In October 2016, I traveled to Cuba through Panama. While there, I visited Havana, Trinidad, the Bay of Pigs, and Viñales, to experience a wide range of Cuba: the city, the villages, and the agricultural region.
The heat of the Caribbean beats down on residents who are experienced in creating their own shade.
Cockfighting in Cuba is in the legal grey area. The defeated lay on the side of a street in Old Havana.
A farmer walks among the rows of produce growing at Finca Agroecologica El Paraiso in Vinales, a true farm-to-table farm and restaurant where everything is grown onsite using organic and sustainable practices.
A farmer uses a machete to scrape the outer layer off of the sugar cane before pressing it for juice.
Isolated on an island that has been cut off from U.S. imports for half a decade makes cars family heirlooms. This man is prepping his car for sale.
Cuba is the largest country by land area in the Caribbean. Viñales Valley is a karstic depression in Cuba. The valley has an area of 51 square miles and is located in the Sierra de los Ógranos mountains, just North of Viñales in the Pinar del Río Province. This area is know for being an agricultural region, well known for its tobacco. Many endemic plants and animals are specific to this valley.