10 days in Cuba in 2018
Havana
Rooftop views and cold drinks!
Breakfast on our rooftop terrace - perfect way to start the day! (except for papaya)
A very typical street in Havana
Modes of transportation include classic cars, modern cars, east-bloc cars, pedi-cabs and horse-drawn carriages. all of them.
Lots of steep stairways!
random junk in the back of one of the vegetable markets...i mean, the composition of it practically looks staged!
Check out the nail salon in the 2nd floor
oh, the colors!
you're never far away from Che
Especially closer to the salty air of the Malecon, buildings are falling apart at an alarming rate
no idea.
Cars
People
Pretty much sums up Cuba!
Street musicians galore!
one of many musical street artists
Oh, the delicious fried snacks!
Day-trip to Viñales
Stuff of legends
First stop: Guayabita del Pinar liquor factory in Pinar del Rio
Somewhat low-tech bottling process
"clean" bottles
Aging barrels
Samples of the guyabita fruit (also requests for candy and toothpaste)
A tobacco farm surrounded by the magnificent "mogotes" that the region is famed for (residual hills)
a tobacco farmer
characteristically shaped tobacco-drying hut
leaves...
before and after
prickly // gorgeous
gorgeous and less prickly!
Lunch stop - ohhhh, the piña coladas!
the Prehistoric Murals of Viñales - "neo-cave art on the macro scale"
The mural was started in 1961 and took 4 years to complete
goofing off, post-piña
last stop - wandering the caves!
The gorgeous natural colors of Cuba
our view from Pedro's
Pedro's puppy!
Dinner ingredients
fresh from their garden!
The Playa Luna beach at dusk
Casa Larabi!
Casa Larabi hosts
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Stalking travel companion on our rooftop terrace
Amazing trilobytes (?)
Sandra's garden
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A map of our trip.
We had ambitions of visiting much more of the island, but were so captivated by the places we visited that we decided to spend more time in each of them... and come back for the rest!