Greenbook: A Local Guide to Chesapeake Living -Issue 11 | Page 11

A local fisherman prepares a meal
on Laguna Del Tesoro
Fleming was able to
capture the beauty of
the landscape, culture
Cockfighting is the only legal form of gambling
in Cuba. We knew we were close to the fight
we were invited to attend after seeing dozens
of 1950’s era American cars, mopeds and
horses parked on the side of the road. The
stakes are high. Numbers upwards of 1000
CUCs were being thrown around for the win-
ning birds, almost equivalent to four years of
wages for the average Cuban.
and people of Cuba
through images that
are at once interesting,
captivating, thought-
provoking and beautiful.
A man uses a homemade dip net baited
with carcasses from the state run fish
house to catch crabs in Puerto Esperanza.
Cubans harvest the same species of Blue
Crab as is found in the Chesapeake Bay,
which they like to use as a flavor base for
soups.
Cuba’s exquisite coral reefs, mangrove
forests, national parks, organic farms
and cooperatives are a great source of
national pride. In fact, environmental
conservation is written into the country’s
constitution.
This inher