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| Pinar del Rio | |
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| Pinar del Rio, with a population approaching 140,000 is the capital city of the western Cuban province of the same name - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A Spanish colonial building accommodates the Hotel Vueltabajo - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Trucks with customised bodies serve as buses - the white number plates indicating private ownership - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| On-street market stalls doing brisk business on a Saturday morning in Pinar del Rio - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A shoe shop and sidewalk cafe were also busy - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The sign on the door of this bookshop shows that both the convertible and non-convertible peso are acceptable. In 2015 a convertible peso (CUC) was worth around 25 CUP - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow. | |
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| English language books and books on Che Guevara feature among the relatively limited stock - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The US imposed embargo was still in force in 2015 and the stock in this department store tends to reflect this - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Permission was obtained to take photographs in the store where prices were displayed in CUC (40.00) and CUP ($1,000.00). Note the use of the dollar sign for the non-convertible peso - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A Saturday afternoon visit to a tobacco farm - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Tobacco leaves drying in the casa of a tobacco farm in the Vuelta Abajo region near Pinar del Rio - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Demonstration of cigar rolling after which the product was put to the test a proclaimed to be very satisfactory - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A typical motorway cafe - no problem if it is on the "wrong" carriageway! PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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