Road Rambles

Talking edible art with stainless Art Group, Cuba

Wed, 9 May 2012 07:21:04 +0100

My piece for Cuba Absolutely on new art group Stainless and their edible art:

http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/articles/art/article_art.php?landa=101

Michelin Like a Local Cuba

Sat, 5 May 2012 11:59:36 +0100

Michelin publishes my Cuba... Like a Local along
with US travel expert Peter S Greenberg.

The Caribbean port cities... Like a Local featuring
Havana is also published.

bit.ly/KaCj2M

Eating cucuruchos in Baracoa Cuba

Sat, 5 May 2012 09:49:24 +0100

My piece for today’s Independent newspaper, On the Road in Cuba:

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/on-the-road-cuba-7712407.html

Touring the Bay of Pigs, Cuba, in a Classic American Car

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:59:23 +0000

My article on exploring the Bay of Pigs on the southern coast of Cuba with the locals for Cuba Absolutely magazine:

http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/articles/travel/article_travel.php?landa=127

Inside Scoop on Cuban Art

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:13:50 +0000

My piece on insider Art Tours in Havana for this week’s Time Out magazine’s Travel pages:
http://www.timeout.com/travel/features/1183/cuba-without-the-cliches

http://ebm.newsletter.timeout.com/c/tag/BPYhazB7uqiiB8hXfqAAAAABtI/doc.html

Inside Havana

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:34:45 +0000

My blog post for Esencia Experiences on brainstorming ideas
for a Havana urban plan and Taschen’s new coffee-table
book, Inside Havana.

Havana heirlooms

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 12:31:59 +0000

My piece on homes, interiors, antiques and vintiquing in
Cuba’s capital, Havana.
Homes & Antiques magazine, March 2012

Hedonistic Ho Chi Minh City

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:03:01 +0000

My piece on 24 hours in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam for Wanderlust magazine.

Silvery, seductive portraits of Cubans at Play (Habana Libre)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:57:11 +0000

Esencia Experiences publishes my review of Michael
Dweck’s monochrome portraits of Cuba’s artistic elite:

http://www.esenciaexperiences.com/blog/ habana-libre-by-michael-dweck/

Repainting the Revolution

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:52:33 +0000

I took this picture in Santiago de Cuba recently. Somebody’s paintbrush obviously slipped...

Singing Gibbons of Northern Laos

Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:05:49 +0000

Wanderlust magazine’s first 2012 issue
features a piece with my photographs
on the Gibbon Reserve in the Bokeo
Forest of northeastern Laos.

One of the highlights of staying in the
treehouses at Bokeo is hearing the
sound of the endangered black gibbon
as he sings.

Here’s a recording of this truly
beautiful sound, one of the most
magical in nature. They really are the
music maestros of the natural world.

The last 40 seconds features a stunning
crescendo from these primate virtuosos.

London Latin American Film Festival Launches

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:21:40 +0000

Several celluloid tales from Cuba have made it on
to the programme of the 21st Latin American Film  Festival.
Launching in London this week and running from
the 18th-27th of November across several venues,
films about Cuba include:

RETROSPECTIVE 25 YEARS OF  HAVANA FILM SCHOOL EICTV PARTS 1 & 2,  a short made between 1993 and 2003 about  Cuba’s renowned film school and what its  students trained their lens on.
“Subject matter ranges across illegal immigration, bullying, and corruption in the army, Chinese cuisine in Havana, and an extraordinary observational piece on the work of wedding photographers. Must-sees include “Those Who Stay”, based on a riveting interview with a mother who cut contact with her son after the dramatic events at the Peruvian Embassy in Havana in 1980, and has not seen him since, while “Neighbour” develops a basic scenario using an unrelenting audio-visual logic, building into a shattering commentary on the plight of immigrants everywhere.”
A DREAM COMES TRUE / EL DESPERTAR DE UN SUENO documents the Ballet Nacional de Cuba on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. It focuses heavily on a tribute to prima ballerina Alicia Alonso, still in charge at 90!
THE CIGAR OUT OF THE HUMIDOR directed by Mary Dickinson (1997) covers the smokers’ art,  the history of cigar production and the impact of the US embargo on the puro trade.

The full timetable is available here:

http://www.latinamericanfilmfestival.com/timetable/

Cuban Stories Exhibition, Soho 2011

Wed, 2 Nov 2011 18:30:36 +0000

My colleague Helena and I are showing our Cuba photos at La Casa, Floridita in Soho, from November 4 till January 15.  Taken in the 50th year of the Cuban Revolution, the images  focus on the country’s cinematic street life and its painted  propaganda.

My new Guatemala guide published

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:46:30 +0100

Footprint guides publishes Guatemala Focus, my new guide
co-authored with Richard Arghiris.

Cuba in luxury

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:57:10 +0100

My pieces on touring 1950s Havana, honeymoons in Cuba, music tours around the island, the annual December Latin American film festival, renting villas, the ultimate getaway in Cuba, and deep sea fishing for luxury tour operator Esencia Experiences.

www.esenciaexperiences.com