Old Havana

All of which is to say, I was quoted prices of up to 500 bucks to get across the island, so I decided I would stay in and around Havana, and even within that, the mad poor neighborhood of Centro Havana, which is a grid of 18th century townhouses.

It's kind of like flyover state between Old Havana and the upscale district of Vedado, which is still today where all the rich kids and diplomats go dancing.

Centro, by the way, was where that murder I just mentioned happened, but it also allowed me, accidentally I should add, to experience the crisis like a local, which as Danny can testify to-

[chuckles]