December 28, 2006
Canon A80
After a couple of days venturing through the gritty streets of Central Havana, I found the sparkling streets of Habana Vieja — the colonial part of the city — a little blinding. Its restoration is no doubt tourist-friendly, but after a day of all that fresh paint, I was ready to return to the crumbledom that is the rest of the city. Perhaps the transition was just too stark; I found myself taking a day’s break from the colonial section before I was ready to explore it further. I’m usually a museum hound, but on this trip I preferred to be outside, absorbing information as an observer and ducking into museums twice a day at most.
Here’s the sound and video accompaniment for the photos above in YouTube. Alternately, the Blip.tv version in MOV format.
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Hi Gail.
The people in Cuba really like there BRIGHT collors. They hit you square in the eyes. But, I like the novelty once in a while. Its a break from the drap scenery of Pennsylvania in winter.
Helma
hey!
i was in cuba february 2007 and saw the exact same street performermers! it was a “folke high school”-trip (from a school in denmark) and together with some of the people i was with we went to talk to the street perfromers after their show. we even met them the next day and were invited to a pary later that night.
it was great fun and almost like an adventure to be on cuba!
-love tarjei