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Habana Vieja & El Capitolio Havana –> Cuba 01-01-2005 The view of El Capitolio from Calle Brasil in Old Havana.

Cars of Habana Vieja Havana –> Cuba 01-01-2005 1960's America meets 21st century Cuba: a Chevrolet parked in Old Havana. Although Cadillacs and Chevrolets are the most iconic and the most photographed, Cuba’s roads are dominated by Ladas.

Houses of Habana Vieja Havana –> Cuba 01-01-2005 Away from the tourist enclaves of Old Havana, the buildings were crumbling and dilapidated.

Plaza de la Revolución Ernesto Guevara Santa Clara –> Cuba 04-01-2005 The main concreted square at the Plaza de la Revolución Ernesto Guevara - the location for commemorative events of the revolution and other major speeches.

Che Guevara statue Santa Clara –> Cuba 04-01-2005 A huge bronze statue of Che Guevera overlooking the Plaza de la Revolución, with a letter from Fidel Castro, alongside.

Hasta la victoria, siempre Santa Clara –> Cuba 04-01-2005 'Until the everlasting victory’ reads the inscription on the concrete plinth below the bronze statue of Che Guevera.

The view from El Capiro Santa Clara –> Cuba 04-01-2005 The view over Santa Clara from El Capiro. This was one of Che Guevara's lookout positions shortly before launching the final attack of the revolution - a raid on one of Bastita's trains, in Santa Clara, December 1958. Bastita relinquished power shortly afterwards.

Dominoes Trinidad –> Cuba 04-01-2005 Men play dominos in a Trinidad side street. The pale colours of the buildings and the cobbled streets are not unusual in Trinidad: its colonial history is preserved by its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=460

Taking it easy Trinidad –> Cuba 05-01-2005 A Trinidadian watches life in the town's main square - Plaza Mayor.

Typical Trinidad Trinidad –> Cuba 06-01-2005 A typical shot of Cuban street life: children playing, neighbours talking through the grills of their windows and groups of men playing dominos.

Trinidad transport Trinidad –> Cuba 06-01-2005 The car is increasingly being used in Cuba's cities but the horse and cart is still widely used. Pre-1960 American cars are the most photogenic but cars - such as the Lada - from previously communist states are the most common.

Trinidad landscape Trinidad –> Cuba 07-01-2005 The landscape surrounding Trinidad (the small white dot on the right): the Montanas de Guamuhaya in the background.

Jose Marti's mausoleum Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 11-01-2005 Jose Marti, a celebrated Cuban revolutionary from the late 19th century, has a Cuban flag draped over his remains at the Cementerio Santa Ifigenia in Santiago de Cuba. myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=J_Marti

Jose Marti statue Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 11-01-2005 The statue of Jose Marti at the well-kept Cementerio Santa Ifigenia. Marti, who has streets named after him all over the island, is famous for fighting colonial Spanish rule. He was killed in the 1895 War of Independence. myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=J_Marti

Padre Pico steps Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 12-01-2005 Steps leading up to a poor neighbourhood of Santiago, popular with Haitian refugees. When Emilo Bacardi, as mayor, renovated the steps he named them after Bernardo del Pico who had helped Santiago's poor.

Cuba's eastern shoreline Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 12-01-2005 Cuba's eastern coastline - bordered by the Carribean Sea - from a turret at Santiago's Castillo del Morro. Inland are the Sierra Maestra mountains, where many battles took place during the wars of independence and the 1958 revolution.

Castillo del Morro: looking west Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 12-01-2005 Looking west along Cuba's eastern coast. In the foreground, the fort itself. Behind is the Carribean Sea and the Sierra Maestra mountains.

Natural high Santiago de Cuba –> Cuba 13-01-2005 A picture at Gran Piedra, 26km east of Santiago. When the view is less hazy you can allegedly see Jamaica and Haiti from here. Definitely in view is the lands surrounding Santiago and in the distance the Carribean Sea.

'Baracoa, Baracoa!' Baracoa –> Cuba 15-01-2005 A parrot on the patio of my hosts in Baracoa.

Yunque de Baracoa Baracoa –> Cuba 15-01-2005 The anvil shaped mountain behind Baracoa was remarked upon by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

Playa Maguana Baracoa –> Cuba 16-01-2005 Baracoa's best beach is a 15km drive away. It's a thin strip of sand but so secluded you almost believe you're Robinson Crusoe. The volatile Atlantic is tamed by the large swathe of shallow water in front of the beach.

Cuba's sex industry Baracoa –> Cuba 16-01-2005 Some tourists come to Cuba for one reason: prostitution. I spoke to a few visitors who were candid about their reasons for coming to the island. Cubans are attracted to prostitution for two reasons: the opportunity to get their hands on foreign currency (something guaranteed to improve your quality of life in Cuba) and a passport to freedom (many Cubans, desperate to leave the island, escape by marrying foreign tourists).

Baracoa bay Baracoa –> Cuba 18-01-2005 Baracoa – a coastal town in Cuba’s eastern Guantanamo province – was first visited by Christopher Columbus in 1492. He described the mountain in this picture as being in the shape of an anvil. Thereafter it was used as a point of reference for sailors.

Propaganda poster Baracoa –> Cuba 18-01-2005 Cuba's towns and cities are littered with propaganda posters. Che Guevara features prominently as the unofficial emblem of the Cuban Revolution. Some say Che is more valuable to Fidel dead than he was alive..

Baracoa breaker Baracoa –> Cuba 18-01-2005 Waves from the Atlantic Ocean crash into the decaying and run-down sea-front at Baracoa.

Bus-stop Che Santa Clara –> Cuba 20-01-2005 Che made his name in Santa Clara. Here, he is celebrated on the wall of the town's bus station.

Malecón architecture Havana –> Cuba 21-01-2005 A dilapidated building on the Malecón, Havana's coastal road. Wooden supports prevent the building from collapsing - a common sight in Cuba. The erosion from the salty sea water makes the Malecón a more precarious place than most.

Contrasting constructions Havana –> Cuba 21-01-2005 A common sight on Havana's Malecón: restored colonial Spanish architecture alongside empty plots where the Atlantic Ocean's salt has eroded the buildings.

Anti-US propaganda Havana –> Cuba 21-01-2005 This propaganda billboard depicts the US as fascists, following the prisoner abuses by US forces in Iraq. It’s handily situated outside the US embassy and continues the war of words between the two countries.

El Capitolio Havana –> Cuba 22-01-2005 Havana's Capitolio - built by the dictator Machado in 1929 to replicate Washington’s Capitol building and thus impress his US paymasters - was originally a parliament. But after the Revolution, Castro’s regime converted it into an academy and library.

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