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Hotel Nacional: Cigar Aficionados |
This post combines drawings form several places in Cuba, with one unifying theme: tobacco!
Below, there are drawings from a trip to the small town
Viñales in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba, where we visited one tobacco plantation, smoked freshly rolled cigars, got soaked in the rain and saw a lot of countryside beauty. Then, there are drawings from Havana's Cohiba tobacco factory. And at the end, there are drawings of cigar smokers at Havana's Hotel Nacional. I smoked my first cigar in Cuba! And I liked it.
Viñales
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From the bus: scenery en route to Viñales |
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From the bus: scenery en route to Viñales |
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Two emaciated horses at a pit stop |
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On the streets of Viñales: house renovation |
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On the streets of Viñales: ox-driven cart |
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On the streets of Viñales: horse-driven fruit cart |
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From the bus: Tobacco drying house. |
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Tobacco plantation in the rain |
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Inside the tobacco drying house: rows and rows of tobacco leaves. |
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Rolling tobacco at the plantation for the tourists to try. |
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Tourist enjoying freshly rolled cigar. |
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From the bus: en route from Viñales |
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Man on an ox under a banyon tree |
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Ox under a banyon tree |
Cohiba Cigar Factory in Havana
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tour through the Cohibo cigar factory was brief, no photos allowed.
Rows and rows of workers at old wooden "stations" with cigar presses get paid per cigar, and have a weekly
allowance of 2 cigars to take home. Sometimes they listen to the radio, and other times they are
being read to. The list of books, according to the guide, includes
Shakespeare. But the current book, we were told, is "Fifty Shades of Gray".
Go figure...
Hotel Nacional, Outdoor Bar
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Hotel Nacional: cigar aficionados |
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Hotel Nacional: Late night at the bar |
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Hotel Nacional: dance party |
Fantastic, Julia!
ReplyDeleteAudrey-thank you!
DeleteWowza! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteRonnie! Thank you!!
DeleteHi,Julia,your sketches are so spontaneous! I like your line variations and the vivid color! May I ask what pen do you use for the above line drawing?
ReplyDeleteThank you, I use dip pens and bamboo pens.
DeleteIncredible, as always!! :)
ReplyDeleteSara, thank you!! xo
Deletetremendous sketches, each and every pic shows concept.. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you
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