The eternal photographer..

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..could not even give it a rest while getting a haircut at this not so fancy hairdresser saloon in Havana.

I was anyway pleased with the result when I stepped out of the establishment at Calle 23.   January 28. 2008

Speeding in the wet

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These guys must have set a new world record on 400 meters wet surface  when they tried to outrun this vertical flood in Havana. January 27,  2008.

The world according to PJ Gutiérrez

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Pedro Juan Gutiérrez is a Cuban novelist who is sometimes described as a Caribbean Bukowski.  Try “Dirty Havana Trilogy”

This is at his penthouse close to Malecon in Havana. Much of the story in his books happens in this very house and the surroundings.

Cuba Hey.

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Collective taxi “botero” coming down Calzada San Miguel de Padron in Havana.

What`s going on?

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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

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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.