Getting around Cuba

These are sort of out of order, but they do give you a sense of how people move around. This blue truck belongs to the Lutheran Church and took our group around Isla de La Juventud for a few days.

The back of the bus has two benches along the outside wall. Church members set up rows of folding chairs down the middle to make room for more people, but as you can see, many people stood. All public transportation on the Isla seemed to be by passenger truck rather than bus, and all of them were crammed with people. Folks standing on rural corners seemed to expect us to pull over and pick them up, but the driver didn't.

Horses and carts were common on the island.

We took an afternoon's journey in a "carreton" or big carriage pulled by a horse. Here's the horse!

In Havana, yes, there were lots of great old cars. Any horses and carriages we saw were purely for tourists, and they do have buses in Havana.

As you can see I have solved my technical difficulties and will now begin to steadily post great pictures of my journey!