Photo-Finish Friday - After Raising Cane

Burning a field in Cuba after the harvest. I believe this was sugar cane.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Pretty Birds

A pair of Trogons in a tree.
We came upon them at the crest of a very steep hill on a walk in Cuba two years ago.
The Trogon is the national bird of Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday -- San Juan Hill

A park on San Juan Hill, Cuba, to commemorate the famous battle of the Spanish-American War.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Statuesque

Statue in a square in (I believe) Santa Clara, Cuba.
The man behind the statue was our tour guide.

Photo-Finish Friday - A Peaceful Place in the Country

Near Santo Domingo, Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday--Full of Green

Bananas growing by a house in Santo Domingo, Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday - Coffee Time

A Cuban man turns coffee beans as they dry in the sun.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Scene from an Orchid Garden

We toured an orchid garden as part of our visit to Cuba last year.

Photo-Finish Friday--A Visit to Old Havana

Overlooking a square in Old Havana.

Photo-Finish Friday--Free As A Bird

A West Indian Woodpecker in a tree in an orchid garden in Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Street Scene

Sweeping water down the street in a Cuban city.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Pretty Purple Flower

From an orchid garden in Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Cuba from a Mogote

Mogotes can be found near Vinales, Cuba. We climbed partway up one, maybe 50m, and then went though a cave complete with bats and out the other side.

I took this while taking a quick rest during the nearly straight up climb.
Among the crops grown around there are tobacco and sweet potatoes. 

Photo-Finish Friday - Honest Labour Edition

Cuba Labour

Hard work under the sun outside a sugar cane plantation historical site in Cuba.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Battleground Edition

The historic site of The Battle of San Juan Hill, Cuba.

Reaching Out

This magnificent old tree in the square in Sancti Spiritus looked like it was reaching out to us.
It had a great deal of character. I wish I could have spent more time as it looked as though it had a wonderful, painful, joyful story to tell.

Photo-Finish Friday--Does It Toll For Thee?

Bell tower in a town square, Cuba.

I apologize for forgetting the name. It was probably Sancti Spiritus.

Photo-Finish Friday --Cigars on the Hoof Edition

A Cuban farmer attends to his tobacco just outside of Vinales.

Photo-Finish Friday -- Old Havana

 A scene from our hotel balcony in Old Havana.

I'm putting it up early because I've been lax about posting this week and thought I should get something going lest you fear I've deserted you.

Photo-Finish Friday--Days Long Past Still Here

A common sight in Cuba

Old American cars in mint condition are a common sight in Cuba. Many of them earn their keep as taxicabs.

For as many as you'll see lovingly kept up there are just as many held together by rust and luck.