Cuba 2017 #

This is a work in progress. I have a ton of photos to go through and organize.

Leaving Town #

In the summer of 2017 I had the opportunity to visit Cuba with some co workers. One of them took a lot more photos than I did, which is good because mine weren’t very good. I packed my bag and I was ready to go.

We packed so much into about a week, and took so many pictures, I’m afraid there’s no way to do it justice. It was incredible, we drank rum, played on the beach, rode horses into the jungle, smoked cigars, enjoyed art, architecture, history, dancing, music, and on and on. I mean you name it. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.

Cuban flag flying on a pole atop a rugged rock outcrop against a blue sky with wispy clouds On my way! Havana street lined with weathered colonial buildings, crisscrossing power lines, and a few pedestrians Woman in a blue dress with a black purse walking along a Havana sidewalk past faded pink apartment buildings Man at the wheel of a classic blue car with a white roof passing pastel colonnaded buildings in Havana Woman in sunglasses and a pink floral dress riding in the back seat of a vintage car in Cuba Jars of herbs and peppers lining a Havana bar counter, with the bartender blurred behind them Bartender with a topknot muddling mint in a row of glass jars behind a Havana bar Green-and-white classic convertible parked on a cobbled Havana street below weathered balconied facades Bearded man in a cap and white t-shirt holding a canned drink in the front seat of a red convertible in Havana

Man in a cap and white t-shirt on a chestnut horse below a jungle-covered hill in rural Cuba, others standing nearby Woman in a white shirt riding a horse up a red-dirt trail through green Cuban countryside Travelers laughing over honey and rum at a wooden table under a thatched shelter in rural Cuba Two men on horseback riding a red-dirt trail between sunlit trees in the Cuban countryside Bearded man in a green cap lighting a cigar beside a wooden picket fence under a rustic Cuban shelter Hands passing a hand-rolled cigar across a wooden table under a thatched roof in rural Cuba Laughing woman in a white shirt and jeans gripping her saddle on a dirt road in the Cuban countryside Man in a white t-shirt smoking a cigar on horseback along a red-dirt road lined with pines in Cuba Wide-eyed selfie of a bearded man in a cap at an airport window with the tarmac behind him Three travelers carrying water bottles walking down a sunny Havana street of faded storefronts Selfie of a smiling man in a green cap riding in an open classic car with two women in the back seat Selfie from an open car passing a blue vintage sedan, with the twin towers of Havana’s Hotel Nacional behind

Green Cuban pasture with fence posts and palms stretching toward forested hills under puffy clouds Rainbow arcing over green fields and scattered trees under a gray sky in the Cuban countryside People gather on a Havana street corner at dusk under a pink sky, one streetlight glowing on the old buildings Two men ride horses down a red-dirt trail through green trees in Cuba, the lead rider in a cap and sunglasses A man in a white t-shirt and cap crosses a sunlit Havana street corner, a bicycle taxi passing behind him Black-and-white view down a stairwell in Cuba, a bearded man in a cap on the steps looking up at the camera A bearded man in a cap sits at a cafe table in Cuba with soda cans and a water bottle, framed photo collages on the red wall Bright turquoise house facade in Cuba with a red wooden doorway, wrought-iron window bars, and palm fronds overhead A woman in sunglasses and a floral off-shoulder top looks out over the water along a Cuban seafront Black-and-white view through the window of a classic car in Cuba, a couple sitting together in the back seat A man in a green cap and white t-shirt walks past a large carved wooden door on a stone building in Cuba A bartender in Cuba muddles mint in a row of glasses for mojitos, liquor bottles lining the shelves behind him A woman at a busy Cuban cafe table holds a red tropical flower in front of her face, a mojito glass nearby Coffee grinders and trays of limes on a bar counter under pendant lamps in a white-beamed Cuban cafe