I have been selling travel stock photos on Shutterstock for over two years and recently I was featured on the Shutterstock Blog in an article about unusual travel destinations.
I decided to tell the story of my journey in Cuba travelling from Trinidad to Santiago de Cuba:
When I visited Cuba at the turn of the year 2015-2016, the country was seeing an unmatched influx of tourists, and all the tourist buses were booked days ahead. After sharing a taxi from Trinidad with some other travellers, I planned on taking a local train to Santiago in the East of Cuba. Unfortunately, the train that departs from the small village of Guayos near Sancti Spiritus was not running, and I was stuck in the village for the night. Luckily, I met some really nice and helpful Cubans who offered to host me.
The next day, I decided to make my way back to Sancti Spiritus and from there onward towards Santiago in local camiones or “chicken buses,” which are essentially trucks from the 1950s that are equipped with benches and stuffed with people. After some hours in the exhausting heat, the bus made it to Ciego de Avila, a small town that I explored while waiting for the next camion. In the evening, I finally arrived in Camaguey, and the next day, I managed to get a seat on the night train that took me all the way to Santiago. While getting from Trinidad to Santiago was neither easy nor comfortable, it was one of the most amazing journeys I have experienced. I met many great people and saw beautiful places that I would have missed otherwise.
You can find the full post on the Shutterstock Blog featuring me alongside four other travel photographers and also my "pro tip" for finding cool travel destinations that some of you might already know about ;)
I was also featured on the Shutterstock Blog in an article about travel photography last year, you can find it here.
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