Miami Little Habana/Havana

The final part of our trip to Florida, 2009 is visiting a downtown in Miami.
To tell the truth, I hadn't expected much for the Miami downtown, but Little Havana was a really wonderful town worth visiting.

Southwest 8th street or Calle Ochos is a Little Havana’s main street.

Once you go to Calle Ochos, you almost feel like you've been transported to a Hispanic and Caribbean culture island.

It is said that, since the Revolution, more than 300.000 Cubans have emigrated in Miami area.

You can hear Cuban music from colourful stores and restaurants. There are Cuban grocery stores where you can buy not only local foods and tropical drinks but also hand rolled cigars.

I drank a cup of coffee in a souvenir shop: the taste was strong and too sweet for my wife Kiyono, but it was very nice for me.

The Maximo Gomez Park (or Domino Park) is where the older generation of Cubans meets to play dominoes.

Local farmers opened a tropical fruits shop at the street.