Brett Garamella

Travel: Cuba

A local girl says goodbye to her boyfriend before the bus leaves in Vinales Valley, small tobacco-growing town in western Cuba.
   
A local smokes a cigar on a street corner in the Cuban colonial town of Trinidad. Notice his hat: "100%."
   
All that can be heard are the roosters as the sun rises over Vinales Valley, a small tobacco-growing town in western Cuba.
     
  
Local children fly kites and play on the malecon, or seaside promenade, in Baracoa, a small city on the eastern tip of the island.
   
The sun sets over Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest city in Cuba, located in the eastern part of the island.
   
A tobacco farmer works the land in San Luis, located in the Vuelta Abajo, or the land that produces some of the best cigars in the world. This region is about a six hour drive west of Havana.
     
  
A boy plays baseball in the streets of Centro Habana. Located in the heart of the Cuban capital, children play year-round in the streets as pedestrians and cars slowly pass by.
   
A group of young Communists raise the Cuban flags in preparation for the new year in Havana.
   
The Capitolio Nacional Cuba (Cuba Capitol Building) stands prominently in Old Havana, and resembles the United States Capital Building.
     
  
Farmers try to fix their wagon in Vinales Valley, a small tobacco-growing town in western Cuba. Notice the fence post that reads: "Socialismo." Slogans like these are found throughout the country.