
Transportation in Cuba
Photos from 1998
With the "Special Situation", the US trade embargo, and the end of the Soviet Union's subsidy, creative ways of providing island transportation have had to be devised.
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"The Camel"

because of an acute shortage of buses, trucks are fitted with these passenger carriers, called Camels


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Bikes and Motorcycles

bike with side car

repair shop

family vehicle

flower market
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Automobiles


a collection of old American (pre-revolution) cars

some imports from Europe
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horse taxixi

horse taxi and bikes

the truck carrier to take people to work
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the rural scene

on horseback

riders and workers

material moved by pack train

discussing the project

the water donkey


with oxen

or the Russian truck
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from Pre-Revolutionary times



the railroad
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