Category: Travel + Place

Travel + Place 495

495 – Back to Havana

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Returning to Havana, it is hard to believe that we are returning home tomorrow. Back in Havana, on the eve of Mother’s Day, we are taken to our guide’s apartment in Havana and invited into others’ apartments to take photos and have a rum shot. Met a group of strangers…

Travel + Place 494

494 – The Horse Whisperer

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Today we have a photography session with a Cuban horse Whisperer, and photographer, Julio Munoz. We are taken to a working ranch, and into country homes. After being in a few homes, I am emotionally moved by the friendliness of the people. Grateful today for all the work that our…

Travel + Place 493

493 – Trinidad

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Trinidad, the oldest town in Cuba. A colonial town with cobblestone roads, and the most “shopping” I have seen yet. We spend the early afternoon walking in town and taking photographs. By 4pm, we are back at the resort and happy to spend the later afternoon lounging by the pool….

Travel + Place 492

492 – Back on the bus

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Travel day today. From Vinales to Cienfuegos, a stop for lunch at the Palacio del Valle and then to our hotel in Trinidad. On the bus from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. Happy to arrive and settle in. Grateful today for a comfortable ride and Mario, our fabulous bus driver.

Travel + Place 491

491 – Pinareno

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A day of photographing the busy morning activity in Vinales, the natural scenes as we walk on country roads, and the tobacco farm that we visit for lunch. Lunch is leisurely and relaxed. After lunch, rum shots start and cigars are lit… Somewhere here, I think I became the pinareno……