Cuba 2007 Topside

Topside pictures from Cuba. After having searched all Havana we finally found a small, no name, digital camera as a replacement for the stolen D200. Pictures from Havana, Bay of Pigs and the Queen's garden. Thank's to a loan of a real camera, we also got a few UW pictures from the Queen's garden.

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View from the breakfast terrace of Hotel Lido
View from the breakfast terrace of Hotel Lido
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One of many skeleton buildings in Centro Habana
One of many skeleton buildings in Centro Habana
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Avenida de las Misiones
Avenida de las Misiones
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Simca Aronde
Simca Aronde
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girls on balconies (flickan i Havana ...)
girls on balconies (flickan i Havana ...)
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Plaza Vieja, composite of six pictures to capt...
Plaza Vieja, composite of six pictures to capture the full view
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View from the cámera oscura tower at Plaza Vie...
View from the cámera oscura tower at Plaza Vieja
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Botte in Habana Vieja
Botte in Habana Vieja
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Steina in a coffee shop. Fairly nervous that t...
Steina in a coffee shop. Fairly nervous that the balcony will fall down.
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Plenty of old cars
Plenty of old cars
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Scaffolding to prevent the building to fall ap...
Scaffolding to prevent the building to fall apart
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Salsa!
Salsa!
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One of a few buildings at Plaza Vieja that rem...
One of a few buildings at Plaza Vieja that remains to be renovated
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Happy school children
Happy school children
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Habana will eventually become one of the most ...
Habana will eventually become one of the most beautiful cities in the world
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... but a tremendous amount of work and money ...
... but a tremendous amount of work and money needs to be spent to get there
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colorful
colorful
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Capitolio Nacional
Capitolio Nacional
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small scale business
small scale business
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this camera might even work!
this camera might even work!
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Edificio Bacardi
Edificio Bacardi
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fruit market
fruit market
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Edificio Bacardi behind us
Edificio Bacardi behind us
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Los Arados
Los Arados
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Ano 1917
Ano 1917
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Objeto de Arte
Objeto de Arte
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Via consulado
Via consulado
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Window-dressing
Window-dressing
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beautiful tiles
beautiful tiles
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The spring massacree in the Bay of Pigs when l...
The spring massacree in the Bay of Pigs when land crabs return to the sea to mate
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The threat display is not very effective again...
The threat display is not very effective against cars; a few flat tyres and many dead crabs
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The species is probably Gecarcinus ruricola, s...
The species is probably Gecarcinus ruricola, sometimes aptly called the halloween land crab
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Nicke lilltroll - in order to keep warm and ke...
Nicke lilltroll - in order to keep warm and keep hearing
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Steina, My and Stefan in front of the mobile b...
Steina, My and Stefan in front of the mobile bar - now the dive truck
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My recieves her ACUC certification from Ronel
My recieves her ACUC certification from Ronel
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Ronel, our friendly divemaster; a tough guy
Ronel, our friendly divemaster; a tough guy
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Pancho, the driver, seldom managed to beat Ron...
Pancho, the driver, seldom managed to beat Ronel
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Steina, Mary, My and Donald enjoying 'all incl...
Steina, Mary, My and Donald enjoying 'all inclusive' after-dive drinks
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the impressive 'all inclusive' bar
the impressive 'all inclusive' bar
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Our 15 years wedding anniversary
Our 15 years wedding anniversary
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A bottle of Cuban wine on the house - actually...
A bottle of Cuban wine on the house - actually quite good!
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Every day, Pancho the driver took advantage of...
Every day, Pancho the driver took advantage of the intoxicating facilities of the moving bar
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The Bar Movil with Pancho, Steina and Ronel af...
The Bar Movil with Pancho, Steina and Ronel after 18 beautiful dives at the Bay of Pigs
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After one week in the Bay of Pigs we move on t...
After one week in the Bay of Pigs we move on to Jardines de la Reina
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La Tortuga is the base of Avalon's dive operat...
La Tortuga is the base of Avalon's dive operations
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Very large area, max 300 divers/year (so they ...
Very large area, max 300 divers/year (so they say)
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This is the diveboat that operates from our la...
This is the diveboat that operates from our larger liveaboard
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The italian-trained chef, Fausto (our captain)...
The italian-trained chef, Fausto (our captain), and Martin
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Jirka, the leader of the Czech divers, enjoyin...
Jirka, the leader of the Czech divers, enjoying life with a Cuban cigar
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Leisure time at the after-deck of Aballones
Leisure time at the after-deck of Aballones
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Steina, Jirka, Noel (our DM) and Czeck divers
Steina, Jirka, Noel (our DM) and Czeck divers
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Fausto, the captain and DM
Fausto, the captain and DM
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The Cuban jutia tree rat (Capromys pilorides) ...
The Cuban jutia tree rat (Capromys pilorides) is an indigenous rodent, here competing with iguanas
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Iguanas on the beach (Iguana iguana)
Iguanas on the beach (Iguana iguana)
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Two cuties
Two cuties
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Medicina! Delicious home-brewed slivovica that...
Medicina! Delicious home-brewed slivovica that Jirka offered after most dives
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The chef
The chef
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Dinner
Dinner
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The food was not too bad!
The food was not too bad!
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Fausto, 'sötpojken' (who speared the dinner fi...
Fausto, 'sötpojken' (who speared the dinner fish and grabbed the lobsters), and Noel
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We had 16 fantastic dives at JDLR. This is a p...
We had 16 fantastic dives at JDLR. This is a place we recommend!
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A few days relaxing on the beach before going ...
A few days relaxing on the beach before going back
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The remains of the big Saturday beach party th...
The remains of the big Saturday beach party that we didn't join
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Had this chair been designed by someone famous...
Had this chair been designed by someone famous, its price would have surpassed the price of our journey
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Just some nice colors
Just some nice colors
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Finally, a few well-kept oldtimers
Finally, a few well-kept oldtimers
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Actually, there are quite a lot of modern cars...
Actually, there are quite a lot of modern cars as well, most from France
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The end
The end

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