Pat Trotter

This last day in Havana started out with a walk through the streets of Old Havana looking for those special moments to capture the flavor of the city and its people.  The night before a few of us walked the mile to the historic Hotel Nacional for a drink in

The last stop on our way back to Havana was to see the Zunzuncito – the Bee Hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world and only found in Cuba. The tiny winged creatures are mesmerizing! They are fed by an old man who maintains a sanctuary for them in his

Leaving the swamp we went through a small village where Carlos stopped at an unmarked house to buy some honey.  The honey they collect from the bees is all put into huge metal drums and dispensed from there. Carlos had brought along several large empty water bottles that he had

It was time to begin winding up our idyllic, eye-opening journey through a large swath of central Cuba and return to the capitol city of Havana. After a week on the road visiting Trinidad, Cienfuegos, Playa Larga and surrounding areas our senses were on overload trying to absorb the totality

Woke up Monday morning to the sound of waves gently lapping at the shore outside my room at the casa. We started out early and headed up the coast to a small village called Guasasa a town located on the southern coast of the easternmost portion of the Cienega de

What a treat to start the morning, watching the World Cup finals in a bar in Cienfuegos. It was a great location for photographing the people and the soccer game was exceptional! Most of the patrons in the bar were young men who radiated with that feeling that comes with

After our visit to the island we walked around a small fishing community photographing the people and place before climbing onto the dock and having lunch at a waterfront restaurant. There were no tourists in sight and we were totally engaged with the people and place. I watched as a