Day 16 - La Escalera

In this ramshackle cement building, elderly and children are among those who use this staircase day and night.  Then they walk one of two planks, that barely cover the flooring frame, to their apartments.   Walking up a spiral staircase with no rail was not as nerve wracking for me as carefully moving across the second story to an apartment while looking at the the floor below me and, to my side, no barrier to the courtyard below. 

Day 15 - Message

This is the first time I've traveled somewhere and saw there wasn't a clock for time in the U. S.  The reason here is obvious.  This is a troubling message, from a neighbor approximately 90 miles away. 

Day 14 - Great Moments

Again, the music in Havana has a viral quality and movement is one of the main symptoms experienced by the listener, as you can see in this short clip I took: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NZeZs0ajJg

Day 13 - Difficulty Concentrating on One Subject

I traveled to Pinar del Rio Province, known for it's tobacco fields.  Seeing a small settlement, we stopped the bus and walked up the road. As in the city, all one has to do is be open and receptive and Cubans will share a conversation and maybe even invite you into their home.  At one point,  I just sat on the roadside and shot what passed by.

Day 12 - 2X2

The people of Havana love their dogs.  I saw a few different breeds, like these two young men are carrying but it appears the most beloved is the Dachshund.

According to the blog: Daily Dachshund and Dog News, they work hard for their living.  http://www.dailydachshundanddognews.com/2008/02/cuban-dachshunds-ponder-castros.html

Day 11 - Perspective

If all lines of perspective converge at one point, how powerful can the convergence of artistic outflow be when some artists are kept imprisoned behind a political cloak?

Day 10 - Clouds

I found the clouds in Cuba to display especially beautiful through the clean air and against the turquoise blue sky.  They offer a very welcome respite from the strong Caribbean sun.

The weather doesn't fluctuate much season to season, ranging from 68 in the evening to 77 during the day.  Rains falls much in the summer and dries out in the winter.  You can count on a hurricane between June and November with winds up to 155 miles per hour!