Sundowners at the Nacional

I seem to have a homing device to expensive hotels wherever I travel, and Havana was no exception.  We enjoyed a glass of rum at the Hotel Nacional - a stunning 1930s building reminiscent of an Arabian palace overlooking the Malecon.  Strangely, Iran's President Ahmadinejad was staying there at the time, on a tour of his allies.  We spotted his convoy of vehicles leaving the hotel grounds as we arrived.