Cuba: a visitor’s view

A typical Cuban car from the 1950s, parked outside apartment buildings in Old Havana.

Vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables on a side street in Old Havana.

Old mixes with new in Havana, where derelict, empty buildings sit just around the corner from the grand landmarks like the Gran Teatro de La Habana.

Cuba’s beauty lies away from the main thoroughfares, as in this streetscape from Old Havana.

A farmer works his field in Viñales, at the foot of tall domed rock-faced hills that rise from the valley floor.

A typical Cuban private taxi in front of the National Capitol, which is under renovation until 2017.

A farmer works his field in Viñales, at the foot of tall domed rock-faced hills that rise from the valley floor.

The Gran Teatro de Habana (Grand Theatre of Havana) at night.

A farmer unloads freshly-harvested tobacco leaves from his cart into the barn for drying in the Viñales Valley.

A woman stands by a painted mural in the barrio of Viñales.

Like many Cubans, Antionio Espinosa makes his living driving taxis for the tourists flooding into the country: Here he rides along on the tram touring the National Botanical Gardens outside Havana.

Horse and carts are still very much in use in Cuba, like this one outside Hemingway’s Finca de Vigio.