 Cuba trip 2009 |
 Finally!! |
 Our Resort |
 Empty Mojito Bar.......not for long! |
 Pool side |
 Pool |
 Kathy's view |
 Empty Pool |
 Water aerobics |
 Left and right and back to the left.............. |
 Greater Antillean Grackle |
 Laguna portion of resort |
 Laguna residents |
 One of the many flowers in the resort gardens |
 another flower |
 Another Pool |
 Too much to see to relax now!!! |
 Cuban Emeralds particularily liked this one |
 Another garden gem |
 Termite nest |
 Beautiful beaches and shade huts |
 What a place to walk |
 Anemone of some sort |
 Lotion-on-the-lense shot |
 Pretty quiet this time of the morning |
 One of favorite shots |
 Typical lunch....not...but tasty |
 Kathy wasn't as adventurous as I |
 Warm was like a bathtub....with waves and seaweed of course |
 Another garden flower |
 Sanderling in the Sun |
 Black whiskered vireo |
 A couple fo oldies |
 Western Streaked Tanager |
 Northern Flicker - cuban version |
 Zenaida dove |
 West Indian Whistling duck |
 Black cowled oriole |
 Second morning towel art |
 Drinks made me see double??? |
 Protection from the sun |
 Making coconut drinks on the beach |
 walk back to the room |
 A little hut on the beach |
 Limestone outcroppings |
 Grey Kingbird |
 Eurasion Collared Dove |
 Ruddy Turnstone |
 Laughing gull |
 Kathy snapping shore bird picts |
 Brown pelican flying bye |
 Cuban Green Woodpecker |
 West Indian Woodpecker |
 Cuban Vireo |
 Smooth-billed Ani |
 Northern Mockingbird |
 Sea crab? |
 American Kestrel...Cuban version |
 Loggerhead Kingbird |
 Magnificent Frigatebird |
 Red-legged Thrush |
 Board walks around Laguna side |
 Night show...one of only two were awake for |
 Night show |
 Feral cattle |
 Lobby at 7AM |
 Tree Rats |
 This one bit my finger |
 Some of the many fish |
 Our speed boats |
 Kathy coming back from Snorkeling |
 She doesn't look that tired! |
 Cuban gas station....1.21 CUC |
 2nd stop...the Chair Bar.. Island end of Causeway |
 Another Oldie...not me |
 Causeway to mainland |
 Our Russian Travel companions |
 Welcome to Moron |
 Their famous rooster |
 Public transit?? |
 Town house |
 Cuban sign...translation needed |
 Typical Cuban taxi |
 Another mode of transport |
 Streets fo Moron |
 Roadside prison |
 Nice country home |
 Another rural home |
 Approaching the mountains |
 Our noon stop |
 An amazing pork and black bean barbecue |
 Checking out the view |
 Where our pork BBQ came from |
 Laurie our tour guide at Croc farm |
 Kathy's new handbag |
 Change purse????? |
 ....And luggage home |
 How close can I get this time?? |
 Cuban blackbird....poor pict but only one on trip |
 Chasing customers away |
 Guard station on causeway |
 Heading back to Cayo Coco |
 Crested Caracara |
 Least Grebes |
 Oriente warbler |
 Oriente warbler |
 Painted Bunting female |
 Key West Quail doves |
 Key West Quail doves |
 Cuban Tody |
 Cuban Tody |
 Cuban Tody |
 Zapata sparrow |
 Zapata sparrow |
 Shiny cowbird |
 Mangrove Cockoo |
 Mangrove Cockoo |
 Great "White" Heron |
 Reddish Egret |
 Greater Flamingos |
 Roseate Spoonbills and others |
 Main gate of Resort |
 Termite nest |
 Wild Boar Cave site |
 Great "White" Heron |
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 Paulino Delgado...."We go now....." |
 Passion flower |
 Cuban habitat |
 end of Cayo Giullermo |
 Bahama Mockingbird |
 Bahama Mockingbird |
 Cuban Blackhawk |
 Cuban Pewee |
 Tricolored Heron |
 White-winged dove |
 Paulino and a very happy client |
 Green Heron |
 Yellow warbler |
 Greater Antillean Grackle |
 Pool-side nap |
 Ditto |
 Water polo |
 It was ALL- inclusive |
 Rubber tree tree |
 Laguna |
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 West Indian Whistling ducks |
 Turkey Vulture |
 White-winged dove |
 Loggerhead Kingbird |
 White-crowned Pigeon |
 LaSagra's Flycatcher |
 Cuban Gnatcatcher |
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 Cuban Bullfinch |
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 Hotel Flamingos |
 Common Yellowthroat |
 Common Ground dove |
 Red-legged Thrush |
 Zenaida dove |
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