Barrio Chino -VidaNaPraia

[tommui987]

VidaNaPraia:

 

Am interested in going to the Barrio Chino - read quite about its history and the part the Chino(ese) played in the history of Cuba.

Any observations on the Barrio? Places to eat etc?

Thanks much,

Tom

[VidaNaPraia]

There's a big Chinese gate. If you drive through the city, through Centro, you're bound to see it.

There's a little alley of restaurants with a small gate at the entrance.

That's it, I think.

 

Trip Advisor has some reviews.

This is the alley, with a photo of the little gate. http://www.visitcuba.com/2012/10/havanas-chinatown-barrio-chino-de-la-habana/

And you can Google for photos of the big gate.

 

Here's another recent article for reference:

http://www.jenlinliu.com/home/2017/2/1/a-little-story-about-immigration-in-cuba

Edited May 30, 2017 by VidaNaPraia

[tommui987]

Thank you Vida!

[VidaNaPraia]

Enjoy, tommui987.

Maybe you can give me a restaurant recommendation for my next trip, for one in that alley that's worth the drive/walk over, when you get back.

[tommui987]

Enjoy, tommui987.

Maybe you can give me a restaurant recommendation for my next trip, .

 

I will do so if Donald T doesn't pull the plug!

 

Some seventy (!) years ago, I lived in Havana for about two years going to an American school (freshman, sophomore high) which I don't recall taught the history of the country and I don't remember even going to Catedral de San Cristobal so this trip will be really one of education and hopefully, talking to Cubanos and listening and learning!

[VidaNaPraia]

Some seventy (!) years ago, I lived in Havana for about two years going to an American school (freshman, sophomore high) which I don't recall taught the history of the country and I don't remember even going to Catedral de San Cristobal so this trip will be really one of education and hopefully, talking to Cubanos and listening and learning!

 

Wow! That's quite the opening to a longer story I'd love to hear.

 

Take it easy in the heat/humidity of Havana. It exhausts me (who has a couple of decades less on the books).

Use those bici-taxis in Vieja !