Glimpsing Humboldt, Cuba: a first foray into the UN-designated biosphere, a photo-essay
June 23rd 2015 Our Baracoa friends, Alber and Delmer, arrive just as we sip the last of our breakfast coffee in Yegsi’s blue-and-white tiled kitchen. Soon we are off on the coastal road, but before reaching Baracoa, we stop for a quick drive into Alejandro Humboldt National Park.
Humboldt Park rises up from the provinces of Holguin and Guantánamo, Cuba. It was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001
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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more 
