Cuba, January 2008 (192 images)

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Snow removal at Pearson Airport in Toronto


The wing of our plane to Varadero


Sunset from the plane


My friend Vincent got 3 shots of champagne on the airplane


First glimpse of Cuba


Juan Gualberto Gomez airport in Varadero


View from the door of our room in Hotel Kohly in Havana


Palm trees (1)


My friend Vincent in front of the Ministry of Interior


Plaza de la Revolución, Havana (1)


Panoramatic view of Havana


Calzada de Infanta street, Havana


Ministry of Interior


Distance to Kingston: 815 km


Palacio de la Revolución, Havana


A mural of Che and a person bent over


José Martí memorial, Havana (1)


José Martí memorial, Havana (2)


Lada (USSR) vs. American classic (USA)


Public transportation in Havana


Peak behind the facade


Street in Havana (1)


Line drying in Havana


Gate to Chinatown in Havana


Lincoln memorial in Havana


My friend Vincent in front of the Capitol, Havana


The Capitol, Havana


The steps of the Capitol in Havana


Me in front of the Capitol in Havana


Gran Teatro de la Habana


Museum of the revolution


Room in the museum of the revolution


Doorway in the museum of the revolution (1)


Mirror in the museum of the revolution


Scenery from Havana


Rooftops in Havana


Propaganda poster


Doorway in the museum of the revolution (2)


The boat Granma in which Fidel Castro arrived in Cuba to start the revolution


My friend Vincent in front of the remnants of a downed U2 spy plane


Car repair, frequent view in Cuba


Me in Old Havana


Tiles in Old Havana


Street in Havana (2)


Catedral de San Cristóbal in Havana


Details of Catedral de San Cristóbal, Havana


New building for the University of Havana


Stained-glass windows during sunset


Street sign for Plaza de Armas


Polluted waterfront in Havana


Statue of Neptune on Malecón, Havana


Traffic in Malecón, Havana


Sunset on Malecón, Havana


Children in a balcony


Tall building on Malecón, Havana


Street off Malecón, Havana


Sunset in Havana


Delapidating building on Malecón, Havana


Me on Malecón, Havana


Malecón, Havana (1)


Sunset clouds


Malecón, Havana (2)


Our room in Hotel Kohly in Havana


One of our breakfasts in Hotel Kohly in Havana


Hitch-hiking at Punto de la Transportación Alternativa near Havana


Hitch-hiking with cars, buses and trucks


Street in Cienfuegos


Facade in Cienfuegos


Children coming back from school


Viazul bus, exclusively for tourists


The Cienfuegos mountains


White flowers


Old man sitting in front of his house


Iglesia Parroquial de la Santisima Trinidad, Trinidad at night


Typical window of a colonial house in Trinidad


The window of our room in Trinidad


Trinidad at sunrise


Panoramatic view of Marina Puerto Sol in Ancón


Mast and straw roof


Sea bird


My friend Vincent on the yacht to Cayo Blanco


Ocean


My friend Vincent snorkeling


View from a yacht


Tourists on Cayo Blanco


The beach on Cayo Blanco


Solar panels are common in Cuba


Crustacean on the beach


Crustacean walking


The dock on Cayo Blanco


View from Cayo Blanco


A little fish near the beach in Cayo Blanco


Mangrove on Cayo Blanco


Cayo Blanco


Water at Cayo Blanco


Me walking into the ocean


Dead blowfish


Seashell at the beach


The yacht that transported us to Cayo Blanco


Ocean and moon


Flowers


Local bus


Street in Trinidad


Sunset in Trinidad


Iglesia Parroquial de la Santisima Trinidad, Trinidad


"Need for Speed" Moskvich


Moon (1)


Me smoking a Cuban cigar


My friend Vincent smoking a Cuban cigar


The bus terminal in Trinidad at night


Calle Boca in Trinidad


Scenery near Trinidad


Hourse cart in Trinidad


Custom-made "limo" out of two Russian cars Zhiguli


Autopista Nacional, usually almost empty


Viazul bus terminal in Havana, exclusively for tourists


Small resort between Havana and Pinar del Río


Rain in the forest


In the Viazul bus heading to Viñales


Scenery


Church in Viñales


In a taxi in Viñales


The hill where the Santo Tomás cave is


Coco tree


Pink flowers


Purple flowers


Me and my friend Vincent ready to enter the cave


The entrance to Santo Tomás cave


View from Santo Tomás cave (1)


Santo Tomás cave


Slapping the stalactites produces tones


Our guide in the Santo Tomás cave


Formations in the Santo Tomás cave (1)


Formations in the Santo Tomás cave (2)


Formations in the Santo Tomás cave (3)


View from Santo Tomás cave (2)


Light entering the Santo Tomás cave


Scenery at Viñales (1)


Piglet


Farm in Viñales


Panoramatic view from Viñales


Scenery at Viñales (2)


Mural on a prehistoric theme


Me at a crossroad in Viñales


Palm trees (2)


Classic American car


Our room in Viñales


Panoramatic view from our window in Viñales


Sunrise in Viñales


Vulture on a branch


Panoramatic view of Mogote del Valle


Farm fields in Viñales


Mogote del Valle


Cow


Scenery at Viñales (3)


Scenery at Viñales (4)


Jan. 21: hike in mud and manure


Scenery at Viñales (5)


Scenery at Viñales (6)


Me climbing the hill with the prehistoric mural


View from the top of the prehistoric mural (1)


View from the top of the prehistoric mural (2)


Me at the top of the prehistoric mural


View from the top of the prehistoric mural (3)


Vulture in the sky


View from the top of the prehistoric mural (4)


My friend Vince at the top of the prehistoric mural


Horse


My friend Vince eating street pizza in Havana


Me at the José Martí memorial in Havana


Plaza de la Revolución, Havana (2)


Me in front of the Ministry of Interior


The beach in Varadero (1)


January 22: hike on sandy beach


Sea worms on the beach


Surf in Varadero (1)


My sandy foot


Near the end of the Varadero peninsula


Hotel in Varadero


Surf in Varadero (2)


The beach in Varadero (2)


Blue jellyfish


"Coco-móvil" and its ghost driver


Varadero


Sunset on Varadero beach


Sunset in Varadero


Moon and palm leaves


Moon (2)


You need to pay 25 CUC to leave Cuba


Our plane to Toronto


The cockpit of our plane to Toronto


January 23: hike in snow