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Las cinco esquinas (5 corners) in the city of Regla.

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Maximo Gómez street in the port city of Regla.

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Second floor lobby in the Hotel Rachel. Many of the rooms have biblical names and besides the hotel being called The Rachel there are decorative references to the Bible and to the Jewish faith throughout the building, which was restored.

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Stained glass canopy roof of the Hotel Rachel in Old Havana. The Hotel Raquel stands at the intersection of Calle Amagura and San Ingnacio in the traditional Jewish quarter of Old Havana. Built in 1908 as a bank by the architect Naranjo Ferrer, in…

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Conjunto Deboson. They play the classic Son music of Cuba. Janete on the flute, Jorge on percussion, Andrés on bass.

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Conjunto Deboson. They play the classic Són music of Cuba. Alberto on guitar and Janete on the flute.

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Bar Havana Club in the port of Old Havana.

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Typical building in Old Havana with columns, porticos and balconies.

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"Old Lonja del Comercio building.The Lonja del Comercio (Chamber of Commerce) building in Old Havana, Cuba served as the stock exchange in the capital until the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Today, it is an office building.
Based in the building are local…

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"His real name was José María López Lledín, a native of Lugo in Spain, where he was born in 1899 into a wealthy family. Some say he lost his mind when, during the trip from Spain to Cuba, the vessel sunk and he lost his family. Others claim that…

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The Sierra Maestra Customs Terminal in Old Havana.

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The harbor port of Havana from the old city

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Artisan shop and exhibit center for the Ayala. The shop is decorated inside and out with vejigante masks and costumes, handcrafted by the Ayala family. Vejigante masks and costumes, as well as other handcrafted items can be purchased here.

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Sears wood router and a jig table for making bee frames and putting together the bee box.

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S & F Honey Farm tour participant Jennifer holds up a jar filled with dead mites that attack the bees in a hive.

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Presentation and tour participant Angela Lugo tasting some honey from a bee frame at S & F Honey Farm.

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During the Apiculture presentation by Stan Wasitowski at S & F Honey Farms, participants were able to taste the honey produced at the farm directly out of the beehive frames.

Here, Stan holds a bee frame packed with honey and Angela samples it.

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Enrique holds up a piece of honey comb for all of us to see on the Raíces Apiculture Initiative trip to S & F Honey Farm.

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Master Bee Keeper Stan Wasitowski. S & F Honey Farm, Flemington, NJ.

This photo was taken at an Apiculture presentation Stan gave at his farm to members of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative.

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Stan explains how to charge the smoker with pine needles. He states the importance of not over smoking the bees in the hive.
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