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…en la Bahia de Manzanillo!

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:06:09 +0000

Hello friends;

Being a little busy and away from writing, today want to share some photos from a beautiful city over Cuba called Manzanillo, this city is located over the east zone and has a nice Caribbean Sea view. Never been there before we spend a good day over together with my [...]

Time to Save my vacation time…

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:07 +0000

Hello there,

Weather is getting pretty good, actually the weekend gonna be really nice, actually I didn’t try to get Paul Dellegatto out of business hehehee, I just repeating what he said…. well get back to photo talk, this time wanna talk about a nice event that happened to me in my last [...]

La Gran Piedra… High in altitude and stunning views

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:00:54 +0000

Nice Sunday afternoon!

I am so happy I have so much media to share from my last trip to Cuba, I can say until now the best trip to Paradise Lost until now, exploring the east part this time, in special the City of Santiago de Cuba, nothing crazy cause I was with [...]

Santuario del Cobre, Under Construction.

Cesar L. Diaz — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:20:37 +0000

Hello and Happy weekend!

In my last visit to Paradise Lost, went into a east trip to Santiago De Cuba, a very hot part (I mean hot weather, hotter than the normal parts of the island), really wanna spend some good time with friend and girlfriend. Before getting to the city I decide [...]

Dade Battlefield Reenactment, a well piece of history taught Live…

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:43:27 +0000

Hello there!

Last weekend I was over Bushnell, FL covering the Dade Battlefield Reenactment for 2012, what a nice history class, knowing details of the live in the Peninsula back in the days was a bless. Never knew that the Seminole Tribe never signed a piece treaty with the White People, and the [...]

Fighting for Freedom has it origins… La Demajagua

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000

Hello friends;

This is a very CUBAN post, this place (La Demajagua National Monument) is the origins of the fight for Cuban Freedom, back in 1868 a rich Cuban sugar mill owner called Carlos Manuel de Céspedez offered freedom to all his slaves who wanted to join him in a fight against the [...]

Old Locomotive, American Made… on display

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:43:11 +0000

Hello there!

Is a day off for me today, Christmas is around the corner and because of that. Merry Christmas to all of you, hope your Christmas wishes are underneath the tree, your camera gear wish list had been listen but somebody and Sunday morning when you open your boxes you can find [...]

Vantage Point…

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:27:34 +0000

Hello, there!

This is a kind of techy post, really don’t like to much to do this, but always you are in the middle of a technicality, we are talking about vantage points, for many years millions of photographs are taken from the same vantage point, about 6 to 8 feet above ground, this [...]

San Pedro De La Roca ~ Morro de Santiago de Cuba

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:00:37 +0000

Hello there friends;

What can I say about this superb place I did visit in my trip to Cuba, San Pedro de la Roca, el Morro de Santiago de Cuba, ( read Wikipedia entry here ), again, in my 32 years living in Cuba, never had [...]

Enter to the Prehistoric Valley…

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:03:25 +0000

Hello folks;

If like dinosaurs, you gonna love this BIG gallery, the Prehistoric Valley (Valle de la Preshistoria in spanish) is a place over Santiago de Cuba, built many years ago, never had the time to visit when living over there, so this time spent a good quality time checking all the places [...]

Laguna Baconao…a reached goal!

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:12:30 +0000

Hello there!

I am enjoying this post already, for many years I wanted to visit this place in Cuba, is Called Parque Nacional Baconao (Baconao National Park) Baconao is an indian name, the history says he was a little indian, who lived over this area, when the conquistador came to the new world. [...]

Characters…

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:48:55 +0000

Hello readers;

After my trip to Cuba, want to share a little compilation of portraits I did during my time over, let’s start now:

This dude was in Santiago de Cuba, I was buying some water in this store when found the guy, of course didn’t hesitate in asking for a photo, pretty [...]

Back from Paradise Lost!

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:31:41 +0000

Hello there friends!

Just after hours of my return to civilization, had a great time with family and friends over Cuba, right now working on selection and cataloging close to 2k photos. Here now I want to show you two panos from my visit to Santiago de Cuba, one in La Gran Piedra [...]

A Must Go Destination… Solomon’s Castle

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:22:40 +0000

Hey there;

Been a little away from the blog due to my next trip to Paradise Lost, here I am again, with this beautiful photos from a place you must visit when in Florida, The Solomon’s Castle, is like a fairy tale, [...]

One weekend…. Two Wheels, two locations!

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:07:41 +0000

Hello there,

What a Weekend!!!!, I have to say, first Saturday (Oct 15, 2011) Daytona Beach Biketober Fest, I did ride my bike (Triumph Speed Triple) to Daytona Beach over the other side of the State, what a great day to ride, after many days without going out [...]

Do you Know this place? The Bok Tower

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:25:43 +0000

Hello folks;

This is Bok Tower. a super place to spend a day, Been there a few time, never get tired of bringing back nice photos. Here is a small gallery from one of my visits:

Hope you pay yourself a visit to Bok Sanctuary soon!

Cesar Out!

Note: Pictures taken with Nikon [...]

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 4 Big Cypress Preserve

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:05:18 +0000

Ok guys, this entry is the last from this Project;

… and let me tell you this… was the most demanding physically, we walked in the hot inferno of mosquitoes; right through the Cypress Dome, a sanctuary in the middle of nowhere, so perfect in harmony I can’t not even imagine how the [...]

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 3, Anhinga Trail

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:34:50 +0000

Well, Hello;

Is time for Phase 3, Anhinga Trail, very interesting place, have to say, the sound/roaring of the gators impressed the shit out of me, damn animals, so cool, Mama Gators were taking care of the small ones, or just in the process of having more, the point is, all the roaring [...]

Everglades Nat’l Park Project. Phase 2, Liguus Fasciatus

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:15:47 +0000

Hello there;

Just when we were leaving the Little Lake, we stopped by this place, a short trail with a few Liguus Fasciatus, we dedicated a few minutes to capture a few shots, the snails were around, but not the way we wanted, a few only to be honest, so here are the [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, a recap and behind scenes

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 17 May 2011 02:30:12 +0000

Hello there;

I just have a few pictures from friend Diego, some behind the scene and a short video, hope you enjoy.

Cesar Out!

Superbikes in the Smokies, Last Day

Cesar L. Diaz — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:45:04 +0000

Hey There;

Day 4 and last day is here, want to tell you, after many miles on a bike in these mountains, ufff you can feel the pain, last sunday we decide to go for a short ride, to be at home around 2 or 3 PM, get everything ready (like bikes on [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 3

Cesar L. Diaz — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:44:46 +0000

Good Morning and Happy Friday!

Is day 3 in my quest to conquer the Smokies, hahahaha, the Third Day, I was feeling more “IN HOUSE” when riding my bike, so tension and stress were that bad. That day we went through the area of the Tornadoes, a lot of damages in houses [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 2

Cesar L. Diaz — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:15:08 +0000

Hello again;

Now with the second day of adventure, I have to say this day was more photography oriented, we stopped more times and I, of course, took more photos.

We started the day with a guest, Fred, he rode his bike (the one in the picture above) a 1980 Duc, [...]

Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1

Cesar L. Diaz — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:28:28 +0000

Hello back!

Been a little bit out of context with my blog, last week I went to Georgia, especially Helen, to spend some quality time riding motorcycles and doing some photography.

We left last Wednesday early in the morning, traveling to Helen wasn’t a problem, we created a convoy of 6 cars [...]

Alley Cats over South Beach FL….

Cesar L. Diaz — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:11:27 +0000

Hey there;

About 4 months ago I was over Sin City (I call Miami, Sin City) getting ready to travel to Paradise Lost, so decide to go for a walk over the Well Named SOUTH BEACH!, that day I went to the