Cuban artists are among some of the most talented. Here a mural reflects the opposite building in Old Havana.
Separated from Jamaica by about 100 miles, Cuba is a world away. Forget all you've heard through the media, you have to actually see it to believe it. Like a snapshot from the 17th century, it seems frozen in time.
On a recent familiarisation trip to Cuba organised by Caribic Air Services, Lifestyle Coordinator Nashauna Drummond discovered this jewel of the Caribbean.
El Capitolio, the capital building in Cuba, completed in 1929, by 8,000 workers, houses the world's third-largest indoor statue. - photos by Nashauna Drummond
Travel agents from Jamaica with tour guide Elio Luis Sevafin (second right, front row), director of Caribic Air Services who organised the trip, Maria Alfonso (fourth left) and Lien Pario (extreme right, second row), from the public relations department of Hotel Nacional de Cuba.
Cuba is all about salsa, and the music never stops. Paula Carnakie from Great Vacations (second right) gets into the action becoming the fifth member of the group Sonpor 4 as they did a special performance for the Jamaican contingent at the Saratoga hotel in the centre of Havana.
Talk about vintage cars! This Chevrolet is priceless in some countries, but in Cuba, it is an everyday means of getting around the city.
You think Cuba and you think cigars and there, they come big. Tour guide Elio Luis Sevafin (right), with four-time Guinness World Record holder for making the world's largest cigar, Jose Castelar Cairo. His current world record, created last month, is 45.34 metres.
There are many ways to get around in Cuba, one of which is via a Coconut taxi.