Destination: Cuba
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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 | By ryanandjo | Views [4268] | Comments [1]
The flight from Cancun to Havana was an experience. The Cubana airlines plane was a very old 1970’s Yakovlev YAK-42 Russian plane with too many rows of seats squeezed into
it so we didn’t have any leg room or a window in our ... Read more >
Tags: baseball, castro, che, cuba, havana, ice cream, malecon, murals, old cars
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By ivanci | Views [2698]
Cuba is nothing like we have seen so far. If time can freeze then it happened here and this country feels like Czecho in 1960's with one significant difference - music and dance is present on every corner on every day. No matter if it's weekend or ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By 5amigas | Views [1254] | Comments [1]
Well got a bit of catching up to do... Cuba is not the best place for internet... or phones... or atms or generally any sort of modern technology that isn´t at snails pace and ridiculously expensive. Havana was a huge culture shock for everyone- with ... Read more >
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Sun, 9 Apr 2017 | By william1 | Views [912]
Departures from airports are almost always inauspicious. In my case, the trip I had been longing to make began with a bad-tempered New Zealander at the check-in desk at Gatwick, who asked gruffly for my passport and visa; an unpleasant cup of stryrofoam ... Read more >
Tags: communist countries, cuba, straits of florida, varadero
Thu, 14 Apr 2011 | By hopehill | Views [831]
The hand painted sign says ‘Casa de la
Tradiciones’ but there is nothing else to suggest this house is a bastion of
traditional Cuban music. Clinging to the sharp gradients of the Tivoli district
in Santiago de Cuba, it looks no bigger than any ... Read more >
Tags: cuba, santiago de cuba
Thu, 2 Feb 2012 | By mr306 | Views [675]
Cuba was blast with the most beautiful beaches ive seen! the only downfall is the lack of interent in the country which is no problem when your there short term but makes trying to stay there longer much more dificult. So with that said it's off to Mexico, ... Read more >
Sun, 1 May 2005 | By eva-julo | Views [654]
FOr the first of may we were invited in Cuba.
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Mon, 9 Oct 2017 | By william1 | Views [620]
I was talked into sharing a taxi to Havana with two Russians. The drive, from the beach town of Varadero, took two hours; the Afro-Cuban driver never spoke, except to sing softly along with the booming reggaeton on the stereo, or to exchange a shouted ... Read more >
Tags: cuba, graham greene, havana
Sat, 11 Oct 2014 | By lthom | Views [522]
Quite the adventure. The city is literally crumbling, so sad to see although they are slowly restoring buildings so one day it may be better but there is a very long way to go. We stayed in a Casa which was actually quite nice. We had the whole apartment ... Read more >
Sun, 24 May 2015 | By | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
In December of 2014, in a fit of wanderlust, my partner and I caught the least expensive flight possible out of Thunder Bay, Ontario. This put us in a low-end, all-inclusive hotel in Varadero, Cuba. Early one morning, we found ourselves awaiting a vehicle ... Read more >
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Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By dannygoesdiving | Photo Gallery
Cuba
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Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By nouhailler | Photo Gallery
Old Cars in Havana
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Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By bellamozzarella | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Since my first photographic experience abroad in Honduras, I knew travel photography was my calling. I’ve come to view the world through an imaginary lens; I jump at the chance to document everything I experience.
As a volunteer ESL teacher in Harlem, ...
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 | By dobri | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Me, me, me. Kme. Student from Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo & Metohija, Serbia. I like photography, and that's all. :D
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Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By emma_hopkirk | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I have always been an avid traveller and I constantly I have a camera on hand to document and attempt to capture moments that represent the places, cultures and people I meet. During my travels last year I realised that ‘attempting’ to take images that ...
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