“Hunny River” outside Baracoa in the eastern part of Cuba. Unlike the rest of the island this region has many rivers and there is almost a sense of rainforest.
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Clean breathing in Theth.
The hard to reach Theth valley in northern Albania. June 2013
Ten Island Race 2
One of the rules in the race was to run to the highest point at each of the ten islands.
Ten Island Race
At Öckerö and surrounding islands outside Gothenburg today. 27 kilometers of running, canoeing 18 km, and swimming 1,24 km. Tough day for most of the participants..
Thethi valley, a forgotten world
Isolated from the rest of the country during six months each year, due to the snow, the locals of Thethi valley have to do some serious planning for their survival. There is no shop and no electricity available, so do not forget to buy your own toothpaste before you cross the mighty mountains surrounding Thethi.
Time seem to have frozen in this part of northern Albania. The land is cultivated by hand or behind the horse.
Some decades ago a large part of the male population died by the 500-year-old “kanun” family feud tradition implemented by Lek Dukagjin. The last blood revenge according to a village woman, happened five years ago!
Luckily these dark age customs lately seem to have been reduced considerably and as a guest it is hard to find a place where you will be treated in a better way.
At 2 kilometers..
out of 21, before the finish line. It´s a tough race today at Gothenburg marathon, very hot at the beginning. I heard ambulance sirens from different directions, hope it was not because of stressed hearts. Later on the sky opened and an epic thunder weather presented itself with some almost frightening hailstorm on top of it. The last runners has not finished yet as I post this photo.
Ticking over 30 000 thousand visits
Perhaps my most frequent theme is pictures from Cuba, a country in which I have travel around six times.
Here´s another image from Viñales in the western part of the country.
Wet wait
No umbrella and the rain is pouring?
I took that photo but I kind of stole the scene. 10 meters to the right the fire brigade is producing some nice rain. The soaked man in the suit is a hired model. Above me in a crane is the photographer Håkan Ludwigsson (Conde Nast Traveller) working.
The whole thing added up as an advertising for Göteborgs Posten (on his head) the biggest newspaper in Gothenburg.
Another wet ride
Trough Havana in the pouring rain. January 27. 2008.
Slow motion explosion
Flowering period has been delayed. It will be kind of an explosion now when the warmth sets in.
From Gothenburg’s botanical garden today. April 28. 2013.
Håkan Rönnblad 