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| Las Tarazas and Viñales | |
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| Heading west out of Havana on the Grand Highway. In places the grass central reservation of the six-lane motorway is concreted over and the motorway becomes an emergency airstrip - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| On much of the four lane highways traffic is light. The eco-village of Las Tarrazas is situated on a lake - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Some of the red-roofed white houses that make up the village - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The restored Master's house of the coffee plantation in the Terrazas National Park - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Flora and fauna in Las Terrazas - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Looking out over the densely forested hilly landscape at one of the viewing points in Las Terrazas - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Hotel Las Jasmines with its swimming pool overlooking the Viñales Valley - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Guests are accommodated in rooms which also overlook the valley - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The rooms are accessed by a terrace inhabited by some of the resident cats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The tall rounded hills, covered in trees, which rise up from the valley floor are known as mogotes - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Horses tethered by the roadside near in the small village near the Hotel Las Jasmines - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The town of Viñales still retains much of its colonial architecture - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| While the dogs dodge the traffic the inhabitants are urged to cooperate "for the unity of the region" - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A well-laid out tienda selling the usual range of souvenirs which include model motorcars and cameras formed from drinks cans and larger motorcars made of wood - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Villa Dary y Tuty hotel and restaurant has four rooms and the immaculately laid tables on the verandah - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Horse and oxen drawn carts in Viñales - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Oxen are seen less frequently than the ubiquitous horse drawn traffic - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Car hire is possible but not on Sundays! Free in this sense means closed - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Conveniently you can fill up your hire car at the filling station across the road - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Others have to rely on trucks made into make-shift buses, although real buses and taxis are available - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Finca la Chiquitica - a small permaculture farm now run as a cooperative and after being shown round the small estate, guests can enjoy a traditional Cuban meal at tables set out on the verandah - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The view from the verandah of the Finca la Chiquitica - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Not far from the Village of Viñales is the Mural de la Prehistorica 120m high painting by Leovigildo González Morillo created in 1961 - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| El Cuevo del Indio - the Cave of the Indian - in the San Vincente Valley where the river of the same name flows underground through a series of tunnels which can be accessed in small boats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |
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