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“la historia me absolverá!”

fidel castro

By 默默富酷

May 9^th, 2010

where's the coke?

no, not the powdery psychedelic inducing substance from south america. but the equally deadly carcinogenic beverage. there are only two countries that coca-cola are not sold. here in cuba and north-korea. no wonder they were labelled as the axis of evil. with rum aplenty, i wasn’t missing the canned caramel fizzy too much anyway.

where's our lunch?

looking for a place for food was tough. commerce wasn’t a big thing when we visited. maybe it was just we understood two spanish words - jamon and cerveza. by some small miracle, we, actually just j - she spotted the symbol of a fork and knife next to a medical clinic. i was convinced that’s the medical appliances used for surgery. we followed the sign up to the second story and ran the door bell asking to be fed.

we ordered whatever she gestured. each of us had a plate of rice with black beans, a slab of cassava, a fried pork chop that was marinated with sour pineapple vinegar and homemade ‘slaw. it was apparent this establishment has not seen large crowd. the four of us ate with 3 forks on a table meant for two.

our first meal in cuba was fantastic - this meal and subsequent meals we had in chinatown. we wouldn’t want it any other way.

lunch is served

a mystical jar of pineapple brine.

our chef frying up the pork chop in her kitchen

the mystical world of máquina

máquina or yank tanks are the classic cars or vehicles that is ubiquitous with cuba - from the american 50’s fords, chevrolets & dodges and russian ladas, moskvitchs & volgas. these antique vehicles added charm to cuba. anyone visiting cuba is immediately transported back in time.

a cab driver on the streets of havana

a public bus on the streets of viñales

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teenagers on the way to the beach

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the mystical world of máquina #2

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"no entiendo español"

we made a side trip to a nearby town near viñales. while waiting for our driver, we were invited into the house of this lady. bless her soul. she seemed to live alone and must be lonely to want to invite us in.

she showed her sparsely decorated house before sitting me down and showed me old photos of her wedding and her children. when i asked where her husband was, she gestured that he was no more. when i pointed to her children, she gestured they lived far away. she also showed me her list of medication she was on.

i wished i could understand her story. perhaps she needed help. perhaps she just wanted company.

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niños

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sombreros

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extraños

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anciano

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doctor luis

dr. luis is a dentist we met in trinidad. he is a friend of the host we were staying with. he invited us over to his home and showed us around. i made a portrait of him and promised to send him a copy of the photograph. i lost the address he wrote for me.

if by some chance, someone who is reading this know dr. luis, please drop me a message.

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diverso #1

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malecón

no trip to cuba is complete without visiting one of the most famous nighttime promenades in the world.

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bundles of fermented goodness

“eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man‘s enjoyment of his cigar.” - mark twain.

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