Thomas Brauchle
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Hiking through the Tobacco Fields in Viñales Valley

The limestone formations of Viñales Valley are something special in the early or late hours – when the light of sunrise or sunset bathes them and mist drifts through the valley, wild and magical. The first sunrise wasn’t as spectacular ...
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From Old Locomotives near Australia to the Bay of Pigs

After visiting the abandoned nuclear power plant near Cienfuegos, we set out on a long day trip westwards to the Bay of Pigs—an adventure, wild and steeped in history, where decades ago an international coup attempt against Fidel Castro was ...
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The Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant near Cienfuegos

Before the trip, one question haunted me—would we make it into the abandoned nuclear power plant near Cienfuegos? Online reports warned that entry was impossible, so I had given up hope, wild and doubtful. But at the Wunderwelten Photo Fair in ...
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From Trinidad to Cienfuegos

On our last morning in Trinidad, we took a short hike after breakfast up a hill north of the town— a farewell, wild and refreshing, with a beautiful view over Trinidad towards the sea, a contrast between height and expanse. Afterwards, we continued ...