Travels in the 2nd half

  For the past several weeks I been writing about my recent trip to Cuba. I was able to visit through the sponsorship of Santa Fe Workshops and the CNP in Cuba. It was a wonderful ten day excursion with a small group of photographers. The last couple of days of our stay were spent back in the city of Havana. On our first evening back in the city we went to Estudio50 . This is a space for artists that is in an old industrial building, near the University of Havana. The building has been reclaimed and now provides studio space and offices for artists and art collectives. It also houses a “white room” performance space that is used for concerts, along with film and video shoots. We were there for a performance of “freeform” music by Pepe Gavilondo and the Ensemble Interactivo de La Habana. Estudio50 also has a bar where the musicians and the audience could all hang out together before and after the performance. The next day we spent visiting places around Havana that offered some nic...

  While staying in the town of Playa Larga, Cuba, a beach resort at the northern end of The Bay of Pigs, our guides took us on a trip to the small town of Guasasa. Guasasa sits on the Caribbean coast, about 27 Km (14 miles) east of Playa Girón. The road to Guasasa travels along the coast, winding between the sea and a swampy area. It is a well tended dirt road. The swampiness is caused by underground streams that also create cenotes. Along the way, we stopped at a beach at the end of a beautiful inlet. At the beach, we met a family. They had come down in a tractor and trailer, and set up tarps and blankets on the sand. They brought a full days worth of things to do, and also had a fire going. In addition to swimming, the were fishing for their dinner.     Coconut shell holding bait Hermit crab is used for bait fan coral Guasasa is a very small village sitting on the Caribbean coast with a rocky cove along the water. At one time many residents worked converting wood to cha...