"The atmosphere of Havana is nothing short of captivating. Following its daily struggle to attain a modicum of human dignity, the city strives at night to relive a glamour era when mobsters reigned, George Raft and Errol Flynn held court in casinos, and everyone danced the rumba 'til dawn in the hope they'd be the first to see the promised land at sunrise.
"The dance... by now a slow waltz... drags on..."
 University of Havana, site of two of my passions: studying Spanish and... |
 ...vintage cars |
 Tres Reyes del Morro, 2002 |
 My favourite panorama of Havana, including Hotel Nacional (left), from the top of Edificio FOCSA, 2003 |
 Municipal guard assigned to the statue of John Lennon (!), 2004 |
 El Vedado neighbourhood, with Edificio FOCSA on the right, 2004 |
 With Esther Borja, First Lady of Song and Lecuona's diva of choice, in retirement at age 90, Havana, 2004 |
 The international health tourism centre La Pradera, in suburban Siboney, Havana, 2004 |
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| Many of Cuba's Olympic Gold baseball heroes started out playing stickball in the street. La Habana Vieja (Old Havana), 2004. | ||
 Wollaton Hall (1588) in my birthplace, Nottingham, 2003 |
 England's earliest inn, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem (1189), Nottingham, 1997 |
 The gate house of Nottingham Castle, 2003 |
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 Council House, Market Square, Nottingham, 2003 |
 Flying Horse Inn (1483), Nottingham, 2003 |
 My wife Marie at Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, honeymoon 1997 |
 Buckingham Palace from St. James Park, 2003 |
 Edinburgh Castle, 2003 |
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 St. Mary's (1042), Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, village of origin of my maternal ancestors, the Attenboroughs, 2003 |
 In the Cotswolds, outside Bath, 1997 |
 Photos by N. Kelly, owner of one of Canada's last 1960 Ford Falcons and proud dad to Vincent and Louis-Thomas |