Under the Wings of the Tocororo

‘El Crocodrilo’ is the playful term Cubans use when speaking of their island. On the back of the crocodile are six biosphere reserves protected by UNESCO containing 7,000 plant species, about half of which are endemic to the country. In February, I travelled for 12 days around the eastern tail with a group whose members have a white-hot interest in this plant life.  We visited two of the reserves.