My best laid plan of posting pictures over a few days, after returning home, fell apart. I was diagnosed with giardia, an intestinal parasite. Bringing home a little souvenir from Cuba. Today, I am finally rounding the bend and coming back to life. Because of the delay, Im just going to post some of my favorite pictures from the trip and call it good.
Haitian Dancers preserving their culture.
Found a easy livelihood. Just poses for tourists and collects cucs.
A very cool sculpture square in Camaguey
El Cobre Sanctuary, dedicated to the Patron Saint of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity
Young boy practicing drums on a notebook. No practice pads here, they are lucky if they get a reed for a clarinet.
Pedicab ride. One of the members of the group said he was glad we weren’t fat Germans. I think Mark and I both have a lot of German in us though. Interesting man. He is now the guide for a nationally owned ranch, because of his excellent english and personality. He has a masters in English, but can make more money as a guide. Making sugarcane drinksHemmingway’s Cuban Home. We were allowed to walk through the grounds, and peer into the windows. Sculture in Havana. Art plays a very important part in the country’s landscape. Cuban Policeman. Crime rate is low here. May be due to the punishments? Taxis waiting for fares. Building in Havana. They are slowly returning them to their former beauty, On the main roads and squares. But go one block in and it looks like a bomb hit. Havana-way more building look like this. But most of them have people living in them. Revolutionary Square-where Fidel held many of his speeches. Which reminds me, I was going to discuss Communism, Dictator, Socialism, and where Cuba is in the mix. Sadly, I need to meet with someone more knowledgeable than me, before I give my take on what I saw and heard. Hotel National Havana, Cuba Our hotel (front) while in Havana. But in the early 30’s, lots of history in the old building. And a toilet that only half flushed, life in Cuba!
DOG GONE CAMPING 