Breakfast with a view of the mountains.
Beach is just down the road from Hortas Do Rio —View from our deck.
One of several walkways out to the cliffs.
The “Atlantic Path”
Sito Do Forno
Unassuming, but one of the best Seafood Reataurants. Sits out on the Cliffs near the Atlantic Path.
One of the Seafood Specialities —
THE NFLD/ST.PIERRE TRIP RESULTED IN 5 DIFFERENT GALLERIES WHICH FEATURED A WIDE VARIETY OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND ONE GALLERY JUST FOR ST.PIERRE .
FAR TOO MANY PHOTOS FOR YOU TO HAVE TO WADE THROUGH INITIALLY. SO THIS IS A COMPILATION OF THOSE GALLERIES.
IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM EACH GALLERY, BUT A REPRESENTATION OF THE DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTERS WITHIN EACH OF THEM . THE 5 INDIVIDUAL GALLERIES WILL BE POSTED IN THE UP COMING WEEKS.
ST.JOHNS -GOWER STREET -JELLY BEAN ROW
ST JOHNS -DUCKWORTH ST
St Johns
LOOKING DOWN FROM GOWER STREET TO ST JOHNS HARBOR
Gower St
Cabot Tower -Signal Hill -First Transatlantic wireless cable transmitted here 1901
VIEW OF ST JOHNS FROM SIGNAL HILL
Cape Spear Lighthouse -National historic Site and most easterly located lighthouse in North America
The 1835 Lighthouse at Cape Spear
Both Cape Spear Lighthouses
Fort Amherst at Entrance to St John’s Harbor. First lighthouse in NFLD was built here in 1810 -Current lighthouse was built in 1951
Quidi Vidi Village - a neighborhood of St Johns
Quidi Vidi Brewery -Nfld and Labradors largest craft brewery. Located at QV harbor. Famous for its world class ” Iceberg Lager” made with water harvested from Icebergs found off the coast of NFLD.
QV Harbor Fishing sheds
QV Harbor
Petty Harbor -When one side gets worn out -juts add on
Old grave yard Petty Harbor
Petty Harbor
Dories at Petty Harbor
Petty Harbor -looking South
Wharf road -Petty Harbor
Capt Doug Howlett mending the pots -Petty Harbor
Bird Islands off Witless Bay -Witless Bay is a fishing community and is home to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, which contains North America's largest Atlantic Puffin colony and the world's second-largest colony of Leach's Storm-petrels. There are over 250,000 Puffins that inhabit these islands
Grounded -Witless Bay
Running the Goat Books & Broadsides— Tors Cove — is a micro press that publishes children's literature of exceptional quality. Its publications celebrate the life and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Atlantic Canada.
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The press has a working print shop and is home to four vintage printing presses, and has a storefront area that sells work produced on site, as well as work by other local letterpress printers, printmakers, and publishers.
Many of Running the Goat's publications are letterpress printed at the print shop, using moveable lead type, and sewn by hand.
The inspiration and owner of RTG.
This is the village of Tors Cove —its off the main road but typical of many of the villages on the Irish Loop.
RTG is the Green Building -Far upper left.
Grand Banks -Sharon’s Nook- Tea Room plus
Grand Banks -Light at Harbor entrance
Restored Captain’s house which is opposite the Seawall in town of Grand Banks
Do you think the name on the dumpster was a coincidence ?
Fortune Harbor -North End — Twilight was setting in —This is all natural light and as a result the shadows and reflections on the water were enhanced.
Fortune Harbor -”The Sheds”
Fortune Harbor -Dory
Fortune Harbor
Fortune Harbor -South End
Lamaline Light house -Just off the entrance to the harbour at Lamaline are a collection of dangerous shoals and islets that is purportedly how the community received its name. Lamaline is a corruption of “La Maligne,” a French term meaning malignant, evil, or wicked. . First Lighthouse was lit here in 1879.
Lamaline Light house
The Lamaline Light/Lens
Wayne ThornHill Lamaline LK
Ferry between Fortune and STP — Peole only -Ferry can accommodate cars -but no car ramp in Fortune !
View from the light
Patrice Tronquee -Lifetime seaman, who has traveled the globe, and now is the SE officer on the Ferry
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, officially the Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France. It is located approx 18 miles offshore of Fortune Newfoundland or a 75 minute Ferry Ride.
St Pierre is the main Island as far as population goes and with the island of Miquelon having more seals than people.. Total population of STP and Miq is 6300—(5700 living in St. Pierre). St Pierre Island is only 10 sq miles.
Some quick Facts -Island has changed hands between the British and French numerous times since the 1700’s with French getting control in 1814 . Fishing was the main industry that brought people to settle here It was a rum runners paradise during prohibition.It has a deserted fishing village ILe Marins —just outside the harbor which at one time was the home to over 600 people
It has its own time zone — Newfoundland is 1 .5 hours ahead of EST but go to St. Pierre 18 miles away and you pick up another 1/2 hour
It is France -in so many ways —
St Pierre street map
De Gaulle Square
Dory Sheds/Launch Ramps -St . Pierre
Working the ropes to launch the Dory
Dory Launch —This dory had been rebuilt by Assoc.Les Zigotos -a group dedicated to restoring vintage dories. Signed by the townspeople for luck
Crab Pots and Dory sheds
Some of the Zigotos members after the launch at their shed
Work in Process
The Zigotos craftsmen and a Dory under restoration
This imposing industrial looking building, located in the middle of town on a residential street, is Lycée-Collège d'État Émile Letournel and is a combined Primary, Junior high school and Senior high school/”sixth-form “college”. The school handles students from ages 6-18 with the following explanation of why the word College , as we know it ,is used in the description.
Primary Education -School education follows the French model and is compulsory for children between age 6 and 16. The primary education phase lasts for 5 years. (11)
Middle Education-The next phase of education takes place at middle schools that are called colleges. The program takes a further 4 years, during which time a standardized academic curriculum applies. During this period a student’s future education orientation is decided that often influences their future working career. (12-15)
Secondary Education-Education choices become available during the final 3 years of secondary school education. These include scientific, literary, and social & economic options. Successful students who complete the program are awarded a baccalauréat diploma. (16-18).
Remember this is an island , with lapprox 6.000 inhabitants and where the nearest French port is 2500 miles away.
Rue De La Fauvette —The Keatings lived here between 1868-1896
Their house was on the right side and is long gone but located approx between where the yellow house with the red trim and the purple house are located.
Old Village House early 1900’s
Vintage Cottage St Pierre
L'Île-aux-Marins (literally "The Island of the Sailors"; before 1931 called Île-aux-Chiens, literally "Island of the Dogs") is a small island (middle of the picture) located just outside the harbor of St Pierre and was a commune until 1945, when it was annexed by the village of St Pierre
It was settled in 1604 and once had a population approaching 700. It has had no permanent population since 1965 when the last families left due to economic conditions ( although a small number of people live there on a seasonal basis from May to November). Several unique buildings still stand, such as the church the Jézéquel house, the cemetery, a number of fisherman's homes, and the Archipélitude Museum located in the town's only school.
L'Île-aux-Marins- some of the last few houses
L'Île-aux-Marins
L'Île-aux-Marins -Some of the houses have been restored and are used during the summer months
Church at L'Île-aux-Marins
The rugged coat line provides the backdrop to the Stations of the Cross on the Island
L'Île-aux-Marins TransPacific Wreck
The transpacific was a cargo ship flying under a German flag
On May 18, 1971, the German flagged general cargo ship Transpacific kaving lost use of of its navigational aides was caught fast on the shoals off St .Pierre while trying to make landfall
At the time of her loss Transpacific was outbound with 11 passengers and a cargo of general freight, that included aluminium, logs juke boxes and ri lawn mowers!
The efforts of salvage tugs failed to tow the ship clear and the Captain ordered the engines to be shut down and the vessel was abandoned.—cont .
That night the fishermen descending by the score became intent on looting the vessel’s cargo. Close to 70 island dories carried off cargo, furnishings and provisions.
The Captain returned with some of his crew the next day hoping to restart the engine and pump off fuel to lighten the ship and renew salvage efforts but the looting fishermen, keen to hang onto their illicit booty, saw him off and prevented his re-boarding.
Eventually local officials decided to burn off the on board stash of oil and set fire to the ship. She blazed and smouldered for 61 hours.
What’s Left of of L'Île-aux-Marins village center
East Trinity
MIck Feehan’s Workshop- Melrose NFLD
Mick-=Artist, photographer, wood carver extraordinaire and Gentlemen!
From Eagles,to whales, to puffins . Mick carves each walking stick
One of Mick’s many talents
Sometimes Carvings not necessary when you have Roots like this
On Rte 239 on the way to Bonavista
Ellinston
Elliston—What a great view from your backyard
A home on Iceberg Alley
Vintage but still functional -Elliston
Ellington
Bonavista -Old shed sitting seaside
SPILLARS COVE
Ice off Bonavista
Point Bonavista lighthouse
The treacherous coast line of Bonavista
Point Bonavista Generator House
The Ice Flow in early May was something else. There were times when I could count 12-15 Icebergs . Also a fw had floated in close enough to the shore to capture a decent photo . This is at Cape Bonavista
Between Spillars Cove and Bonavista
Point Bonavista Lighthouse
Trinity Village
TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH AND GRAVE YARD
Trinity—Backyard view
Trinity
Trinity—Parish Hall at end of street
Trinity Boat Shed
St Patrick’s Church / Lawn Bell steeple
Trinity harbor and the house on the hill
Trinity
St Patrick’ Parish Hall
Its a picket fenced village
Trinity Drug Store !
It’s a village of Colors
The Artisan Inn and Restaurant -Excellent accommodations ,food and staff
Trinity from the seaside trail
Leaving Trinity
RTE 239 -Trouty
Outside of Goose Cove
Small Village Rte 239
Church and Grave Yard GC
Goose Cove
Weather Beaten
Dories -Old Bonaventure Harbor
Lobster Shed OBH
Village of New Bonaventure Harbor
Village of New Bonaventure Harbor
Joe’s Bar -Closed for the Season -New Bonaventure
Rest Rooms at Joe’s —what did you expect ?
NB Harbor
NB Bed and Breakfast with a view of Joe’s
NB Vintage Barn -just above Joe’s
View of Joe’s from the village
My Guess a Hunters shed—Somewhere between St Johns and Burin in the middle of nowhere
There may have been 660 collisions last year but I DIDN’T SEE ONE
Little Italy
Gleason’s Gym —Brooklyn
View of the “Bridge” from Sesame Street
A day in the life of NYFD
Coney Island Subway Station
Art wall at WTC
Purple Contrast
WTC -Color , Steel and Glass
Mellowed out —Union Sq
The WTC Oculus Subway / Train Station. The 335-foot-long skylight was designed to allow the “Way of Light” to pass through the main hub of the transit hall at 10:28 a.m.—the moment that the North Tower of the WTC collapsed on September 11, 2001. Symbolizing the light that continues to shine through after the darkness of the tragedy, the Oculus opening allows light to fill the massive space as a memorial to the attacks on the twin towers.
!st Ave and 14th Street
Sweatshirt Wall Art —Little Italy
East Village
Vet at WTC —Proudly displays the flag
Merchant Mariners Memorial —Battery Park
The scene, according to the statue's plaque, was "inspired by a photograph of the victims of a submarine attack" in World War II. "Left to the perils of the sea, the survivors later perished."
and Union Square has ——
Dead Rabbit Bar —One of the Best Irish Bars in the city and one of the creepiest signs for an Irish bar—- 30 Water Street
Seaport District —NYC
-Union Sq Bicycle Club ?
Street art -Audrey Hepburn by Tristan Eaton -Mulberry St
One of the many art walls at WTC
Two Bridges from the Seaport district
Jack and his famous bird calls —brings them in all the time
Nap Time —as good a place as any I guess
WTC -1
Stones are touring thsi summer, had to throw in a pic of poster from their last tour in Europe
Hats are in
Big City dreams Tristan Eaton -Little Italy -Take 1
!st Ave and 12th
Chess -Union Square
The view —Is he —??
Lower east Side
China Town
Did she get the day wrong ?
1st Ave —15th
Dinner
Future Life Guards— You watch Mom —I got dad
-Liberty - Little italy
Mulberry
Qualifies as Street art for me
Millennial designed Playground Sunny Day — Bizaare equipment = No Kids
“Cursum Perficio “ - “ My journey is over” Mulberry St—Beau Stanton
“Bright”on Beach
The Break
By any means available
Coney Island —Color saturated version
Unique perspective of WTC square
City Of dreams -2
and the lottery number is ——
Broadway —chinatown
Classic little Italy store
Mulberry and Grand
Greek revival in Noho
Big City dreams/ reality -3
Kong lives by brush and imagination —East Village
On September 13, 2001, a worker at the site named Frank Silecchia discovered a 20-foot ( cross of two steel beams amongst the debris of 6 World Trade Center. The WTC was built using prefabricated parts which were bolted or welded together at the site. This process dramatically reduced construction time and costs. Using this process, t-beams and other types of cross beams were created and used in each of the World Trade Center buildings..The Twin Towers' collapse sent debris down onto 6 WTC , and gutted the interior of that building; the intact cross beam later found in 6 World Trade Center's debris is believed to have come from the North Tower
Those with access to the site used the cross as a shrine of sorts, leaving messages on it or praying before it.After a few weeks within the cleanup site the cross was an impediment to nearby work, so Silecchia and others working on the project received an expedited approval from the office of the Mayor of NY to erect it on a pedestal on a portion of the former plaza on Church Street near Liberty.
The cross remained during reconstruction, but in the 2004 and 2005 filings of its site plan, they indicated that "additional remnants" of the original World Trade Center might require removal and storage during construction of the WTC Travel Hub
[ Father Brian Jordan a Roman Catholic priest, has been trying to preserve the cross since April 2006. St. Peters , which faces the World Trade Center site, was proposed as a temporary spot The cross was eventually moved to St. Peter's on October 5, 2006 and sat on the Church Street side of the building, between Barclay and Vesey streets, bearing a plaque which reads "The Cross at Ground Zero – Founded September 13, 2001; Blessed October 4, 2001;
Audrey Hepburn —2
New to Selfies
you cant get more relaxed
Watermelon looks great —not crazy about the delivery vehicle
Part of the Center Fuge art project
Ill take two —Fish Market Chinatown
Big Dreams —The close up —Really like this artist
Chinese tourist in Chinatown
wishing and hoping
Technology not needed
Yes they are —Right out of central casting
Its tourist season
Sister went to Brighton Beach
The destination was Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel built in in the 15th century and set high in the Andes Mountains. The journey to MP would take us through the colonial village of Pisac, the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, and small indistinct mountain villages as we traversed the trail through the Andes.
The gallery, except the first two pictures, are in chronological order of the trip.
PISAC, located in the sacred valley, is a good starting point to begin our altitude acclamation and also get an introduction to the people, the culture and the kaleidoscope of colors that are intermingled within.
Pisac offers some very challenging hiking trails, unique archeological sites, including the ceremonial site of Intiwatana, . However for me it was the central market place, the local catholic church , and the surrounding mountain villages that drew my attention.
The Pisca pictures are an excellent introduction to the beauty of the country, the Peruvian highland people( both young and old) ,the social and economic importance of the marketplace, the church ,and the living conditions.
Although some local hotels will have a few modern day amenities, for most who come down from the highlands to buy and sell, it is easy to see that their lives have remained unchanged for decades and their daily routines are simple, uncomplicated and focused around the family.
CUSCO at one time was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has a very rich and deep history however Wilkipedia and other sites can do a far better job detailing this city’s history than I can here.
What was unique for us was that we were in Cusco during the Inti Raymi celebration. The Inti Raymi festival is an ancient Incan ceremonial worship of the sun, and is a faithful representation of how the Incas did it when they celebrated the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
The participants are from the villages all over the Cusco valley. They come not only representing their individual towns and villages but do it in traditional clothing, performing dances and playing the music that has been passed on for generations.
We captured some of the celebration in the main square but pulled the camera to the side streets where there was a far more candid and diverse representation of the people and the celebration.
ANDES
The next few days took us through the Andes on the way to Machu Picchu . We made our way up the mountain on narrow trails that we shared with llamas and donkey’s both coming and going from MP. We passed through small settlements.We saw some of the most dramatic landscape I have ever been exposed to and met those who have chosen to live in this rugged environment.
We arrived at MP early in the morning as the clouds hung low over the ancient city giving it a dramatic backdrop. I have included a few pictures of MP in this gallery to give you an idea of its beauty and grandeur, but there are literally thousands of pictures taken per day and posted on the internet that you can access .
Although the ancient city of MP offers a n endless number of photo Ops, for me the real opportunity was in Machu Picchu Pueblo.
Built in a deep valley with the treacherous Vilcantoa River running right through the middle this village is the stepping on/off point for tens of thousands of tourist who annually visit the ancient site.
The town, although bearing the same name as the ancient site, is best described as a dichotomy to the main attraction. It has to be traversed by using several bridges , (of those that still remain after the 2010 flood).
The town itself is carved out of the surrounding hillside thus making the streets very narrow and some of the construction questionable.
As you will see in the pictures this key village to MP totally depends upon the railroad for not only getting the tourist in and out of the valley, but also for transporting in the majority of the essential day to day goods from food to cement.
Now with all the technology at hand,mechanical means to move goods from point A to point B the village is a throwback to the ancient city it supports.
The goods are moved today in much the same way as the material to build MP was moved and that in itself was worth capturing.
With all the tourist traffic passing through it is obvious the Pueblo does not share proportionately in the economic influx.
Its infrastructure, like many of the villages, towns and even some cities within Peru eventually develops and grows but that is directly attributable to the inherent resiliency of the people who live there and in the case of the pueblo literally push on to survive.
If you travel to MP the village is a bus stop, for me it was photo story that showed the other side of the MP attraction.
Mothers Glance
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 1
PISAC
Typical Pisca village home
Kitchen
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 2
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 3
Just imagine the rocky,hot and snow covered paths traveled over this lifetime.
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 4
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 5
GUARDIANS OF THE CHAPEL
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 6
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 7
The ancient call to Mass
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 8
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 9
CUSCO-Plaza De Armas
Mayor of Cusco
INTI RAYMI CELEBRATION -CUSCO
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 10
Mountain Pass To Machu Picchu
ANDES FARM
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 9
Mountain Farm House
THATCH ROOFS WERE COMMON IN THE MOUNTAINS
Their faith has no altitude limitations
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 11
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 12
VIEW FROM OUR CAMPSITE AT DUSK
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 13
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 14
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 15
Village School House to the left
The Guinea Pig has been part of the Peruvian diet (as well as other So. American countries) since 5000 B.C.
EARLY MORNING CLOUDS SHROUD MACHU PICCHU
Town of Machu Picchu - divided by a river and traversed by a railroad
The railroad is the lifeline to this mountainside community
However once the goods have arrived there is only one way to transport them up the narrow hillside streets
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 17
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 16
From bags of potatoes to rebar the goods need to be moved and age is not a consideration
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 18
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 19
CHILDREN OF THE ANDES 20
Technology meets its past
High Street 3:35AM
T WHARF -3:50AM
T WHARF 3:55 AM
INNER HARBOUR 3:58 AM-NOTE REFLECTION OF SUNRISE IN WINDOWS
4:06 AM
SANDY BAY YACHT CLUB 4;09AM
SLIVER OF SUN BREAKS THE HORIZON
4:12 AM
4:14 AM
FIRST BOAT OUT GETS READY
4:17 AM
FISHERMAN ARRIVE 4;25 AM
OUT AT 4;30 AM
T WHARF 4;25 AM
MOTIF #1 —IN THE SHADOWS
MOTIF #1 FROM DOCK SQUARE
MOTIF # 1 WEST SIDE @ SUNRISE
INNER HABROUR -4;30 AM
TUNA WHARF 4;36 AM
MOTIF # 1 AND 2—4;25AM
BRADLEYS WHARF 4;40 AM
COTTAGES —WELL BACK IN THE 50’S
BEARSKIN NECK 4;35 AM
PEWTER SHOP AND INNER HARBOUR -4;45AM
MAIN STREET 4;49AM
ST.JOACHIM’S RECTORY —4;55AM
OLD POLICE STATION AND NOW FIRE HEADQUARTERS
INNER HARBOUR 5;25AM
Havana -In Fusterlandia section of Cuba
Side Street just next to Capital Bldg in Havana
Taxi’s-Havana
Farmers --Mantanza's area
Mantanza's/Cardena's area
Mantanza's area—Laundry Day —No dryers here
Meeting on main street
Local Farmer —Village 60 miles outside Havana
Cuban version of hot dog cart
CUBAN VERSION OF A CAR
Domino’s Game
Roof top water storage
Village Water repair Dept--No joke all by shovel, pick, and bucket -No equipment
Whatever it takes
Family above all else
2 Cart Garage
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES ARE MANY IN CUBA
Mantanza's/Cardenas area—OFF TO WORK
The John Deere alternative
Common site -Water Tanks and Laundry -Village just outside Havana
Mantanza's/Cardenas area—The vintage cars and trucks are everywhere and still running in spite of the 40 plus year embargo
Organic Farm Mantanza's/Cardenas area
Organic farm -Mantanza's/Cardenas area
ALL MEALS ARE HOME COOKED —LITTLE TO NO FAST FOOD IN CUBA
Great Cooks
LUNCH MADE FROM WHAT’S GROWN ON THE FARM
Tobacco Farmer Mantanza's /Cardenas area
Explaining the fine art of Cigar making to the Gringos
HAND ROLLING
Hand rolled
THIS IS A LOCAL TAXI —”MOST TAXIS ARE TRUCKS WITH A SATAIRCASE WELDED ON THE BACK TO GET IN AND OUT
Rear entrance to Taxi
Two fine looking Oxen
Look at that 60 year old chrome and rear lights which worked
Semi Pro Baseball Park — HAVANA Cuba-they love the game but lack decent facilities
Old Time Semi Pro Player —Now a Coach
Local Team —Uniforms —are not common due to lack of money
This park was at least 60 years old
Havana Capitol Bldg- 1950/60's cars still used as taxis for tourist
Building dedicated to Che Guevara
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work—Everything is made from small pieces of tile —all hand done
This is obviously dedicated to the revolution let by Fidel back in 1962
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
Fusterlandia -section of HAVANA Cuba artist Jose Fuster has transformed with his tile work
My riding partners
Even the signs date back to pre revolution
Havana Day care center run by the church
Havana — The cubans are for the most part pro American
Notice the rain Barrel —second Floor — Havana
60’s Ford Fairlane
Everything’s for Sale —except the dog
Sunset on the Malecon
Havana Couple Sitting in the front door of their apartment
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
The Art District
Havana apartment
50’s NASCAR ?
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
Late Night rendezvous
They don’t make Trucks like this TANK anymore
Havana— Central
Street 1-2 blocks off of the Malecon -Havana
A little peek in
2 Havana City street workers —Note the homemade brooms
Internet Sq —One of the few places you can pick up Wi Fi
Old Picture of Fidel at a Children’s Center
Sunset a the Malecon
Music on The Malecon
Peek off the street into Living room in Havana
The Castro brothers picture in Hospital lobby in Havana
Again just blocks from the Capital —The infrastructure is decayed
56 Chevy
The Malecon is the escape for many -Music, walking, people watching , swimming —its the main drag
Swimming at the Malecon
Physical Therapy Room in Havana Hospital
Another Vintage Chevy —although restoring relations with Cuba would be good for everyone —Be assured that the arrogance of some Americans and their money would prevail and this great characteristic and charm of the old vintage cars would be dissolved within months. The cars shipped to the States like trophies in a Safari hunt and lost to the Island of Cuba forever
A local troberdore and my friend Higo cross paths
Some of the nicer apartments just outside City Center
Music is a life line for the Cubans
Youth band -Havana
Music is the ability to express oneself in a restricted environment
Professional Dance Company
Its Art
Barber shops are all over Havana -This is from the Cuba Barber shop Museum
Vintage Caddy meets Vintage Chevy
Teens gather along the Malecon to swim day and night
Grocery store -Mostly for tourists -- but notice the empty shelves
Most Cubans buy at local farmers market
There are two currencies in Cuba —One for the locals and one for the Tourist
Street under repair—- for years
Old Fin back Caddy -like new in spite of being over 50 years old
Famous Hotel Nacional Havana --It still has all the amenities it did back pre revolution and has been updated
Picture Of Yuri Gagrin —First man in Space and Russian Hero
Featured in Hotel Nacional Havana
Hotel also has hundreds of other pictures of Hollywood stars, gangsters, global politicians , royalty , Dictators etc all of whom stayed there at one time.
Still unavailable in US —legally
My ride to the Hotel
Suspended standoff
Cinque Terra
Brooklyn , NY
Rockport Ma
Coney Island NY
Galway Ireland
Sullivans Island SC
Lisbon
"The Fenway" Boston
Rockport Harbor
South Carolina
Midwest USA
Portugal Coast
Nashville TN
Surviving the turmoil --Lisbon
Austria
Lisbon
Central Park NY
Exhausted
Andes llamas
Iceland
Changing of the Guard -Prague
Dresden Germany
Sully's "Hudson River" Plane on its way to Charlotte
Charleston SC
Havana Cuba 2016
Lunch --Peru
Portugal
Churchill Downs -KY
Concord NC
Havana Cuba
Maryland USA
Gloucester Ma
Central Park NY
Brugge Belgium
Cut Bridge Gloucester Ma
Cinque Terra
Cinque Terra
Charelston SC
Forlorn Berlin Zoo
Deadwood SD
Louisa KY
Pastel alleyway
Spain
White Night- Portugal
-Unknown Appomatax VA
Street Market -Austria
Focused Chlt NC
Another Perspective -NY
Clam Shack Maine
Children of the Andes
FIsh Market Spain
Central Park -NY
Rockport Ma
Charleston SC
