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Sancti Spiritus

Sign of the times

Full moon bay

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Beach time

Love of country

A plaque (click to enlarge) near the Plaza de Armas quoting the matancera poet Carilda Oliver Labra:

When my grandmother came

She brought a bit of Spanish soil

When my mother left

She took a bit of Cuban soil

I won’t take any bit of my country with me

I want it all

On top of my grave.

Plaza San Francisco

Everybody get to work

Mozambique

Following the big reaction to this photo, here’s another railroad shot from not far away.  With a little less architectural heritage.

Trinidad

Teniente Rey

Work in progress

The Hotel Palacio Cueto, off the southeast corner of the Plaza Vieja, is finally undergoing renovation and will again be a hotel.  Only the Art Nouveau facades are being preserved.  When restoration efforts began in this area, local officials found the building to be filled with people who had occupied it over the years without legal status.  Typically, residents in buildings such as these are offered other housing in the neighborhood or, more likely, new housing east of the bay.

Bejucal

We got one

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On O'Reilly street

Two trusty stallions...

...a side attraction at the recent Havana book fair.

Watercress

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