Girls in Vinales
Plantation Workers, Vinales
Vinales Dwelling
Pineapple Farm Vinales
Horseman, Vinales
Tobacco Plantation Owner, Vinales
Cuba is all about Che Guevara, The Revolution, it's music and rum. Mojitos being the famous rum drink of Cuba. Che Guevara is still regarded as a hero of the Revolution and there are many memorials to The Revolution. The old American cars from the 1950's are very prevalent giving the country a feeling of being in a "time warp".
Cuba is also famous for its cigars and there are tobacco planations mainly in the Vinales area. Rationing still continues in Cuba but this does stop the poor from going without food. Ernest Hemingway is famous for having spent a considerable amount of time in Cuba and the Royal Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta was born in Cuba.
Fidel Castro has kept a tight hold on Cuba which is a Communist Country and has built up the second largest armed forces in Latin America. No political party is permitted to nominate candidates or campaign on the island.
My trip started in Havana and I travelled to Vinales for the Tobacco Planatations and Cane Fields, Cienfugegos and The Bay of Pigs, Santa Clara, the site of the victorious attack on an armoured train, Sierra Escambray, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Camaguey, Sierra Maestra, which is the site of Fidel's base, Santiago de Cuba, Baracoa. This was my finishing point having travelled the length of Cuba and from Baracoa I flew back to Havana for my trip back to the UK.
Girls in Vinales
Plantation Workers, Vinales
Vinales Dwelling
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Pineapple Farm Vinales
Horseman, Vinales
Tobacco Plantation Owner, Vinales
Plantation Dwelling, Vinales |
Vinales Guide |
Tobacco Plantation |
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Washing, Vinales
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Lady of Vinales
Road Signs, Vinales
Tending the Tobacco Plants |
Vinales Dwelling
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Che Guevara image on a wall |
Flag of Cuba |
On road near Playa Giron
Fidel Poster at Giron Museum
Detail of Che Che Memorial |
At Playa Giron
Bay of Pigs
Che Guevara Mausoleum, Santa Clara |
On road near Playa Giron
Playa Giron Museum
Memorial to Che Guevara |
Cutting Coconut at Cienfuegos
One of Cuba's old cars |
Tomas Terry Theatre Santa Clara
Santa Clara |
Old Bridge in El Cubano National Park |
Guide at Che Guevara Mausoleum
Schoolgirl in Trinidad
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Children playing, Trinidad
Ration Shop, Trinidad |
Old Austin, Trinidad
Ration Shop Trinidad |
Trinidad
Street Trader, Trinidad |
Market at end of day, Trinidad |
View of Trinidad from balcony of museum |
Art Gallery, Trinidad |
One of the cobbled streets, Trinidad |
Balcony outside Trinidad Museum |
Hanging Lamp in Museum |
Rocking Chair in Museum Trinidad |
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Trinidad at sunset |
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Volley Ball in Trinidad Street |
Going Home, Trinidad |
Havana Ladies
Child of Havana
Havana |
Morning view over Havana
Revolution Square Havana |
Taberna with band playing in Havana
Taberna Musicians |
Musician at the Taberna
Taberna Musician |
Taberna Singer |
Havana Lady |
The Waterfront, Havana |
Men at Work in Havana
Building Repairs, Havana |
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