Arriving in Varadero - Just kidding
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The Pool @ Sol Sirenas Coral Resort in Varadero
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Our Suite @ Sol Sirenas Coral Resort in Varadero
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Nightly entertainment
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Beach in Varadero
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Vendors on the beach in Varadero
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Varadero Beach
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One of the Haçiendas @ Sol Sirenas Coral
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Lunch at Rancho Playa @ Sol Sirenas Coral
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Just before becoming lunch
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Lizards everywhere
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Church in Varadero
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Casa Dupont (Zanadu)
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The 19th hole @ Casa Dupont
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This beautiful tower hides a water tank
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Views of Varadero from the tower
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The wild dogs of Cuba
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Drilling in Varadero
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Only 2.75 Pesos - Pour your own Rum
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Our photo taken at the Valley of a Thousand Palms
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Vultures seemed to be the most common bird
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People employed in Varadero mostly live in Matanza City
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Formerly a fishing village
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There were many nodding donkey pumpjacks dotting the coastline. Cuba Burns oil to generate electricity
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Street view of Old Habana
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A town square near the port
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Church interior - Old Habana
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Pedestrian Street in Old Habana
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Retored building in Old Habana
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Cafe Interior - Old Habana
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Because of Summer Temperatures, many buildings feature open interior courtyards to let light and breezes flow in
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Tres muchachos y un gato
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Open air stairwell of the Museum of Habana
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Opening a room for us - 1 peso
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Pre-revolution opulence
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ubiquitous laundry drying
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Peahen in the Museum of Habana
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Peacock in the Museum of Habana
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Putting on quite a show
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The old fort in Habana
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Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana
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Campanas (Bells) en Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana
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The new fort - Largest in the Americas
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Fishing boat in the Port of Habana
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José Castelar Cairo - Guinness Book Record Holder for the longerst Cigar - 20.41 Metres
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Sampling one of the Monte Cristos José rolled
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50 pound canons at the Fort
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Malecon y Habana
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Lovers and others come to the seawall at the Malecon
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Plaza de la Revolución
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Streets of Habana
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Old town square - Habana
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Broken Down
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Where Ernest Hemmingway spent many afternoons writing Old Man and the Sea
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Terrace at Museum of Habana
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One of the ornate rooms in this former Goveners Mansion
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Habana traffic
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Ministry of Communication
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Che!
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The only graffitti we saw
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The capitol building in Habana - Taller than the US capitol building
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One of many pipes visible burning off Natural Gas
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One of many monuments in Habana
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What Cubans REALLY think of Bush
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"Your example lives through your lasting ideas"
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A wall painted with the ubiquitous likeness of Che Guevara
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Banana, palm and sugar cane farmer
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The Caves of Matanzas Province
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An inland lake in Matanzas Province
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The withered horses of Cuba
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Canimar river in Matanzas province - Scene of the 1980 Matanzas River Massacre
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Fellow Canadian touristas - eh
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Lobster on the River
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Cubans in "tighty whities" by the shore
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River Mouth in Matanzas province
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The Cars of Cuba. Many are converted with Lada and other diesel engines
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The Cars of Cuba
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Police Ladas
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Cuban Sunset 1
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Cuban Sunset 2
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