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Loaded security!

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New year celebration in Havana 2006.

A big part of the city’s inhabitants gathered in Malecon to enjoy great music and dance all night long. Spirit is high. The Cubans knows how to party but things can get carried away sometimes.

The government seems terrified of disorder and therefore displays huge numbers of
military, police and other security officials to maintain a sense of safety and control.

Now.. I am sure this particular security guard (whatever that bottle contains?) is doing his best but….

Gothenburg, Tuesday.. between jobs!

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Playing with my new little pocketable.  For this type of images it´s handy with a small discreet S100

Tres mulatas!

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  A few days ago, 17 of January, a three-story house collapsed in the area where these girls live. Havana is falling apart!

The Cuban Communist Party is gathering this weekend in Havana to talk about reforms,
ways to renew its aging leadership and the eventual separation between the party and the state!

More interesting information (for the spanish speaking) about the day-to-day life in the capital of Cuba is found in Generacion Y  by Yoani Sánchez.

“En las calles Infanta y Salud, un edificio de tres plantas no soportó más y se vino abajo en la noche del martes 17 de enero”

Más información interesante de la vida cotidiana en la capital Cubana: Generacion Y
by Yoani Sánchez

Håkan goes pocketable!

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Bought this (less than 200 gram) camera a week ago. A fragment of the size compared to my usual DSLR.
The thing is you don´t have to think twice about bring it along. Of course its a compromise when it comes to picture quality. So the question is… is it good enough?

These are test shots in Gothenburg during one week. The latest from todays snowfall!

Dominican future!

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  Normally I avoid taking pictures of “cute kids” but this one I just could not resist.  The proud mother is the owner of the small hotel in Samaná, Dominican Republic where we stayed a couple of nights!

A bird in the hand!

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  is worth two in the bush.. ( I think he actually has got four in both hands)  outside  Catedral Primada de América in Santo Domingo.