This machetero was photographed at his home in the Viñales Valley. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in this hemisphere. The Royal Palms grow wild everywhere, the rolling hills studded with mogotes (huge rock formations) and the luxurious valleys are virtually unspoiled by development. This man was quite proud. He had his machete, his boots and hat-all sort of the uniform of the machetero. Unfortunately the sugar production has failed. Most of ingenios, refineries, are closed down, the machinery is rusting, and only a few are operational. Maintenance of the infrastructure has been a low priority of the revolutionary government and all pay the price for this neglect.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Machetero in Vinales
This machetero was photographed at his home in the Viñales Valley. This has to be one of the most beautiful places in this hemisphere. The Royal Palms grow wild everywhere, the rolling hills studded with mogotes (huge rock formations) and the luxurious valleys are virtually unspoiled by development. This man was quite proud. He had his machete, his boots and hat-all sort of the uniform of the machetero. Unfortunately the sugar production has failed. Most of ingenios, refineries, are closed down, the machinery is rusting, and only a few are operational. Maintenance of the infrastructure has been a low priority of the revolutionary government and all pay the price for this neglect.
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Title: Use "Que Bolá?" (with the "´") instead of "que bola?". It is quite different.
Other than that I agree with you, Vinales is also my favorite province in Cuba.
One small comment. Most of the ingenios in Cuba were closed because the price of the sugar in the market has fallen to a point that it is no loger a profitable industry for Cuba eventhough most of them were pretty bad maintained.
Nice site, brave of you been from the US.
Will keep reading the site, i've just read a couple of pages.
Thanks,
Alfred
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