Cuba 2004

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Another old car...this Chevrolet still had it's original engine

the owner shows off his pride and joy to Laurie, explaining how he carved his carburetor gasket from wood!

the proud owner

Kairen finds an even older car in the potter's back yard....

Model T Ford

Sugar cane valley

Iznaga

This tower was built to keep an eye on the sugar cane workers.

Cuba has just shut down 70% of it's sugar production capability. Mainly due to a lack of markets (or ability to get to markets). They have made tourism the number one industry of the island.

Sancti Spiritus

Decorating our hotel bed was an art form

The town of Sancti Spiritus

Kerosene cooking boilers.

The ration shop.

Cuba has endured rationing for over 50 years. For example each person can have one bar of soap a month.

Even though many items are rationed, this board indicates what is in stock.

A ration book.

We stopped at a farm. Bearing in mind that these farmers are considered wealthy, the house was far from our standards.

Coffee beans. (the coffee in Cuba was to die for....)

Santa Clara

Che Guevara Square

This monument, mausoleum and museum is a vast square square guarded by a bronze statue of El Che.

The statue was erected in 1987 to mark the 20th anniversary of Guevara's murder in Bolivia.

The writing on the tablets of stone is a transcript of Che's letter to Fidel when Guevara left Cuba.

His remains were brought here in 1997 and are interred in an underground mausoleum under the monument.

We went into the mausoleum and found it a very moving and beautiful place.

Santa Clara town

Today was Saturday and children enjoyed bicycle and goat cart rides around the town square.

Monument that marks the spot where Che Guevara captured a 22 car armoured train containing 408 heavily armed Batista troops on December 29th 1958. The battle lasted 90 minutes.

The bulldozer was used to cut the railway line

This statue was outside the Party Building and symbolises what Che believed in, what he was fighting for and his opposition to corruption.

'Revolutions rarely, if ever, emerge fully ripe, and not all their details are scientifically foreseen. They are products of passion, of improvisation by human beings in their struggle for social change, and are never perfect. Our revolution was no exception.'

Enesto Che Guevara (1961)

buying bananas

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Another old car...this Chevrolet still had it's original engine
the owner shows off his pride and joy to Laurie, explaining how he carved his carburetor gasket from wood!	the proud owner
Kairen finds an even older car in the potter's back yard....	Model T Ford
	Sugar cane valley
	Iznaga This tower was built to keep an eye on the sugar cane workers. Cuba has just shut down 70% of it's sugar production capability. Mainly due to a lack of markets (or ability to get to markets). They have made tourism the number one industry of the island.

	Sancti Spiritus Decorating our hotel bed was an art form

	The town of Sancti Spiritus

Kerosene cooking boilers.

The ration shop. Cuba has endured rationing for over 50 years. For example each person can have one bar of soap a month.	Even though many items are rationed, this board indicates what is in stock.
A ration book.

We stopped at a farm. Bearing in mind that these farmers are considered wealthy, the house was far from our standards.

	Coffee beans. (the coffee in Cuba was to die for....)

Santa Clara Che Guevara Square This monument, mausoleum and museum is a vast square square guarded by a bronze statue of El Che.	The statue was erected in 1987 to mark the 20th anniversary of Guevara's murder in Bolivia. The writing on the tablets of stone is a transcript of Che's letter to Fidel when Guevara left Cuba.

His remains were brought here in 1997 and are interred in an underground mausoleum under the monument. We went into the mausoleum and found it a very moving and beautiful place.


Santa Clara town	Today was Saturday and children enjoyed bicycle and goat cart rides around the town square.

Monument that marks the spot where Che Guevara captured a 22 car armoured train containing 408 heavily armed Batista troops on December 29th 1958. The battle lasted 90 minutes.	The bulldozer was used to cut the railway line
	This statue was outside the Party Building and symbolises what Che believed in, what he was fighting for and his opposition to corruption.

'Revolutions rarely, if ever, emerge fully ripe, and not all their details are scientifically foreseen. They are products of passion, of improvisation by human beings in their struggle for social change, and are never perfect. Our revolution was no exception.' Enesto Che Guevara (1961)	buying bananas