Havana Days

Scenes from ordinary days in Havana — Vedado mornings, Centro Habana afternoons, the queues and the corners and the slow rhythm of a city where almost nothing happens on schedule and almost everything happens eventually.

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Havana Days

On the Woman at the Corner of San Lázaro and Galiano Who Sells Peanuts

I have walked past her perhaps eight hundred times. I have bought peanuts from her perhaps two hundred times. We have a…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read

Havana Days

The Cuba I Cannot Photograph: On the Specific Things My Camera Has Never Captured

I have taken approximately fourteen thousand photographs in Cuba over the years. The pictures that matter most to me are mostly pictures…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read

Havana Days

Returning to Havana After Five Years Away: Notes on What's Changed

I left Havana in early 2018. I am writing this in May 2026 after a three-week trip. Eight years is too long.…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 8 min read

Havana Days

On the Camello Bus and What It Taught Me About Patience

The camello is mostly gone now, replaced by the regular guaguas and the shared taxis and the small yellow vans. But when…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 6 min read