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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.

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