Cuba

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"Luggage" on Havana carousel. Parcels are...
Parking lot at Havana airport. Airport much smaller...
Revolution Square. Th statue in front is of Jose Marti...
Interesting art work of Camilo Cienfuegos - one of the...
Also visible from Plaza de Revolucion is the face of Che...
Second stop in Havana: Cemeteria de Colon or...
Many elaborate tombs and mausoleum buildings. ...
A pieta, caught as the bus drove by. The burial caverns...
A tribute to firefighters who died in the Great Fire of...
Another of the elaborate family tombs - the wealthy of...
A large bottle of Bacardi Rum on the mantelpiece at our...
Facade of our lunch spot
The dance troop, which we are about to see shares space...
One of the members of the independent (as opposed to...
Sorry this isn't a better picture. Two street people,...
This scupture, called Conversation, was intriguing.
Much much better when the sun came out.
This is not a church. (Sounds like Magritte.) It is a...
One of the many street sculptures. This was a fellow...
So Dad got with the program.
One of the galleries in the area. Very few "commercial" stores.
Most of the recently-allowed B&B's have a gimmick - this...
Interior shot.
The rain was on and off this one morning. This was the...
Perhaps some of the ruins are visible in the far left corner.
Even a better shot of the "ruins". The fountain is...
Third floor hotel room of Papa Hemingway.
Portions of the original walled city. Havana has been...
A nativity scene outside of the Cathedral. Not much...
The Cathedral - not on our tour - no churches were. Go...
Another view of the cathedral
Part of our "People and Culture" requirements was a stop...
Used for the making of cigar wrappers.
One of our best meals, in a privately owned paradores,...
Street artists came walking through the square.
They were extraordinarily nimble on those stilts.
A lady selling "Cones" of peanuts to the tourists.
A few of the harbor from the west side, looking north. ...
The long low building on the eastern shore was 1/2 mile...
Peter and Meg with El Morro in the background
This was our walking tour of the Old City. We started...
Ah ... the inside of the Cathedral.
This is not a church. Another performance space where...
Dad's Panama hat took up residence on the ice bucket in...
A morning rainbow over a Havana apartment building as...
A more typical mix of cars in the hotel parking lot. ...
A fairly typical street scene in the non-tourist section...
We were invited into the back yard of one "home-owner"...
We were all seated in the backyard which was quite pleasant.
This is the street she lived on.
Looking down the block in the other direction.
Total change of pace: Hemingway's house outside of the city.
Hemingway's living room
Entrance way
Dining area
Study at the top of a tower
Other seating area
Entrance in the afternoon light
His boat "Pilar"
.... with its Key West transom
the path to the boathouse
Joan being surprised with a cake on her birthday
One of the very few neon lights in Havana - the city is...
A real tourist place, but fun nevertheless. Sculptures...
Another People and Culture stop. A young girls' dance troop.
Some lovely young children
And at least one who wasn't having that much fun.
Just not her day.
The dancers were grouped by age. Cubans are basically a...
I thought the dances were amazingly sensual, if not...
Very few boys included in the troop.
The dancers had amazing moves
And then there was a re-telling of Snow White and the...
Including "hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go"
Older dancers - this was all a prelude to a lunch
Some beautiful faces.
This is the building where we had lunch and the dancers performed
A lot of bambooo stands in Cuba
The place was called La Celilia and was a multi-purpose...
Some elegant old trees
There was also a major dance party going on.
A statue in one of the non-churches. Reminded me of the...
Most trees were artificial.
I think this one was a church.
... with a young boy's choir singing carols
The one on the right was a real cut-up
Dad relaxing on the grounds of the Hotel Nacional
... with the Hotel behind him
Some of the "modern" mid-50's apartment houses
Leaving Havana ... not sure of the capitol building -...
A display of posters at a rest stop on our way out of the city.
Our beer brand of choice.
An unusual stone wall along the road out of the city.
Unusual for the length of it.
No comment from our guides
A very typical mode of transport outside of Havana
A display of military might at a museum commemorating...
A closer look. Most of these vehicles moved at a trot.
The Cuban flag at the Bay of Pigs site.
A near-by "all you can eat / drink / swim" establishment...
Two tourists soaking it up.
Have to decide which is the better C'mas card for 2014
That's the Caribbean behind dad.
Joan and Paul posing for the photographer
A prosperous home in the suburbs.
Slightly less so
A field of sugar cane, which is at about 10% of what it...
A church tower in Cienfuegos
Not sure of the building, but it's on the main square in...
As is this theatre where both the Bolshoi and Sarah...
A school also fronts the Plaza. We met a man who taught...
Another dance troupe. This little girl was a charmer.
Also with change of costume.
A few of the shells visible from our hotel in Cienfuegos
Dad in the outdoor gardens with an enormous...
More views of the tree, and our hotel
View from the hotel window. This was on the southern...
Cienfuegos with a population of about 150,000.
Our hotel pool
A visit to the School of Art (includes dance, music,...
Performance by some of the older dancers
Decoration on the walls
Not sure if this is student work. Anyone recognize it?
Student -applied, at least.
Examples of student work
I found some of these quite good. Copies"
Four boys were outside, one posing and the other three...
More examples
Reminded me of home
Geely, imported from China
A rest stop on the country road over to Trinidad
Bike tours of Cuba are popular
Sharing the road with the bus, the bikers, and the...
Typical country town street
More typical
The main square in Trinidad
Some side streets
Bell Tower in Trinidad
Some art ...
Pictoral view of the main square and bell tower
A tractor dragging rebar through the town
Somebody catching a rest
A view of one of the more upscale places
Another view of the Trinidad square
... and the urns that surround one end.
Half of a duo that performs outside Cuba, and owns a B&B...
She sings (and talks non-stop) while her husband plays...
They were great to listen to.
And there's the name: Duo Cofradia
Interesting gal - 42 years old. She's the one who owns...
Their back yard in Trinidad. She advertises their B&B...
The living area where they performed. They "swapped"...
A professional picture of them.
An older Chevy - lots of these around.
A Pontiac, I believe
Frequent tourist transport. Imagine pedaling that...
Our restaurant in Cienguegos passed out cigars after dinner.
Please note that it is not lit.
Sort of reminds me of my smoking days
Down to serious business now. We were the last of our...
Local transport outside the Farmers' Market
Freshly butchered meat. Not much (any?) refrigeration...
Man just rode motorcycle through Farmers' Market to get...
Made me want to go back to my rice and beans.
The words in Che's farewell letter to Fidel as he left...
A lot of tomatoes in Cuba - were served them often
Not many pictures of Fidel around. Cubans don't...
"To all the real greatness, time increases, does not...
Grains in the market. The woman in the black shirt, far...
Che is the face of the Revolution. This stylized...
"We work for the love" of the community. and Lenin's principles.
Outside of the farmers' market
Sugar cane almost ripe for harvest ... note all the...
Street side building. A lot of grills, frequently...
Another People and Culture stop. A Senior Center's...
The fellow in the striped shirt worked as an aerospace...
Paul won a prize in stick game ... you whack a...
The ladies got Dad up and dancing.
This is supposedly the best ice cream in Santa Clara,...
An unusual fountain in the main square of Santa Clara.
A building on the square that still has bullet holes...
I believe this driver is getting a ticket.
Meanwhile, another vehicle has to get by.
Street scene in Santa Clara.
Statue of Jose Marti in the main square of Cienfuegos
Very strange picture, but just had to include it. The...
Happier group on our last night in Cienfuegos when we...
Asked one of our co-travelers to get a picture of the four of us.
Early morning oar man in shell
A palace of one of the sugar barons; not sure its...
This is Punta Gorda which juts out from Cienfuegos. The...
Beautiful looking water.
Not sure from where Dad got this picture.
Lobby of the Hotel Jagua where we stayed in Cienfuegos -...
The gardens of the Hotel with an amazing topiary. Take...
This one is easy
So take another look at this one.
Another easy one
A lot of unemployed seen throughout
That's the shadow of the bus. Note lack of cars in the interior.
Horse at a trot
Our departure airport in Cienfuegos
Anxious moments at LGA getting deiced for flight to...
Flying on Sun Country charter at 8:30 am to Cuba