The People
Angelo our taxi driver to Havana. We thought that 170 pesos for a private tour of Havana was better than a 500 peso bus tour. Except that Angelo doesn't know much english.
One of many mariachi bands
Pretty girls on the street
Pretty girls on the stage at the Tropicana club
This art vendor Makes much more than a doctor in Cuba. The art is mass produced in a factory. I bought some knowing this but wanting the pictures anyways and trying to support a struggling economy.
Internet in Cuba
The Bus tour guide to the Tropicana club
The show
School children
We brought about 60 pencils and tons of other stuff to give a way. Most people appreciated the gifts but for some reason these children did not wnat to take the pencils but were happy to let me take their picture.
This lady and her daughter tended the municipal museum in Cardenas (pronounced Car den os emphasis on the first syllable).
Carlos the one able to read English was our tour guide for the snorkeling trip to the Bay of Pigs. The other guy is the driver and this is Saturday so his daughter is along for the ride. I gave her the latest issue of National Geographic that I had bought in the airport to read on the plane. She was thrilled. Her father can't read English so Carlos is reading for them. They have no magazines in Cuba.
Our best day was this trip to the bay of pigs on the south of the island. No pictures because what was amazing was the incredible coral that we saw while snorkeling. Interesting that this day was the result of changed plans due to weather. We almost didn't go. Marjorie persisted and proved that you have to remain flexible in your plans. It something doesn't quite work, you need to be flexible enough to use a plan B.
Everyone is a government employee. Here they seem to be posing for no good reason.