I can imagine Berlin being as cold as Toronto in January, so it's time to take a winter break and visit Cuba to warm up. We visited a resort near Holguin in north-east Cuba last week. It was everything we expected - hot and sunny, blue skies and turquoise seas, palm trees and fragrant flowers. But we also took some time to get a glimpse of Cuban life. We took a day trip to Santiago. One of the highlights we visited was a farmer's market near the Antonio Maceo monument.
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| Antonio Maceo Monument in Santiago - the farmer's market was just across the street from this impressive monument with its 23 machetes |
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| Locals seem to really enjoy shopping here |
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| This man used what looked like a machete to slid off the bananas from their stalks in one sweeping motion |
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| Enough bananas for you?! |
To give you an idea of prices - these are in Cuban pesos, the non-convertible kind
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| Family fun! |
More interesting glimpses of life in Cuba in the next post - transportation in Cuba!
lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks! See the doll on the counter?
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