Bucket List | Cuba

Photo shoot: Cuba

April 14, 2013July 5, 2016

Ahh Cuba, so quaint to visit, so hard to live in. A land where tourists take photos around every picturesque corner and the locals can only hope for a regime change so they too can experience the world like we can…

Taxi in Cuba — One of the best things you can do is rent a taxi for a couple of hours and get the driver to show you around

I spent a weekend in Havana, Cuba a few years ago and this is the amazing scene that played out before me…

Train Havana Cuba — There’s all sorts of modes of transport to get around Havana

Cuba Chevy — Because these 1950s and 60s Chevys are not all that reliable!

Cuba car and soccer — I love this photo the most with the soccer game in the background

Baseball Cuba style — If not soccer then baseball on the streets of Havana

Cuba — I just happened upon this little lad waiting for his dad

Cuba graffiti — Patriotic graffiti in a jungle park

Cuba apartment — Apartment living is not as salubrious as is could be

Old Havana — Make sure you visit Old Havana, the original part of the city

Mojitos — Wander the narrow streets past bars blaring local music to try the best mojito in town

El Floridita — This bronze of Ernest Hemingway is at El Floridita, a 100 year old credited for inventing the frozen daiquiri – and where Hemingway hung out on a daily basis

Art shop — Che fans are everywhere. This guy is selling art and souvenirs

Cigar lady — Just about every tourist to Cuba has taken a pic of this lady with the stogie – it’s how she earns her living

Cuban street — The streets of Havana during siesta

Havana sea front — Havana sits on the sea front and fish is plentiful here

Cuba flags — The ‘American Interesting Office’ is their embassy, I was told. The flags out the front represent each Cuban who died trying to reach Florida as refugees

Cuba George Bush billboard — And across the road are these billboards explaining just how they feel about the Americans!

Cuba billboard — What the…?!

Che Guevara — Che Guevara is their hero

Partagas — The entry to the Partagas cigar factory where you can watch them being hand rolled – and buy some!

Guitar man — Music is everywhere inside and out

Cigar men — These two are also earning money from tourists taking their photos, but at $1 how could you walk past??

Walkway — This walkway had kids playing ball games and older people telling yarns while music blared from surrounding houses

Street scene — The scene beside the walkway. I just love all the action in this photo – it’s like a movie set!

Neighbours — My two favourite ladies 🙂

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