense, let alone a woman, would dare to go there alone.
I said, ‘OK. I understand... but I am here in one piece because I was accompanied by an angel.
Pictures taken with AKASO Brave 4 Action Camera
Here I am out of danger. I stopped to take some photos of the Almendares river and that tower in the distance (in the photo below) is the Old Havana Paper Mill.
I took out the Panasonic Lumix for better image quality.
The day was beautiful, a blue sky adorned with fluffy clouds, the temperature was very pleasant, I hardly sweated on the way. I didn't wear long sleeves to protect me from the sun either, but a sleeveless T-shirt. I wanted to enjoy the pleasant weather and feel the wind on my skin and the slight warmth that I suspected I would feel before I left home.
My tour was long but I only came to tell you about the first part. I have brought you with me to the Revolution Square.
OK, I know that many Cubans on Hive have talked about this place but it is always a spectacle to see the number of convertible cars parked here for tourists to take their pictures.
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Let me explain: if you zoom in on the photo you will see the Capitolio in the distance, which is in Old Havana. Here we are ‘almost’ on the border between Vedado and Cerro neighbourhoods. To the left of the Capitolio you will see a building covered with a veil. That's because it is still under repair. A long time ago I published a photo of it like this. It is the church on Calle Reina in Centro Habana. The building to the right of the Capitolio is at the entrance to Chinatown and is the Telecommunications Museum.
And this one with the palm tree at the front is the José Martí National Library. 😁
I did not take pictures of the José Martí monument. The sun was very annoying towards that area and it was not going to have a good result.
I then pointed my camera towards where three of the cars were turning and that was the route I had to follow to go down the Paseo Avenue and finally reach the Vedado neighbourhood, where I had a snack and a large mug of beer.
In other words, the cars were going to pass in front of the José Martí Memorial, which is 112.75 metres to the top tower and 141.995 metres to the lighthouses and flags. So this monument is the highest point in the City of Havana... we will go up some other time. This is just so that you could situate yourself in space. Hahaha...😅
That building you see behind is the offices of the Home Office. Passers-by are not allowed to take photos around there.
I can tell you that Revolution Square is one of the largest squares in the world (72,000 square metres) used for political and public events, and it has been the scene of many historical events. When I was a photojournalist, I often had to cover the May Day celebrations here.
And that's it! This is the first part of the ride. Although I can give you a sneak preview of the last place I visited on the complete route before returning home and a picture of the sunset that I couldn't wait to finish... remember I'm on a bike and I shouldn't let the night catch me out on the street.
This is 1st and 70th Street in Playa, the place where every ‘chiringuito’ plays different music and it's crazy. I really can't stand it. But I was there for a while looking at the sea.
| Music | Thoughts About Eternity from Pixabay |
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| Editing Software | CapCut |
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