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Photo Essay: Little Havana, Miami

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 8, 2024July 8, 2024 2 Comments

After lunch at Versailles, we spent an hour walking through Little Havana in Miami, avoiding chickens and enjoying ice cream.

Little Havana Miami Photo Essay

Little Havana is a vibrant Miami neighborhood of Cuban exiles (and more recently, other migrants from Central and South America). Despite our morning arrival, I booked an evening flight in part so that my son Augustine and I could check out this part of town. It was a first visit for both of us.

You really do feel like you are in another place. The language spoken is Spanish, at least primarily, and there is patriotism and pride in pre-communist Cuba and also in the United States. And that’s no surprise considering how the US took in many Cuban refugees after revolutions in both 1933 and 1959.

If you’re visiting Miami, spend an hour or two walking around this area. Enjoy some Cuban food and coffee, perhaps a cigar or a mojito.

Watch out for the chickens – they can be aggressive. You’ll find that the neighborhood is teeming with roosters and hens…sometimes very loud ones.

Take a moment to reflect on the Bay of Pigs monument, commemorating the botched CIA invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles in 1961. The goal was to overthrow Fidel Castro and establish a non-communist government friendly to the United States. Last I checked, it’s 2024 and the communists are still in charge…

But 90 miles away in Miami, Cuban-Americans dream of a day when communism finally falls and they can return to their homeland.

a street with a bus stop and people on it

a street corner with a mural on the side of a building

a statue of a rooster with a red heart on it

a group of people standing outside of a restaurant

a statue of a rooster with a flag on it

a sign on a building

a group of people in a store

a group of people sitting at tables in a restaurant

a group of people outside of a building  a building with ice cream on the side

a child looking at food in a case

a chalkboard with writing on it
Crazy prices…

a child holding an ice cream cone

a child holding an ice cream cone

people walking around a street market

a group of people walking through a gate

a mural of a group of people

a group of people sitting at tables outside

a group of people sitting at tables outside

a group of men playing instruments in a bar

a group of people sitting at a table

a street with cars and people on it

a chicken standing on a star on a brick walkway with Hollywood Walk of Fame in the background

a sign with colorful art on the wall

a chicken walking on a sidewalk next to cars and buildings

a group of people standing outside a restaurant

a wall with a painting of a man and a eagle

a mural of a group of people

a mural on a wall

a man and woman walking on a street corner

a monument with a torch on top

a sign on a chain

a monument in a city

a statue of a man holding a star

a statue of a man in a park

a statue of a man holding a gun

a monument in a city

a child walking by a fence with chickens

a child standing in a parking lot with chickens

an airplane flying in the sky

a group of birds on a street

a group of people sitting on a sidewalk

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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2 Comments

  1. Christian Reply
    July 8, 2024 at 6:51 pm

    Interesting to see the changes that have occurred in your pictures, like how almost none of the men playing dominos is wearing a guayabera and so much of the signage is in English.

  2. JDAventura Reply
    July 8, 2024 at 10:21 pm

    Kudos to you for teaching your son the meaning of America!

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