PHOTO: Tropical Fruit Stand near Trinidad, Cuba

Tropical fruit stand near Trinidad, Cuba lets customers sample the fruits before buying

Tropical fruit stand near Trinidad, Cuba lets customers sample the fruits before buying. Just some of the choices were mango, papaya, guanabana, custard apple, apple bananas, bilimbi, and guava. Interested in traveling to Cuba? Read my story about Discover Corps, the company that sponsored my trip, to learn how to have an authentic Cuba experience.

The Art of Cuban Culture

Santiago paints our faces at Trazos Libres community art project in Cienfuegos, Cuba

His real name is José Fuster, but in the hood he’s known as the “Picasso del Caribe.” It was easy to see how he got the nickname Picasso of the Caribbean. From the top floor of Proyecto Fuster, I gaped at acre upon acre of art that Fuster had created, using millions of multi-colored ceramic … Read more