Street art in Havana, Cuba, December 2016
The worn and peeling walls with their warm but fading colours combine perfectly with the beauty of this portrait.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 30 January 2017
Part of Monday Mural and Tuesdays of Texture
Cuban Beauty
Travel with Intent 
5000 shots! what a treasure! I wonder how much time it takes you to sort them out :-). mural is beautiful as well as both pictures each with its live element.
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It takes me forever I think! Quite a few were moving classic cars and several can be discarded immediately.
It was just a wonderful country. With a bit of everything.
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What a beautiful work of art! I can’t imagine how many SD cards you flipped, I don’t think there’s enough to cover Cuba. Amazing Debbie, thanks for sharing!
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You’re right there – many SD cards, and a good hard drive for daily backups. I came back with over 5000 images! And the raw shots are 24Kb-84Kb each depending on which camera they come from. I’m glad data isn’t heavy!!
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What a fortunate incidence to have this little dog in the frame. Well done, Debbie! The girl in the mural is beautiful. I like the little girls shot too.
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I did stand there for quite a while!
But fortunately there are plenty of dogs around (friendly and well cared for) 😄
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She’s gorgeous with a wonderful patina. Thanks for contributing to this week’s Monday Mural.
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I am constantly amazed by street artists. They really are artists. Unbelievably beautiful work.
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Me too. It was my camera that got me out wandering and being observant. I am amazed at the quality and variety of street art. And to achieve such perfection while perched on a ladder or dangling from scaffolding is even more stunning. Especially for Mrs Vertigo!
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I’m with you!
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Good – you can catch me if I fall!
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Debbie, you captured this one beautifully!
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Many thanks Tom
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Lovely pic and portrait. A timeless capture actually.
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Glad you like it
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Marvellous! Do you remember where this one was?
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Afraid not! It was close to this one: https://travelwithintent.com/2016/12/19/guardia-en-alto-mural-havana/
But that doesn’t help much!
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OK, but it seems there is plenty of street art in Havana Vieja?
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Didn’t strike me as a huge amount when I was there, but looking back at my images, I think you’re right. Not on Shoreditch scale, but plenty of good stuff around. I’ve made a list of things to do when (I hope) I get back and finding more street art is on that list!
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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OK!
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Meant to ask you how you managed to eat at La Guarida….it’s supposed to be impossible to book!!
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Our local guide booked for us – only the day before and had to be lunch not dinner. I was very surprised that we got in! And very pleased 😀
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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OK!
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Wonderful, love this 🙂
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One of my (many) faves from my trip!
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A real beauty!
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Isn’t it just!
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This is beautiful! Love the first photo with the dog.
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I’m a massive dog fan so I loved this one too 🙂
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Great mural with its surrounding in pretty decay. Looks really perfect together.
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Definitely a favourite of mine
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