Last year I too a wonderful trip to Cuba. Its not a place I ever really expected to visit, but I'm glad I did. The primary reason for the visit was (surprise, surprise) birdwatching.
But Cuba is justly famous for its vintage American cars. But there were other forms of transport as well.
The vintage American cars date from before the revolution, and were maintained because no other cars were available at the time. Next came a wave of boxy eastern European cars, and finally there are now cars from largely (so it seems) South Korea.
One of the pictures below shows all 3 generations. There are also some Chinese cars, which are too put it bluntly, odd. I have no idea how the red Citroen (?) coffee van managed to get to Cuba!
And there are still horses.
Cheers: SM
Cool post thanks Stewart!
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ReplyDeleteSome beauties there... And I rather like the over-dressed auto-rickshaw stylin' in its parking space! YAM xx
The old cars are well maintained there!
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with your trip to Cuba. I was with a group of people the other day who were talking about the American cars in Cuba and how well they are taken care of. I'm not sure I know how they get there. You show some very unusual cars here!! Fun to see..
ReplyDeleteWhat ever people can use to transport their stuff works I guess.
ReplyDeleteWhen does a car transition from junk to antique?
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