Mother in Santiago de Cuba, dancing Conga with her baby

Neighborhood group parcticing Conga for the annual Santiago de Cuba festival, taking place on July

Old Cuban car in Santiago de Cuba center

Tourists relaxing on Playa (beach) Ancon

Secret cigar making in Trinidad

Another stage in the proccess of cigar-making in Trinidad

Galia is getting a Salsa lesson from our host Yini & her friend Tanya, in Trinidad

Fiat car parks inside a living room - how did it get in?

Cuba's national game, Domino, is usually played outside in the street

Trinidad girl with her scooter

Typical Cuban house in Trinidad

Common situation in Cuba - stuck car

Bicycle is a common transport in Trinidad

Galia is dancing Salsa with a local guy, in Viniales

Typical road sign supporting the revolution

Each house in Cuba normally has two rocking chairs in the front (and a grandmother...)

Valley of Viniales

Noa & Galia after sailing inside the Cave of the Indians (Cueva del Indio), near Viniales

Farmer plowing his field with his two thin oxen (like most livestock in Cuba)

Galia is looking at a giant modern fresco (made in the 50's), describing the pre-historic age, near Viniales

The giant modern fresco (made in the 50's), describing the pre-historic age, near Viniales

The valley of Viniales

Cheerful musical baby in front of Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana

Santisima Trinidad - Cuban Church

Colorful street in Trinidad center

Che Guevara in front of the Cuban Ministry of Interior building, Havana

Camello (Spanish for 'Camel') - giant half-bus half-truck in Havana

Coco-Taxi miniatures

African-Cuban ladies miniatures

Ernest Hemingway's statue at his favorite Daquiri place - El Floridita in Havana; in the back: photo of Hemingway & young Fidel Castro

Typical outdoor gym class in Havana

Miramar neighborhood - Havana

Coconut & Cocoa planetations in Baracoa

Plaza de la Revolucion, Santiago de Cuba

The sign says: Yesterday we rebelled, today we're hospitable, always heroic

Cuban men & a glass of Rum

Goat makes Sunday morning happy for Santiago de Cuba kids

Sexual Conga dancing in Santiago de Cuba Museum of Carnival

Young Conga dancer practicing towards the famous July Carnival in Santiago de Cuba Museum of Carnival

This man poses for photos, in exchange for some Pesos.

Galia & band-member in a Havana restaurant

Variety of Cuban vehicles: old American car, Russian Lada & Coco-Taxi

Galia with Che at the Museo de la Revolucion

Noa with a Wax-Che at the Museo de la Revolucion

Havana street with the slogan 'Viva Cuba Libre' - long live free Cuba

Looking north to Florida at Havana's Malecon (promenade)

Galia relaxing on Maguana beach, near Baracoa

Baracoa, beautiful small town with crazy tropical micro-climate at the eastern side of Cuba

Noa holding sea-shells on the beach near Baracoa

Two sisters in the Yumury river

Galia hiking in the Yumury river

Cocoa bean - apparently, chocolate begins as those white seeds in the middle of the bean

Antonio Maceo, Cuba's freedom fighter (1845-1896), faught the Spaniards; Monument in Havana

Paved street in Trinidad center; Unesco world heritage site

Cuba is now divided into 14 provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud): Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), Pinar del Rio, Ciego de Avila, La Habana (Havana), Camaguey, Ciudad de la Habana (Havana City), Las Tunas, Matanzas, Granma, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Villa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Sancti Spiritus and Guantanamo. Demography: Cuba is 51% mulatto (mixed white & black), 37% white, 11% black, 1% Chinese. Cuban culture is a melting pot of cultures, mostly from Spain and Africa. Population is about 11.5 million. Currency is Peso, local Convertible peso, (no U.S. dollars!). Telephone international code is +53. Language is Spanish. Capital & largest city: Havana. Cuba is a communist state, at least as long as Fidel Castro (born 1926) remains alive.