Cuba What to Pack

 
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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

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by almogaver

Adventure Travel You have to take with you all you could imagine isnecessary for you to spend your travel in Cuba.It´s really difficult to find any of the normalthinks you can buy in any normal country.If you want help some cuban people, gave them someof your toiletry, so I suggest to have more than weneed, they need it more than you!!! I´m classical photograph: I use some Nikon mechanicalbodies, with normal lens. I prefere to be near whatI want to take some pics, so I love the 24 and 28m/mlens. As a film, I use Kodak films in B&W (Tri-X),colour and slides. All the people ask you for some pencils, T-shirts, soap......but not money!!, so why not help them???.All of you have many old(and why not new?) T-shirts.Do you know how much is a pencil, and how it helpsa young boy or a girl at the school?.

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by Marjos

Shoes are in shortage on Cuba, do not depend on buying them there.. Bring extra otc-medications like tylenol (paracetamol, acinomethaphen) etc (preferably with spanish explanation), and soap and shampoo (take for example your whole supply of hotel-soapies) for the cubans.. they are very short of it, it's a small effort to take and they are very much helped with it since its very hard to get for locals!

For the Locals...

by arteest103

Bring Tiger Balm (red)! The older people (and some not so old) use it for their aches and pains. It comes in small, metal, round containers. The red (forte) is really appreciated.

Toilet paper

by Helga67

It is useful to have napkins handy since paper is rare in Cuba. Many toilets do not have toilet paper and/or toilets might be dirty.

Long hot NOISY nights

by tobhamor

If you are a light sleeper, likely to be disturbed by party noise, traffic noise, dogs barking, telephones ringing, church bells, generators, rattly fans and aircon, then take earplugs. I wish I had.

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by My_Love_My_Cuba

swimwear more than one because of teh humidity it may not dry quick take a couple. mosquito repellent afterbitstomach medsadvil

Pens as gifts

by daphesh

Take with you regular pens, as it is a great gift for the kids there. They'll be happy and so would you.

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Take a travel adaptor

by rachel_sun

Take a travel adapter and a mossie adaptor and mossie spray and insect bite cream.Take plenty of sun lotion and stomoch upset pills and do be aware of aids here.

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by Umfufu

After seeing and reading all this nice things i am sure you like to know more...well you can go up again or just go one of my other pages or travelogues and found out more!

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by kwanou

mosquito repellent snorkling equipment if you have it Cassette tapes for in the car. (You only recieve good radio music in and around Havana.)

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Questions and Answers

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Q:  We're hoping to do Eastern Cuba in December, we've already done the west. I'm trying to book flights, ideally from Manchester. I... 

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A: flights domestically it is, aerocaribbean do it, as you are in Manchester check the Cuban tourist office http://www.travel2cuba.co.uk/ hope it helps cheers 

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