Cuba-Pictures.com Launched by Lonely Planet Author
The original author of Lonely Planet Cuba announces the launch of
Cuba-Pictures.com, a 14-page collection of 126 travel photos of Cuba.
All photos in this picture gallery are by David Stanley, who
researched and wrote the first two editions of Lonely Planet Cuba,
published in 1997 and 2000. Stanley first visited Cuba in 1975, and
over the next four years he represented a Canadian tour company on
Isla de la Juventud, at Varadero, and in Havana. Since then, he has
revisited Cuba dozens of times.
A few of Stanley's photos originally appeared in Lonely Planet Cuba,
while the rest are published here for the first time. They offer a
cross section of Cuba, with the emphasis on "real Cuban life" rather
than the artificial world of tourism. The images are intended to
convey the atmosphere of some very special places, and the warm,
friendly people who call Cuba home.
Each page of pictures provides an introduction to a specific area,
and all photos are fully captioned. The site also features a map of
Cuba, a shopping mall with Cuban music, guides, and films, and a
selection of travel links.
http://www.cuba-pictures.com is now open
to visitors.
About Cuba-Pictures.com
David Stanley has been writing travel guides since 1979. His
pioneering guidebooks embrace the South Pacific islands, Micronesia,
Alaska, Eastern Europe, Cuba, and parts of Canada. Stanley researched
and wrote the first three editions of Eastern Europe on a Shoestring,
Lonely Planet's first guide to Europe. Though the current 3rd edition
of Lonely Planet Cuba was updated by another writer, much of
Stanley's material remains in the guide. His travel pictures of Cuba
are now freely accessible at
http://www.cuba-pictures.com
