Turning the corner in Guanabacoa, Havana.
Tag Archives: Cuba
The land of Guajiros
When I go to Cuba I always find an excuse to visit the Viñales valley. The bird flying in the center is a “tiñosa” (buzzard).
Picture taken January 18. 2005.
Smell of victory..
and blood! When these gentlemen understood that I was pointing the camera mostly towards them rather than focusing the fighting-cocks the mood changed and became quite aggressive.
I left without arguing. These games are illegal and I had been told that two policemen had been beaten to death a couple of months earlier at another cock-fight!
Winners and losers
At the local sunday cock-fight somewhere in the western part of Cuba. January. 2005
The bookmaker
At the local sunday cock-fight somewhere in the western part of Cuba. January. 2005
What`s going on?
December 17. 2007 in Guanabacoa, Havana. Young member of the family looking with curiosity at the visitor who is pointing his camera trough the window towards the domino players in the back-yard.
Callejón de Hamel
Sunday afternoons it´s possible to meet these ladies if you go to Callejón de Hamel. This alley in Havana is the place to be if you are the least interested in rumba or afro-cuban culture.
On two wheels in Trinidad
December 15 2005. Trinidad, southern Cuba.
Birdman 4
Viñales, Cuba January 8. 2005. Yaniel holding and observing a “tomegin” bird. (Tiaris canora) A species that is very common all over Cuba
Click Birdman to read more about Yaniel and his flying friends
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 21,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 5 Film Festivals
Håkan Rönnblad 