Following our visit to Callejon de Hamel, we went to the Centro de los Orishas in Regla, a municipality located about a half an hour’s drive from Havana. The Centro is an open air exhibition space where performances are held. There is a small restaurant as well as a little shop at the back. The main attraction for us was the sculptural representations to the Santeria gods Eleggua (also Eshu),...

When Africans were brought as slaves to the New World, one of the traditions they brought was their religion. In Cuba, this religious tradition is known as Santeria and it exists side by side with Catholicism. Each Sunday afternoon, Callejon de Hamel, a block-long shrine to Santeria located between Aramburu and Hospital Streets in Havana comes alive with rumba music and dancing. Artist, Salvador Gonzalez, whose studio is located in...

Half of the nearly 400 photos I took in Havana were of buildings, the other half of cars. These are some of my favorites. Some were, surprisingly, in very good condition. I don’t imagine any of the cars being made today will be around 50 years from now. One day, I just stood at this intersection for about 20 minutes and photographed every car that passed by. Like this post?...

After being on a schedule for more than a week, we had welcomed a free day to do whatever we wanted in a leisurely way. The good thing about being on a schedule is that we got things done. The bad thing is that once we get off the schedule we became so lax about time, we almost got nothing done. Today was no different. We slept late, hung around...