The single dirt street in El Guayabo runs past a few dozen cinderblock homes, the medical clinic and the primary school to a grove of 76 trees planted to honor Fidel Castro on his 76th birthday.

Experiencing rural Cuba is a journey to another place and time. Yet life is challenging for Viñales campesinos. Tractors are mostly unknown; tending fields is by oxen and hard-hand labor.

Experiencing rural Cuba is a journey to another place and time. Yet life is challenging for Viñales campesinos. Tractors are mostly unknown; tending fields is by oxen and hard-hand labor.