The pictures in this photo album date from a trip taken by one of our editors between the 26th of March and the 6th of April. The buses in Cuba are extremely varied. Due to the decades-long US economic embargo (and the extremely dire economic situation there), Cuba purchases most of its buses second-hand from other countries. Many of its city buses are bought second-hand from European countries such as the Netherlands and Spain, or from Asian countries such as South Korea. Many of these buses still have destination blinds from their former countries - it is not unusual to see a Rotterdam-bound bus in Havana! Recently, Cuba has been on Chinese bus buying spree, purchasing new Yutong articulated buses for Havana, to serve alongside the almost ubiquitous older Yutong city buses already operating there. The suburban/intercity buses for Cubans are extremely varied, ranging from old pre-1959 American trucks converted to 'buses' to middle-aged Chinese coaches (once again Yutongs), which are the least scruffy. Tourists invariably travel on nice, air-conditioned brand-new tour buses run by Transtur or Transgaviota and bought from China (yes, Yutong again), or if they are independent travellers, they travel on slightly older Víazul Yutong coaches shuttling efficiently between Cuba's major tourism towns. Cuba's buses, like everything in the country itself, defy clear description. Ancient open American trucks squashed full of Cubans trundle around rural village roads, while beside them swish brand new, state-of-the-art Chinese coaches, evidence of closer rapprochement between the two communist countries after the fall of the USSR. The old buses and trucks are kept going by the indomitable Cuban spirit (necessitated by the lack of spare parts due to the economic embargo and the obsolete nature of the vehicles). Anyway, without further ado, below are pictures of Cuban buses, organised roughly by their general purpose: