Hola! My name is Ramon Granda. I am a writer, film producer and photographer. I am the son of the late playboy-politician of the Batista Era, Sugar Candy de Mantua, Ramonin Granda. (A great dancer, a man of tremendous vitality, a source of joy that provided a river of jobs and money to his people and then a stream and then a few drops and then he died.) I live in Miami but my heart is in Cuba. I have included some comments from my self-published journal, "A Visit to Reality," a chronicle of my trip to Cuba in 1996. The focus of the book is the notion that we Cubans are not so different the one from the other. I hope you will enjoy my tour of this fascinating country. The following photos (in two parts) come from another trip that I made in 1999 to document for myself the area where my family came from. I walked the province twice to select just the right photos and on the way I met some fascinating people. If you agree with me that the place is both geography and people, both culture and monuments, then let's go on a tour of Pinar del Rio. I welcome people to write to me about their impressions of this tour: rlgranda@yahoo.com