Monthly Archives: August 2009

Cuba libre

Here are four from our recent trip to Cuba. Many people use the phones in Havana that line the shaded outside walls of buildings. My favourite are the blue half cocnut shaped covers. They have bright yellow tourist taxis, called coca taxis, with a similar shape. I have also included a shot of a detail of the outside of the government telecom building in the streets behind the Capitole.  As with most of the capital – the building was lovely but in dire need of a clean. This is a  city melting with lazy decrepitude. It could be one of the most beautiful cities in the world if only the buildings were restored and the streets cleaned up.

Old city, Havana

Old city, Havana

Havana

Havana

Detail of telecom building

Detail of telecom building, Havana

Trinidad

Trinidad

Vinales

Vinales

Not sure about this one

Middle East somewhere

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A friend sent me this after she returned from a tour of the Silk Road some years ago.

Crete

I went to Crete in 2002, I think.

crete-1

crete-2

Tokyo

Matthew took these on a business trip. The first is at Hibiya Park.  In the second the green box would be used just for domestic calls and the gray for international, although now they’re usable for both.

japan-tokyo-hibiya-park

japan-tokyo-2

Australia

Here are a couple of older shots from the homeland:

Byron Bay

Byron Bay

Brisbane, West End - starring James Denton

Brisbane, West End - starring James Denton