Part 23 More Vinales.

One of the buildings in the process of restoration.

In the middle of town is a small central square, Parque Martí, and in the middle is a very modest church, Iglesia del Sagrado Corazó, which looks like it could have been the perfect setting for a shoot-out in one of Clint Eastwood’s old spaghetti Westerns . Next door, the arcades of an old Colonial mansion, once the diplomatic headquarters of the Spanish gentry, have been turned into folk-art flea market, selling hand-made instruments—claves and guiros—and other Cuban souvenirs in front of what is now the Casa de la Cultura. It was SO hot that I just couldn't think, and nothing appealed to me. We walked down the street and found a small store that sold ice cold beer, so we purchased one each. I've never drank so many beer in my life.