With my friend Brian in the Bahamas, one of our first trips outside the US.
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I stayed on Tortola most of the time and visited Virgin Gorda & the Baths on a day ferry.
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The fact that there is a village on Grand Cayman called Hell makes for interesting photos.
A beautiful day in a beautiful place.
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Enjoying a can of sparkling Tropicola in front of a sign that reads "socialism or death."
At the headquarters of the Cuban Amateur Radio League in Havana, pictured with Jose, one of the Cubans I had previously spoken with on the air. The gigantic portrait of Fidel Castro was a little hard to miss...
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One of the smallest allegedly "international" airports I've ever come across.
A cay so small there wasn't much else to photograph!
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At historic Fort Oranje, site of the "first salute", the place where the United States was first recognized by a foreign power by one of her ships receiving a cannon salute upon sailing into harbor here.
The Quill, the volcano that is Statia's most prominent landmark.
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Halfway up the Sugarloaf Mountain ropeway, overlooking Rio de Janeiro below.
