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Santiago de Cuba

Up to the Parque Cespedes, the main square

Santiago de Cuba

Santa Basilica Metropolitana at Parque Cespedes

Santiago de Cuba

Foreigners are only allowed to stay in arrendador devisas. The landlord is quite often a docter, lawyer, engineer professor etc

Santiago de Cuba

Celebrating 95 years of what? (Willys 1/2 ton truck 1950/53)

Santiago de Cuba

Breakfast with my brother Hans in our Casa Particular

Santiago de Cuba

New when the landlord and wife married 50 years ago

Santiago de Cuba

Along the waterfront

Santiago de Cuba

Even the Empresa Productos Lecteos SA feels the need to celebrate the Castros

Santiago de Cuba

The common worker can read this. But does it make him change his attitude? Make him analyse his life more?

Santiago de Cuba

Titi has to save many years to decently restore his car. (chevrolet belair 1954)

Santiago de Cuba

Times changes so stories change. -cuentapropistas � self-employed entrepreneurs are in favor now. In the street people still call them the capitalists. ( the shoemaker, plumber, taxidriver etc). They did not read the message of Raoul

Santiago de Cuba

State of the art in Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

Another time Marti on his white horse

Santiago de Cuba

Out bicitaxi driver

Santiago de Cuba

where they sell train-tickets. shorts, T-shirts and sandals not allowed

Santiago de Cuba

In the backyard of Casa de la Musica we enjoy great music

Santiago de Cuba

Pajaro - Rita Longa

Santiago de Cuba

Barbaro and his band

Santiago de Cuba

Who is living here??

Santiago de Cuba

Aquario of Santiago. The fish are waiting for their students to rock their rocking chairs

Santiago de Cuba

Restaurant in green

Santiago de Cuba

As the local transport goes in Cuba outside Havana. Since the Periodo Especial when the Russians left

Santiago de Cuba

Fidel, no more is needed

Santiago de Cuba

Marti was a geat universal poet,writer, and politcal thinker about the americas, not just about cuba

Santiago de Cuba

The mausoleum of Jose Marti (1853-1895). Fought Spains colonialism and recongnised the US expansionalism

Santiago de Cuba

Changing the guard at Marti

Santiago de Cuba

Modern building methods with Colombian engineering of Forzas

Santiago de Cuba

Houses for the middle class officials

Santiago de Cuba

West Coast - Granma-Cuba

No quiero ir al Cielo by Augusto.G.Menorcal. He does not want to go to heaven. (were the Spanish go)

west coast - Granma-Cuba

The jungle at the west coast where Fidel cs prepared their revolution

west coast - Granma-Cuba

The damage of hurricane Sandy in 2002 is still not repaired

west coast - Granma-Cuba

The infrastructure, build with technical and financial help from the russians needs now great maintenance and replacement

west coast - Granma-Cuba

Iocal transport goes mainly by horse and cart

West Coast - Granma-Cuba

I am Fidel, how does one interpret this?

west coast - Granma-Cuba

Prepairing for irrigation

west coast - Granma-Cuba

The lack of tires (gomas) is a big problem in Cuba

Campechuela Granma Cuba

Modern Times. The most efficient and advanced sugar mill of Cuba and the main public transport by horse and cart

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Once Colonia Espanola (social club for the spanish), now townhall. With andalusian tiles depicting Columbus

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Marti is the real hero in Cuba and Latin America. Fidel and Che the figure heads

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

This fishingboats are as big and advanced as it gets in Cuba

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

iglesia de la Purisma Concepcion 1920

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Constructed by the inhabitants of Manzanillo (1923-24)

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Bandstand Glorietta Morisca by architect jose martin del castillo de grenada spain

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Pig goes to market, what next?

Manzanillo - Granma - Cuba

Speedo meter for horses, is there a film in the camera??

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Carlos M. de C�spedes freed his slaves and started the 10years war

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Art in the main street

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

ford-fairlane-500-skyliner-convertible 1957

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Bayamo- Yara - Granma - Cuba

Hatuey from Yara, the first recognized Cuban hero, does not accept Jesus. Prefers hell above staying with Spaniards in heaven

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Thinking

West Coast - Granma-Cuba

A camel rushing along

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

calligrapher, still a common profession

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Wheels are removed while the tyres are easily stolen. (happened to my VWW Beetle in the Netherlands too)

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Camels � Conversion of semi-truck flatbeds into bus-like vehicles. Still in use at the county side. Carried 300 people at times.

Bayamo - Granma - Cuba

Bayama to Havana, better suited for the bad roads then standard buses

Trinidad - Cuba

Romance

Trinidad - Cuba

View from Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos

Trinidad - Cuba

View over the Plaza Mayor from the Museo Nacional de la Lucha Contra Bandidos