Cuba

An unforgettable experience visiting the island of Cuba on a Road Scholar photographic tour with a people to people connection. Please feel free to comment on the photos and add place names if you have them!
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My bed was very welcoming! Cuba has had a largely state-controlled economy since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s, but one major exception has long been that ordinary Cubans are allowed to rent their property out to travelers. These "casas particulares" run the gamut from bed and breakfast style rooms in occupied homes to entire apartments, residences, and villas. 
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My bed was very welcoming! Cuba has had a largely state-controlled economy since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s, but one major exception has long been that ordinary Cubans are allowed to rent their property out to travelers. These "casas particulares" run the gamut from bed and breakfast style rooms in occupied homes to entire apartments, residences, and villas. 

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  • Typical scene as photographed from our tour bus traveling between Cienfuegos and Trinidad.
  • Typical scene as photographed from our tour bus traveling between Cienfuegos and Trinidad.
  • Typical scene as photographed from our tour bus traveling between Cienfuegos and Trinidad.
  • Trinidad was founded on December 23, 1514 by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar under the name Villa de la Santísima Trinidad. It is one of the best-preserved cities in the Caribbean from the time when the sugar trade was the main industry in the region. Nowadays, Trinidad's main industry is tobacco processing. The older parts of town are well preserved, as the Cuban tourism industry sees benefit from tour groups. In contrast, some parts of town outside the tourist areas are very run down and in disrepair, especially in the center. Tourism from Western nations is a major source of income in the city.
  • Trinidad, Cuba
  • Colonial street in Trinidad, Cuba
  • My bed was very welcoming! Cuba has had a largely state-controlled economy since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s, but one major exception has long been that ordinary Cubans are allowed to rent their property out to travelers. These "casas particulares" run the gamut from bed and breakfast style rooms in occupied homes to entire apartments, residences, and villas. 
  • Our first meal at our casa particular was sooooo delicious! Renting a home in Cuba has the advantage of increasing your interaction with ordinary Cubans, which can go a long way towards justifying your Cuba travel to the U.S. State Department, which still stipulates that Americans can only visit the Caribbean island for the purposes of "people-to-people" cultural exchanges.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Hat on cobblestone street. Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
  • Captured during on an early morning walk in Trinidad.
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