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Day 9

Kris' birthday in Havana, Cuba! Awesome day tours and a night at the Tropicana!

Day 9 - Havana!

So excited to go to Cuba today. Also, my birthday! You can see our route on the screen. It's just crazy!
Turns

We took a zig zag course coming in to Havana. The distance from Key West and Havana is so short, even going as slowly as we could…
Almost there!
Beautiful day!

The Captain made an announcement that the front of the ship would be open as we pulled in to Havana. We went up there to take pict…
Havana!

I'm not sure what I expected Havana to look like. It wasn't this huge city.
Capitol

You can see the capitol building right in the center. It's modeled after ours in Washington D.C. but they say, "It's a few inches…
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Cuba selfie!
Faro Castillo del Morro

The Morro Castle and lighthouse (faro) is one of the symbols of Havana and one of the most visited places by tourists. Completed i…
Beautiful!

We were excitedly taking pictures of Havana but the sunrise was so beautiful it kept pulling our gaze away.
Watching

A lot of people came out to see us pull in to port. This was the inaugural cruise for Holland America to Cuba so, they made a big…
Photographers

Almost everyone had a camera or cell phone, taking pictures and video coming in to port.
People everywhere

All along the rails, everyone was watching.
Pilot

The Cuban pilot is on the ship! The boat that dropped him off is leaving. I like the photo woth the city in the background.
Off in to the sunrise

A nice shot of the pilot's boat leaving the ship.
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Havana

Now we're closer to the city, we're trying to see what it's like. It's a big city! The capitol dome is on the right-hand side of t…
Christ of Havana

A huge statue of Jesus across the bay from Havana. We'll see it closer later in the day.
The ship's bell
Closer to the shipyards

I see other ships.