Cuba

Communist Party office in Habana Vieja

A taxi parks outside Hotel Plaza in Habana Vieja

Classic cars operating as taxis in Havana Vieja

Fidel, Camilo and Che relief in the The Plaza de la Revolución

A Havana taxi driver waits for business.

Havana street art commemorating the 26th of July Movement

A boy sells us croquetas on New Year's Eve in Old Havana

Gym Cuba, Habana Vieja

Classic taxis in Habana Vieja

Boys look out from inside their home, near Plaza Vieja, Old Havana.

An old Havana side street near Centro.

A Havana musician plays for walkers along the Malecón, with Hotel Nacional in the background.

A Havana musician plays for walkers along the Malecón. (Morro Castle is in the background).

Colorful Habana Vieja

Colorful Habana Vieja

A bartender whips up mojitos at La Lluvia de Oro, Havana.

Two women walk by the Communist Party Office in Habana Vieja

Habana Vieja

Walking home from work on New Year's Day, Vedado.

Symmetry, Vedado

Street scenes from Vedado, a Havana neighborhood.

Two men fish from the Malecón in Havana

Sunset from the Malecón

Our view of Viñales' countryside from our casa particular

Classic cars operate as taxis all over Cuba. ( Viñales.)

A typical Viñales home.

Many Cubans keep singing birds caged in their homes.

Any mode of transport goes, but it's very uncommon to see new motorcycles or cars anywhere in Cuba. (Viñales)

Two farmers walk to work on a tobacco farm on the outskirts of Viñales.

Raul enjoys a cigar from Torres Farm in Viñales.

One of the tobacco farmers at Torres Farm in Viñales.

A father flies a plastic kite for his son on the outskirts of Trinidad.

Trinidad side streets, away from the UNESCO area

Colorful Colonial Trinidad

An aerial view of Trinidad at seen from the tower of the Municipal Museum

A man sits watching market shoppers pass by in Trinidad.

A woman sells necklaces made from seeds and shells in Trinidad.

A woman sells necklaces made from seeds and shells in Trinidad.

A Trinidad man takes an afternoon reading break.

Cuba's literacy rate is 99%!

A man takes a siesta in the doorway of his home, Trinidad.

He did smile at me when I asked to take his picture, this was just his "tough look."

My Cuban Morgan Freeman look-alike

Making friends at the local's bar in Trinidad

Life on Trinidad side streets

Two Trinidad men in their daily seats at Plaza Mayor

Cuba's version of a bike booster seat

Traveling past Trinidad's farmlands en route to the old sugar factories.

The Manaca-Iznaga Tower

Looking out to the Valle de los Ingenios (sugar mills) from the Manaca-Iznaga Tower.

A barista preparing cortados at the Manaca-Iznaga ingenio.

Refreshments for sale at the Manaca-Iznaga ingenio

A classic Buick outside the Manaca-Iznaga ingenio

A once functioning sugar mill and distillery on the outskirts of Trinidad

A once functioning sugar mill and distillery on the outskirts of Trinidad

Old, dilapidated cargo container holders at the sugar mill factory

American equipment left at an old abandoned sugar mill on the outskirts of Trinidad

Old, dilapidated cargo container holders at the sugar mill factory

Old, dilapidated cargo container holders at the sugar mill factory

Czechoslovakian cargo containers at the sugar mill

Social Security documents from 1959

Social Security documents from 1959

Meat is measured out to be sold in Trinidad.

Meat sales are still regulated in Cuba, after it basically disappeared from the Cuban diet during the "Special Period" between 1991-95.

A young painter maintains the colorful building facades in Trinidad.

Trinidad by night

161 Avenida Independencia, Trinidad

Trinidad's countryside

A horse and buggy ride into Trinidad's countryside.

Horse and buggy ride through Trinidad's countryside

Frank, our guide for the daytrip into Trinidad's countryside.

Felix

Felix, our new farmer friend, shows off his new litter of pups.

Felix's bedroom and work clothes

Laundry hangs to dry in Felix's finca home.

One of the bedrooms in Felix's finca home.

The kitchen in Felix's finca home.

Trinidad's countryside

Trinidad's old, but still functioning, railroad.

Sunset over a finca on the outskirts of Trinidad.

Countryside sunsets on the outskirts of Trinidad

Trinidad

A typical Trinidad market

Animals replaced tractors during Cuba's agricultural transformation after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Read more here: http://theweek.com/articles/583035/that-time-cuba-replaced-tractors-oxen

Stuck behind a banana delivery truck en route to Santa Clara.

Che Guevara's Mausoleum and Memorial, Santa Clara.

Che Guevara's Mausoleum and Memorial, Santa Clara.

"Until victory, always!" Santa Clara.

Santa Clara's Parque Vidal

An abandoned Santa Clara market covered with artwork immortalizing Che Guevara.

Santa Clara - the city liberated by Che Guevara during the Revolution.

'Tren Blindado', a monument and museum dedicated to the historical events of Santa Clara's liberation in 1958.

'Tren Blindado', a monument and museum dedicated to the historical events of Santa Clara's liberation in 1958.

Cuba's picturesque landscape - between Trinidad and Santa Clara.

Cuba's picturesque landscape - between Trinidad and Santa Clara.