Category Caribbean
I Mean Business – Santiago de Cuba
Caribbeans have a reputation for being laid back, personified by reggae & weed. Cubans definitely buck that image as hardworking & resourceful citizens, although of course they love their music & dance. However Cuban dance is far more rigorous than its Jamaican counterpart. Salsa owes much of its roots to Cuba with rumba, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, mambo, and many […]
Chocoholic – A Cuba Labour Of Love
Chocolate Production in Cuba “It takes ten large cocoa pods to make a lump of chocolate the size of a cannonball,” so said the nice lady with her English speaking interpreter, demonstrating the art of chocolate making at Arquimides Borges in the countryside just outside Baracoa in Eastern Cuba. This wasn’t Hollywood ‘Chocolat’ style sickly-sweet chocolate […]
Trinidad & Not Tobago
Trinidad de Cuba There is another Trinidad in the Caribbean – the subject of my post is the Cuban city situated on the South East coast. Trinidad de Cuba is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a more colourful place is hard to find. Its cobbled streets are awash with bright American classic cars, its […]
Hasta La Vista Havana – Part Two
From the moment we received an unexpected mojito welcome at the ace Casavana, our time in Havana had been brilliant. Would day two keep up the enjoyment? You bet. Gangsters & Corrupt Politicians First port of call was the iconic Hotel Nacional, where we would be staying that evening as the first part of out […]
Monday Morning Blues – Spot the Birdie, Cuba
I took this shot in 2017 in Cienfuegos in Cuba. Look closely and you will see a pelican, a common sight on the Caribbean’s largest island.
Monday Morning Blues
This week’s Monday morning blues comes from my 2017 trip to Cuba. The waterfront stretch of Caribbean in Havana is known as the Malecon. The 8km long road is a perfect location for a drive in a classic American car, to Cuba what the gondola is to Venice (about $70 and very touristy!). Join us […]
Cigar Production In Cuba
Cigars in Cuba What is the first thing you think about when somebody mentions Cuba? I wager that cigars will feature top of many people’s list. When Christopher Columbus reached Cuba in 1492 , he discovered the locals “drinking smoke” from an early version of a cigar. It was very much a local production for local […]
