Making cigars in Pinar del Rio

It didn't look particularly cushy to me, but we were told that this factory in Pinar del Rio was a "postcard" bearing little resemblance to those manufacturing sites hidden away from the public.

Cutting the wrapper

A barber shop in Pinar del Rio

Final touches

Street vendor

When we were overcome by thirst in Pinar del Rio, we sought refuge on a balcony above the Calle Marti. Down below, a young man stood in a front of a department store selling pies filled with something resembling meat.

Pants factory

We peeked through the windows and saw these women producing what appeared to be military trousers.