by JE | th Jan | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
The seriousness in which virtually all Cubans take COVID-19 precautions is evident in the widespread use of face masks and pride in which the citizens take in recounting their vaccination experience. One sees the carefully-covered faces of Cubans of all ages in the...
by JE | nd Dec | Photography and People, Blogs
People sometimes look at photographers as thieves. We sneak up on the unsuspected and, sometimes without permission, do something that requires the verb “to take”. When we take a photo, we seem to steal a moment, a parsec which may or may not be an accurate...
by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
I left the casa early in the morning so I could go to a nearby clinic and take a COVID-19 (PCR) test, required for boarding the plane back to the USA two days later for my return. The morning was to be full of surprises of all sorts. I was able to hail a taxi and...
by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
I was more than ready to depart Doña Mare’s casa, with its outdoor stench and cramped interior into which the smell of cigarette smoke from an adjacent room pervaded. Since my ride was not to arrive until early afternoon, I decided to walk around the town a bit ––...
by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
The next morning, I was relieved to be soon departing Cienfuegos, but had a lot of trouble finding any vehicle to take me back to Havana. I went to three different travel agencies, the sole bus station – there was none for foreigners in the city – and finally to the...