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| The bell tower of what was
once the Convento de San Francisco de Asís. |
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The bell tower affords stunning
views of the town and the Sierra del Escambray mountains (seen here) on
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| Plaza Mayor in the old town.
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Another view of the Plaza Mayor.
The Caribbean is in the distant background. Note the cobbled streets sloped
in a V shape with a gutter down the middle. The streets throughout the
old town are all like this. |
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With the cobbled streets, pastel-colored
walls, clay roofs, and the lush, tropical landscape, the textures and colors
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| Outskirts of town. |
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A typical street. |
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| Houses on the Plaza Mayor. |
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Detail of a building on the
Plaza Mayor. |
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| Doors like this are all over
town. |
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Typical window of a Trinidad
colonial house. The people (and dogs) like to sit on these window ledges
and watch the world go by. |
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| The interior of a colonial
house, now being used as an art gallery. |
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This ruin houses (so to speak)
an outdoor bar. |
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The courtyard of the casa particular
that Joe Super and I stayed in while visiting Trinidad. This meal lasted
a rather long time.
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Another view of the courtyard of our
casa particular. This is very typical of colonial design.
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Detail from the Plaza Mayor.
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Another typical street.
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Passing the time of day.
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Still talking.
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A quinceañera poses on Plaza
Mayor. She has turned 15, the age when a young lady comes of age.
This birthday party is the fiesta de quince, one of the few traditions
to survive socialism.
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Chichi, owner of El Alfarero Cerámica,
where much of the ceramic work sold locally comes from.
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El Alfarero Cerámica.
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Local transportation.
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Cowboys riding off after a hard day
herding cattle.
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Herding cattle.
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Valle de los Ingenios (Valley of the
Sugar Mills) north of Trinidad.
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Valle de los Ingenios was the most important
sugar-producing area during the colonial era and was the source of the
great wealth of Trinidad.
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