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He let me take his photo while I waited for 45 min to change money
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Farm
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Yeah, we rented bikes
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Beisbol!!
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I had to take this one…
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Tobacco farm
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Bay of Pigs museum
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Feeling welcome…
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Not much else to do, really.
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On the beach
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Bay of Pigs beach
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Part of the old resort
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Gutted I couldn’t adopt him!
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All kinds.
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Boxing on the beach.
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Cuban men LOVE attention!
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I was supposed to pay for this photo I think, but he didn’t see me take it.
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Caballero!
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Domino….
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I think he’d rather be playing dominoes
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One of the few people we ever saw actually working in Cuba.
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Hanging out
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I read a bit of this. Snooooooze.
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Playa Ancon. Very nice!
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Nice ride at playa Ancon. Unfortunately we had a 12km bike ride back to Trinidad.
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Sunset on the bike ride back from Playa Ancon
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Local handicrafts
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Took the steam train out to this tiny old sugar cane village
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More handicrafts, perhaps reflecting the mix of colors in Cuba
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Talked to this man for a while. He was very proud of that rooster.
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Those animals were all alive and REALLY unhappy
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Caballero!
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This farmer took us on a little tour of his farm. Here he holds coffee beans.
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Wake up butcher!
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Shave
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Not much for sale…
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Taken on our casa paticulare roof terrace. El Ron is our friend.
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With all my gear… subsequently all stolen in Buenos Aires
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In the old Governor’s home
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rooftops
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Street vendors
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On top of the old Governor’s home.
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Any shots of the two of us together generally look like this.
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Life in Trinidad. Tranquilo….
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Such great colors
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Kids flying a kite, rather unsuccessfully. No wind.
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Cruising
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Tourist with some old men
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So many dogs…
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Local artisan
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Does anyone work here??
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Preparing for a night of salsa
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Dusk sets in
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Priceless.
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Queuing for rations
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More boys asking to have their photo taken.
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Cuba is super colorful
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Typical street
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Lunch?
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A popular mode of transport
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Schoolgirls on their way home
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Our Coco Taxi driver. We loved her!
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She let us pose after our ride to and from the bus station.
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Didn’t know Fidel was so prolific…
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El Che. He’s EVERYWHERE!
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Hard at work again.
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What’s on offer at the national store. I got yelled at for taking this photo.
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It’s clearly working out well.
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The kids are really cute.
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Sunset near the old fort
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The military is bored
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View from the old fort at sunset
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Lots of junk for sale.
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Street
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hats for sale
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Inside our second casa paticulare in Trinidad
On Dec 31 2012, Mylene and I made our way from Mexico City to Havana Cuba. What follows are some excerpts from my journals and a few of the better photos. Cuba is highly photogenic and I took over 2,000 photos in 3 weeks. Don’t worry, most are garbage and will hit the cutting room floor. Or hotel floor or hostel or tent or whatever. Staying in casa particulares was enjoyable and a cheap alternative to hotels. Cubans are very friendly and happy to have you stay in their home. The food was always better in the houses than the restaurants, so we rarely ate out. The 3 week trip cost USD1,100 each. We even got a rather harrowing scuba dive into the Bay of Pigs in there… note: bring your own gear if you plan to scuba dive in Cuba.
Four out of Seven 