La Habana botero

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A collective taxi in Havana. follows a fixed route and the fee is close to nothing. Problem is that the Cubans often have less than that in their pocket.  January 30 2008.

Two ladies

 

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looking at the odd customer (the photographer) inside Cafe Concordia where you rarely see any other client than the Cubans living in the neighborhood. Cayo Hueso, central Havana.

Real Fabrica de Tabacos Partagas.

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The combination of tobacco-leaves from the Vuelta Abajo region in western Cuba and skillful hands at this factory in central Havana produces the best cigars in the world. Aristocrat, Corona, Partagas, Presidente..    Havana, Cuba 1996.