American photojournalist Richard Bickel recently completed his 15th trip to Cuba on the heels of a natural disaster and a power grid failure.

The pavement from Puerto Esperanza to Viñales Valley, Cuba’s famed tobacco-growing region, is fissured and potholed. It requires a good hour to negotiate its twelve miles without a blown tire.

American photojournalist Richard Bickel recently completed his 15th trip to Cuba on the heels of a natural disaster and a power grid failure.