Cuba - Climbing a Royal Palm Tree

Cuba: Trepando a una Palma

Cuba: Climbing the Royal Palm

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Cuba - Marianao, Perfume Factory

Chateau Madrid
Perfumeria
Fabah

back reads:
Visitors Welcome
Perfume Factory
Fibah
Marianao - Cuba

Cuba - Baseball Glove and Ball

Correos De Cuba
(Post Office of Cuba)

The sender writes:
Baseball is the national sport in Cuba.  I am not really a fan because a match can be too long.  But for 8 hours I can read a book.

This postcard is postmarked from Cuba in 2017. 

Cuba - Guantanamo - P. A. Perez Street

Calle P.A. Perez, Guantanamo
P. A. Perez Street, Guantanamo

This is a 'real-photo' postcard from Cuba and is printed on Kodak paper.

Cuba - Varadero, Beach and Multiview

Varadero
Vistas de (Views of) Varadero
Matanzas

Shown on the postcard is:
Melia Las Americas Hotel which is an adult only all inclusive and Golf 5 star Hotel in Varadero.
2017

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Varadero is a resort town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba.

Cuba - Holguin, Guardalavaca

Holguin
Guardalavaca
Cuba
2017

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Guardalavaca is a town in the Holguín Province of Cuba. It is a tourist location due to its white sandy beaches and warm waters.

"Guardalavaca" literally means "guard the cow" in Spanish. There are several accounts as to how this name may have originated; my favorite version is this one:

The name may have originated from pirates going after the cattle grazing in the area. As pirates were spotted, the local farmers would thus shout, "Guardalavaca" - guard the cow.

Cuba - Matanzas, Bacunayagua Bridge

Puente de Bacunayagua
Matanzas
2016

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Bacunayagua Bridge opened on September, 26, 1959 and is considered to be one of the seven wonders of Civil Engineering in Cuba.

Cuba - Havana Capitol and Cars

International Postcard Week:
October 4 - 10, 2015

Havana, Cuba

The Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba is about half way done being refurbished. - 2015

Photo Rick and Brenda Perez
This postcard is a limited edition of 100.

Cuba - The USA and Cuba Opening Up Relations

International Postcard Week
October 4-10, 2015

Hello and Happy International Postcard Week 2015!

This postcard celebrates the re-establishing of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.  For the first time since 1961, embassies have been established in each other's capital.

My husband and I had the great pleasure of visiting Cuba during these historic times.  The people there are beautiful on the outside and the inside.  In old Havana many of the buildings are being refurbished or rebuilt, and it looks amazing!

The picture on the front of this postcard was done by the renowned artist Rick Geary and symbolizes the renewed bridge between these two countries which are only 90 miles apart.
Happy Collecting,
Brenda

Cuba - Cayo Largo Map on Raised Image Postcard

Cayo Largo
La Isla que usted merece
(The island you deserve)

Cayo Largo
Visitarlo es transportarse a un pasado tranquilo, sereno y virgen con abundante sol y un inmenso mar azul, es sentirse dueno de un autentico paraiso, donde el ruido mayor es el golpear de las olas o el arrullo del viento fresco.

Cayo Largo
To visit this place is like going into the past.  It is a wonderful place to rest because it is calm and almost unexplored with abundant sunshine and a great sea.  Its like feel the owner of an authentic paradise where the biggest sound you can hear is the beat of the waves and the whispering of the fresh wind.
(There is no typing errors here, that is how it is written.)

This unused postcard has a raised map and images of animals.  It was bought in Cuba in 2015.

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Cayo Largo del Sur  is a small resort island in Cuba, off the south coast of the northwestern part of the main island in the Caribbean Sea. The cay is about 25 kilometers (16 mi) long and 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) wide and is the second largest island in the Canarreos Archipelago. 

Cuba - Trinidad, Street Scene and Old Car

Trinidad
2015

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Trinidad is a town in the province of Sancti Spíritus, central Cuba. Together with the nearby Valle de los Ingenios, it has been one of UNESCOs World Heritage sites since 1988.

Cuba - Vestas de Cuba (Views of Cuba)

Cuba
Vistas de Cuba: Catedral de la Habana, Plaza de la Revolucion, "Chacon" (cuidador de cocodrilos in Guama), Plaza Mayor de Trinidad, Playa de Varadero y muchachas cubanas en vestidos tipicos de epoca colonial en la Habana.

Translation:
Views of Cuba: Havana Cathedral, Plaza de la Revolucion, "Chacon '(caregiver crocodile in Guama), Plaza Mayor in Trinidad, Varadero Beach and Cuban girls in dresses typical colonial era in Havana.
2015

Caribbean - Map of the Islands

The Caribbean

This map postcard features King Triton riding a narwhal whale, The Gulf of Mexico, The Atlantic Ocean, Florida, The Bahama Islands, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.
2014

Please note that on the postcard they wrote Dominican Republic they added 'a' to the end.  

Caribbean - West Indies Map with Pirate

West Indies Map

Map also shows:
Florida, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and much more
2010

Cuba - A Cuban Courtship

2012. A Cuban Courtship.
Published by Harris Bros. Col, Havana, Cuba
1917

The sender writes:
We are still at the hotel but in a day or two expect to move into our new houses.  We are woking every day so if you don't hear from us for 3 or 4 days once in a while don't be worried for it only takes an hour to send a cablegram from here to Cleveland, and if there was anything to worry about you would know it.

Cuba - Bone Pile, Cuban Cemetery

Bone Pile, Cuban Cemetery

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From what I read on the computer was, when someone was buried, they had to pay every so many years to stay buried.  Once you didn't pay, the remains were dug up and thrown in the bone pit.  Soldiers used to climb in and pick up bones to make a 'skull and cross bones' and take pictures.  (Like you see above).  Then one General ordered it to stop and the pit be covered. I read that this was done in other countries as well many many years ago.

Not for all the tea in China would I climb in and walk on someones remains!

Bohios, Cuba

Bohios, Thatched Huts
1948