BERTA ISABEL ARIAS
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Cuba Today
History, Art, and Culture
Why Baracoa?
The prequel to Mango Rain (Lluvia de Mango) will be Mimi's Path (El Camino de Mimi), out this fall, and the story begins in Baracoa....
First morning views of Baracoa
In the distance, the iconic El Yunque (the Anvil) mountain is a symbol of Baracoa. Â Below is a close up of this unusual mountain.
La Farola road to Baracoa
This remote location, however, was a major reason why the Spanish Conquistadores soon decided that other areas of the island were more...
Over 700 miles Havana to Baracoa
in Baracoa, over 700 miles later. The Autopista Nacional is a well maintained four lane highway that a few hours east of Havana merges...
More Havana ...
And, of course, the famed Universidad de La Habana, one of the oldest universities in the Americas, founded in 1728... …and the many...
Architecture and History of Havana - an Introduction
Columbus landed on the northeastern coast of Cuba, today's Baracoa, in November of 1492, claiming that human eyes had never seen such...
Back to the Havana part of the trip...
Dozens of legendary Cuban and Latin American writers, composers, political leaders and the like are buried here, including Cuba's most...
Too much Cuba on the brain
El Monte En mis sueños, ando por el monte, bello. Verdes paredes me llaman a las cuevas de mis indios. Nobles ojos guardan el silencio de...
Vintage Car Heaven - Havana Style
Now, private ownership of vehicles and new access to automotive parts has given rise to taxi service in vintage cars as well as one-hour...
Christmas in June?
Amazing to see the number and size of packages Cubans on my Tampa flight to Havana took to relatives and friends on the island (see last...