Last March my grandmother and I traveled to Cuba. We had  an amazing view of downtown Havana seen from Morro Castle, a fortress built in the 1700s to protect Havana.

Traveling to Cuba feels like a trip to the American 1960s due to the classic Fords and Cadillacs being driven everywhere.

After a few days in Havana, we ventured west to Viñales Valley, the heartland of Cuban tobacco farming. The photo below is of a Cuban Montecristo style cuban cigar farm. We were taken on a tour to learn about the time-intensive process of growing, picking, fermenting, drying, peeling, and rolling the tobacco leaves to create the infamous Cuban cigars.

On the trip back to Havana, we stopped at an orchidarium and saw hundreds of gorgeous orchids and other plant life. This photo captured a particularly well lit flower.