Slobodan Blagojevic

A Cruise to Cuba, 2018 A photo essay by Slobodan Blagojevic

In December 2018, my daughter's college organized a study cruise trip to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Mexico, and Cuba, to visit entrepreneurs in those countries. These are my photographic impressions:

Faces

Big smiles and happy faces (from upper left, clockwise): Tanya, Charissa, Katrina (our Jamaican tour guide) - click on image for a larger view

From top, clockwise: Sandra, a Havana cigar vendor, cruise entertainer, Jia

Now you know why it is called Grand Cayman: Sandra, Chase, a cigar maker

Music & happiness: mariachi on the beach in Cozumel, Mexico, Havana sax player, a happy dancer

A few more lovely faces: Charissa, Tristin, Sandra, Tanya, a Havana T-shirt vendor

Not everyone in Havana was smiling

Working Hard & Hardly Working - Havana

A boy, a dollar, and a passerby - Havana

Street Life

Havana today: Adidas, Nautica, latest smartphone...

Cruising

Cuba's colorful classic cars from the 50s

Places

Our first port of call was Montego Bay, Jamaica. Sorry, no images... it was mostly rain and one long traffic jam. We did get to see a statue of their famous son, Usain Bolt. I did not take a picture of it, though. Instead, I offer this visual humor: 🙂

(Pilfered from the Internet)

Our next stop was Grand Cayman:

Our cruise ship and one cocky rooster, about to cross the road 😊

After a sunny day on the beach in Cozumel, Mexico, arriving to a rainy Havana... what a difference the weather can make:

Havana Harbor (2018 vs. 2017)

Our first visit to entrepreneurs in Cuba was inside the Loyola Faith and Culture Center, linked to a church:

Faith and Destruction

Fusterlandia - A Mosaic Tile Wonderland:

Art by Jose Fuster

Balconies

Monkey Business

Love Is In The Air

Rain

Havana Harbor in a heavy midday downpour (this is a color photograph)

Purple Rain and a Pac-Man car

Riders On The Storm

Destruction

Heartbreaking

Living quarters

Entertainment

Enormous effort and energy of the entertainment crew

"We love what we do" in Serbian and "thanks" in Italian (MSC Cruises was founded in Italy and is the world's largest privately-held cruise company)

A Few Parting Shots

Beauty is in the detail - Havana

Sail Away - Havana

Waves crashing along Malecón

Leaving Havana - Arriving to Miami

Miami Morning, 6:40am

Miami Pink, 6:55am

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