Cuban musicians playing salsa
Cuban musicians playing salsa in the afternoon in front of Casa de Musica.
A young girl walking a painting
A young girl taking a painting of Che Guevera to the gallery.
A bride walking home after her wedding.
The bride walking home after her wedding.
Afro-Cuban dancers performing traditional ritual.
Afro-Cuban dancers performing traditional ritual.
Having a cigar in the street of the old convent of San Francisco de Asis.
Having a cigar in the street of the old convent of San Francisco de Asis.
Girl on Plaza Major
A 15 year-old girl on Plaza Major during her photo-session. On their 15th birthday, local girls get their photo taken in…
Cuban ‘Cowboys’ in front of their colourful houses.
Cuban ‘Cowboys’ in front of their colourful houses.
Drum and bass.
Drum and bass.
A grandmother in her son’s gallery
A grandmother in her son’s house cum gallery is surrounded by images of Che Guevera.
Getting ready for a wedding
Shopping in the streets of Trinidad.
Shopping in the streets of Trinidad.
Waiting for a dance
Having a cigar at home
Home restaurant in Trinidad
Enjoying the sunny afternoon on Plaza Major.
Enjoying the sunny afternoon on Plaza Major.
Dressed up for a photo shoot on their 15th birthday
Two girls dressed up for a photo shoot on their 15th birthday.
Salsa on the street
Sugarcane fields around Trinidad.
Selling chickens from the trunk
Drive by in Trinidad.
Playing African drum rhythms.
Playing African drum rhythms.
Shoe polish on the street
A bride enjoying her wedding day.
A bride enjoying her wedding day.
The old convent of San Francisco de Asis.
A view of the old convent of San Francisco de Asis.
Waterfall close to Trinidad.
Old classic cars are kept in perfect working order.
Throughout Cuba old classic cars are kept in perfect working order.
Playing a game
A day like any other. Watching Fidel Castro on TV
A day like any other. Watching Fidel Castro on TV after work.
Afro-Cuban dancers performing traditional ritual.
Train at the old railway station of Trinidad.
Train at the old railway station of Trinidad. In the days of the big plantations, it transported sugar cane and today still runs…
Manaca-Ignaza watch tower that was used to survey the slave plantation…
A mute testament to Cuba’s dark history. The 19th century Manaca-Ignaza watch tower that was used to survey the plantation…
A Christmas roast
Dance lessons
Enjoying an afternoon cigar.
Enjoying an afternoon cigar.
Che Guevara the local artist’s favourite subject
Che Guevera is one of the local artist’s favourite subjects. Trinidad has a thriving artistic community and is home to quite a…
Streets of Trinidad
Sunglasses & Helmet
Afro-Cuban dancers performing traditional ritual.
Not a Jaguar ..
Hang out in old kolonial house
Enjoying a cigar.
Playing African drum rhythms.
Dance steps are passed on from generation to generation.
Dance steps are passed on from generation to generation.
Home by taxi with a new born
Martinez offers to make another Cuba Libre.
Martinez offers to make another Cuba Libre.
Trinidad de Cuba
Afro-Cuban Fusion
Europe’s awakening sweet tooth during the 19th century made Trinidad one of the richest towns in Cuba and had the Spanish sugar plantation owners rolling in money. Now their mansions still stand and give Trinidad an old colonial flavour that, together with the African influences inherited from the plantation slaves, creates an intoxicating mix. Top that off with a few ‘mojitos’ at one of the ‘Casas Particulares’ and as ERIC WIELE and FLORIS LEEUWENBERG discover, the initial infatuation quickly blossoms into an all-out love affair with both town and people.