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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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