Cuba: Day Seven - Tropicana & Roof Top Garden

The Show at the Tropicana was a must see. We sat at the foot of the stage with an interesting view of the dancers, evidenced by the pictures. Typically, I’m not a huge fan of traditional dance shows, but the show at the Tropicana was a lot of fun. The dancers' enthusiasm was infectious. It oozed from them while dancing.





Below we visited a small Urban Garden Supply Center that specialized in the sale of seeds, organic material, ornamental plants, etc. In my opinion, it seemed a bit more focused on ornamental plants than edible plants, contrary to the focus of our trip which was sustainable agriculture and urban gardens. Nevertheless, one of the patrons of the supply center did maintain a roof top garden nearby. The patron was a retired army colonel and the rooftop garden was his hobby along with woodcarving, painting, wine making, etc. The rooftop garden clearly only supplemented his household food supply. It wasn't the primary source.

My initial belief prior to visiting Cuba was that the country had a huge food shortage and we'd be observing gardens on every rooftop. This clearly was not the case. Rooftop gardens were far and few between. And Cuba’s food supply seemed to be more than adequate. Clearly no one was starving.