Her majesty @daymearocena singing at La Fabrica. Her band is incredible too especially the drummer @rulydrums. 🤩 Check them out!Beyond the classics from decades ago... who are your favorite Cuban singers/musicians?Incredible shot by the photographer @larisalopezphoto

“Spain preferred enslaving children; adults were harder to break, psychologically. One such child was a young Nigerian girl they called Carlota Lucumí.Forced to endure the Middle Passage chained in the bowels of a slave ship, she was ‘sold’ into slavery in Cuba and forced to toil at the Triunvirato sugar plantation near the seaside city of Matanzas. Conditions were brutal and beatings were common and notoriously harsh.Somehow, this extraordinary human being refused to be broken. As a young woman, sick of the abuse and injustice, Carlota organized a massive slave rebellion at five plantations, in 1843 and 1844. She was killed in the battle after attacking her overseer's sadistic daughter.” By: @alisavaldes#blackhistorymonth #cubanhistory #afrocubanhistory #vivacuba #cubatravel

Afternoon in el malecón.

Viva Cuba... Travel 🙂

@theawkwardtraveller just published an article about the super interesting origins of the SLOPPY JOE dish at the famous Sloppy Joe’s bar in Havana... so many fascinating history details. Who knew... Hemingway... Ground beef... Cuba... and the prohibition would intertwine so serendipitously... check out the article on her IG bio page! #historyisfun #hemingway #cubalovers

Beautiful and captivating shot by the photographer & very knowledgeable Cuban resident @eve_north Where do you think this picture was taken? 🙃

TWO big and good news out of Cuba this week:1) In an effort to curtail inequality, tax evasion and black market activity from lifting private business restrictions about a decade ago... Cuba recently rolled out a regulation that stopped entrepreneurs from having more than one business type of license. That meant you needed to be a restaurant and nothing else. Or a book store and not a cafe (such was the case for @cubalibro in Havana..) However, today they modified that regulation to no longer have a limit of ONE type of business license.2) THIS ONE IS BIG!! Finally... Data packages for internet on cell phones are available!! (Unfortunately, still exorbitantly high for the average Cuban but let's keep our hopes up that this gets better!) I can’t imagine a Cuba where I can just check my online stuff from a cafe or from my bedroom. This is going to be revolutionary! (Pun not intended).

Havana at dusk. 📸 Beautiful photo by local Cuban photographer @shaldrian

The oldest and one of the most classic hotels in Havana. They’re joining Marriott International in Dec 31, 2019. Making it the second American managed hotel in Cuba since the revolution. Photo by: @humbe_martx

Farmacia Taquechel - entrance is free to this small museum which is also a working pharmacy established over 100 years ago. Porcelain pots and carved wooden interior is really worth a look... bonus: try to spot the skeleton in one of the cupboards while you’re there! 📸: @mimaincuba - check out her insightful IG stories on rethinking the way you refer to Cuba as “being back in time”.