~ Viñales Village Life ~ | ELLEN THE TALL ONE

May 3, 2017 / 4 comments

~ Viñales Village Life ~

Viñales, Cuba – Jan 2014

Local fruit stand, horse & cart, water tanks on the roof

Put into perspective

40c coconut

‘Alberto Vitamina’ slicing up fresh coconuts and pineapples

Casa de la Música – I think I was the only person who loved the band more than the salsa

Alberto whipping up ‘canchancharas’ at his bar – grapefruit, rum & honey

Waiting for 3 hours to withdraw money at the bank- I took photos of people across the street… doing their own waiting

On patrol: A vulture flies low in Viñales

Where thoughts made it to paper in my second poem, ‘Las Quiñosas de Viñales’

Beady glass eyes; their fixed gaze on the herd. Each turn of their crooked necks; nothing sneaks past, every whisper heard.

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Cheryl Patterson May 3, 2017 — 7:20 am

Real life photos used as inspiration for those two emotive poems comparing the history with modern day Cuba.

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Matt Myers May 3, 2017 — 8:53 am

3 hours for the ATM? oye… amazing photos!

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  ellenthetallone May 3, 2017 — 9:15 am
  
  It was actually the bank – no ATMs in Viñales!
  
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Cherryl February 26, 2018 — 9:06 pm

Your photographs are beautiful – and so is Cuba!

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