Cuba: Day 13
19 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
Havana Cathedral
Havana. Suburban housing and the school bus.
Hotel Sevilla, Havana
Houses on the Paseo del Prado
4pm: Parque Central, and the last drawing.
It’s time to go home.
Cuba: Day 12
18 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
Room 511, Ambos Mundos Hotel
Havana Rooftops
Ambos Mundos Hotel.
Paseo del Prado, Havana
Havana backstreets
View of the Paseo del Prado, looking south from the Malécon to the dome of the Capitol building.
Cuba: Day 11
17 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
Grand colonial buildings, once brightly painted, line the streets of Havana. Almost every building in the city is over a hundred years old, and most of them have not been painted or repaired in the last fifty years. This picture doesn’t show the frightening state of decay.
“Mi daiquiri en el Floridita”: Ernest Hemingway’s favourite drinking spot.
Havana
Grand colonial buildings, once brightly painted, line the streets of Havana. Almost every building in the city is over a hundred years old, and most of them have not been painted or repaired in the last fifty years. This picture doesn’t show the frightening state of decay.
Storm over Havana, from Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro.
Decaying Spanish colonial-style housing, from the grounds of the Capitol building.
Havana: La Floridita
Cuba: Day 10
16 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
Thickly forested hills outside Havana.
On the far right, a gumbo-limbo tree, also known as the “tourist tree”, because its bark is red and peeling.
Las Terrazas
On the far right, a gumbo-limbo tree, also known as the “tourist tree”, because its bark is red and peeling.
Viñales
Limestone hills (mogotes) created by erosion 160 million years ago, in landscape of green pastures and freshly ploughed red fields.
Cuba: Day 9
15 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
Santa Clara
Che Guevara’s mausoleum.
The Plaza de la Revolucion in front of Che Guevara’s mausoleum.
The motorway outside Havana, with an accurate representation of the traffic levels.
Our coach was often the only motor-vehicle for miles around. The other traffic on the motorway comprises a horse and cart, a herd of goats, the odd chicken, and an occasional optimistic hitchhiker.
Cuba: Day 8
14 February 2007
Urban sketching in Cuba.
A tree in the Botanic Gardens near Cienfuegos. The tree generates seedlings around it, which grow up and merge with the parent.
A tree in the Botanic Gardens near Cienfuegos. The tree generates seedlings around it, which grow up and merge with the parent.
King palms, traveller’s palm and jurassic palms.
Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos is another UNESCO World Heritage city. Here are two of the buildings around the main square: the Teatro Tomás Terry and the Colegio San Lorenzo.
A roundabout
View of Cienfuegos from the top floor of the Hotel Jagua. You can’t miss the Royal Poinciana trees, also known as “Flamboyant trees” and “Flame of the Forest”. Look also for the chimneys of the oil refinery, and the baseball stadium.
Houses on the Punta Gorda
Palacio de Valle
A Moorish style palace built 1917, now a restaurant.
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