Photo Essay: Trinidad, Cuba

I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.

-Thomas Jefferson

Felipe and Franco, they came as "often as they could" to get away from their wives and drink rum.

Felipe and Franco, they came as “often as they could” to get away from their wives and drink rum.

This couple came nightly to watch the sun set on the beach, while the wife weaved hats and sold them to tourists and locals.

This couple came nightly to watch the sun set on the beach, while the wife weaved hats and sold them to tourists and locals.

Woman and man conversing

Woman and man conversing

The daily grind.

The daily grind.

Trinidad, Cuba

Hell-of-a-shot

Hell-of-a-shot

Chess is a serious game in Cuba.

Chess is a serious game in Cuba.

Flying in Cuba

Flying in Cuba

Old church, lit up by dusk's light

Old church, lit up by dusk’s light

Sunset Trinidad