Photos of Planet Cuba (Part II)

What can I say? It truly was like being on another planet to me.....everything is so different from Canada. Different, but strangely parallel...and cool... Yeah, it's a socialist country, and that scares a lot of people, but we won't get into any kind of political rant here. There are a lot of reasons why it is how it is, and the land is incredibly rich with culture and history, if not with dollars per capita. Cuba is an awesome place to visit....I wish we could go every year. Our resort was great, everyone was super friendly, the weather was beautiful and everywhere around us were cool things to see and do. I will highly recommend a trip to Cuba to everyone I meet until the end of my days.

I just hope my photos do this highly fascinating place proper justice! I shot just shy of 1100 images in 8 days, and I found it hard to trim that number down and get rid of the pictures that didn't turn out so well (ie:out-of-focus shots, poorly exposed, etc.). Sometimes it's tough for me to let go of these photos, because even if they're crappy, I may never get a chance to go back and take that picture of that thing...in that place...at that time...and in that situation. Sounds heavy, doesn't it? Well, it's true. I had this kind of thing going through my head as I reluctantly deleted a blurry photo of a chicken a few minutes ago. "But it was a Cuban chicken! "

Anyway, here are more pictures from Planet Cuba....and don't worry, there'll be a chicken in there somewhere.

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Workin' Hard @ the Market in Varadero

Being a tropical island, there is no shortage of palm trees in Cuba...

And, for some reason, there is laundry hanging everywhere on the island...

Cuba is known for excellent cigars...

...old cars...

...and of course,  rum. (I really wish I could have taken this much home with me)

I should also mention that the beer is quite good as well...

(Notice the laundry hanging up there?)

These last few photos are from Revolution Square (well, not the coconut....)

And, last but not least, is the picture of the chicken that I promised you.

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I guess that's enough for today. I'll post Part III very soon. As I said, I have lots and lots of  images to sift through, so I might take some time. Until next time,

May the Force be with you....