Cuba trip to Viales #3 May 2009

     Before we actually arrived in Viales, our group went down some steep stairs into a cave where we boarded boats and floated to the other end.  Then we had lunch at an organic farm complete with a Cuban rhythm band and proceeded to take a walking tour of the town which had been severely damaged by the last hurricane. 
     Viales is filled with typical small one room brightly painted homes with verandas.  There are only louvered shutters in open windows (no glass) to permit ventilation.
     Back in Havana we passed large apartment complexes with free housing for occupants.  It’s very common to have 3 generations sharing one 2 bedroom apartment ( the same as in Russia, except that the apartments aren’t free).