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Wealth

![New York Stock Exchange](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nyse.jpg?resize=333%2C500 "New York Stock Exchange")
New York Stock Exchange

A little late this week, but here is my entry for this weeks PhotoFriday challenge, “Wealth.” I have to say that I don’t “get” a lot of the other entries to the challenge, but the connection between wealth and the New York Stock Exchange should be pretty obvious, even though the link may not be quite as strong as it was a year ago!

City Life

![New York taxis](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/img_1959.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "New York taxis")
New York taxis

I always consider one of the constants of “City Life” — this weeks PhotoFriday — are rows of taxis. In London they’re usually black. In New York they’re yellow. And there are a lot of them!

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Morning Routine.” I’m entry number 173.

Old Fashioned

![An old American car, Trinidad, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/img_0108.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "An old American car, Trinidad, Cuba")
An old American car, Trinidad, Cuba

This weeks PhotoFriday is “Old Fashioned.” Here is my entry. You really can’t beat Cuba for that retro, old fashioned look, and here is a great example of a 1950’s American car, still apparently in use and in great condition.

Found Objects

![Beach in Cuba not far from Trinidad, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/img_0119.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "Beach in Cuba not far from Trinidad, Cuba")
Beach in Cuba not far from Trinidad, Cuba

In my mind I have it that I’m great at spotting tiny little details and photographing them. I assumed that would make this PhotoFriday challenge, “Found Objects,” to be easy. Turns out that I was wrong — there’s very little appropriate in my iPhoto library! But I found this image from my Cuba collection and quite liked the fanned… thing.

What is that?

![Coffee beans, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/img_0213.jpg?resize=333%2C500 "Coffee beans, Cuba")
Coffee beans, Cuba

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “What is that?” Here is my entry.

The caption when you hover your mouse over the picture might be a bit of a give-away, but it’s not entirely obvious what it’s a picture of, so I think it fits the theme. It was taken in Cuba.

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Misty.” I’m entry 196 (–> Stephen <–).

The Machine

![Bulldozer used in the Battle of Santa Clara, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/img_0262.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "Bulldozer used in the Battle of Santa Clara, Cuba")
Bulldozer used in the Battle of Santa Clara, Cuba

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “The Machine.” Here is my entry.

Clearly this is a bulldozer, a machine. What makes this the machine is that it was used in the battle of Santa Clara by Che Guevara’s victorious soldiers. Obviously this picture was taken in Cuba.

Blessing

![“Thank you” slates in a cemetary, Havana](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/img_0038.jpg?resize=333%2C500 ““Thank you” slates in a cemetary, Havana”)

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Blessing.” Here is my entry.

This was taken in Havana, Cuba. These slates can be found in a cemetery and are blessings for a woman thought to bring good luck and fertility. (If I remember correctly!)

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks “Growth” challenge.

Addiction

![Finished cigars, Trinidad, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/img_0117.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "Finished cigars, Trinidad, Cuba")
Finished cigars, Trinidad, Cuba

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Addiction.” The above image was taken after a cigar making demonstration in Trinidad, Cuba.

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks contest. I’m entry number 333.

Wanderlust

I’ve been reading the magazine Wanderlust for a few years now. It’s a great magazine with interesting stories about places that are often well off the beaten path — my kind of travelling! A couple of months ago I took the unusual step of writing a letter. It came in two parts, a comment about my time in Cuba (in response to someone who said he couldn’t find any night-life) and a second, longer piece about my time in Gdansk, Poland (as a counter-point to their piece on long-weekends for less than ?100).

Friend

![Girls chat in the street, Trinidad, Cuba](https://i0.wp.com/www.zx81.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/img_0127.jpg?resize=500%2C333 "Girls chat in the street, Trinidad, Cuba")
Girls chat in the street, Trinidad, Cuba

Friends, leaning against a car chatting. This was in Trinidad, Cuba in 2004. Taken on my Canon EOS300D with 18-55mm lens. Come back next week and vote for me, I’m entry 432.

Please vote for my entry in last weeks “Four” competition! I’m entry 494 (–> Stephen <–).