La Nina

All Cuban women learn to flirt at an early age. This little girl was playing on the sidewalk while her mother shopped at the "Free Market". The streets are really quite safe in most areas. Police are common patrolling the streets on foot and in their cars. One should be careful in interacting with people on the street. I have had the sad experience of being thought a tourist, talking with a hustler, and having that person hauled away for badgering a tourist. Children play with abandon in the streets of many areas, especially in Habana Vieja and Centro. It is common to see boys playing stickball wth a slat of trash lumber and a huge wad of tape. Yes, you can make a serviceable baseball from duct tape! Well. the Cuban boy can.