Instead of commercial advertising hoardings Cuba has posters extolling motherhood, apple pie, education, liberty - and defiance of the US blockade. This one translates as "Examples of Heroism. Freedom Now!"

Images of Che Guevara are common.

Have you worn the Che T-Shirt?

Che again - "Your Example Lives"

The 50th Anniversary of the revolution is 2 January 2009 - presumably this 2008 poster '49 Aniversario' of the revolution has already been updated.

With strong direction. Forward!

Patria o Muerte - like in Giron (the Bay of Pigs)

El Plan Bush - defiance.

El Plan Bush -

One week's blockade equals 48 locomotives

Chavez on Cuban TV in Havana - Chavez is popular.

"We will realize the dream of Bolivar and Marti" with Chavez prominent.

Old American cars make up about 30% of the traffic on the roads.

Would it get an NCT?

"Education is to Create"

Cheerfully in the vanguard?

Outside an establishment - a partner of "homeland or death" - Patria o Meurte. It probably reads better in Spanish.

Castro and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew

El Capitolio - the former seat of government now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences.

In Havana a whole wall devoted to literary and artistic names of old Havana.

Cuba has two currencies a special tourist convertible peso and a local peso that is worth approximately 20 times less but tourists are not permitted to use the local peso.

The Cuban Flag - lots of them!

Postcard from Cuba

Cuban postage stamps

Like Knock Airport there is an exit tax - but they give you this pretty hologram sticker on your boarding card.