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Cuban departure tax: 25 CUC

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Food and Drinks Varadero

4 Reviews One thing you really don't want to eat when you're in Cuba is a hamburger. They are, seriously, the most disgusting things I have ever eaten. Don't be sucked in by the 1CUC price, they are nasty,...

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Mopeds Holguín

1 Review MOPEDS!!! Please be careful when renting a moped... I've been to Cuba many times and have sort of gotten acustomed to this kind of transportation. Anyhow, I try to be extra careful regarless. I...

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Hustlers Santiago de Cuba

1 Review When you arrive at the via azul terminal in santiago, you are either in a hurry to buy a ticket or just leave after long trip from habana. please be careful as there are many people who are watching...

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Cuban cigars Varadero

3 Reviews Everyone allegedly has a relative or best friend working in a cigar factory in cuba. A cigar addict myself, I know they are fake for sure. The only time I would buy a box off the street is if I was...

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Sun protection Holguín

1 Review Holguin is very dry!! You will not feel the heat and therefore, please wear suntan lotion...or you will burn like me! Don't forget your feet and your LIPS!

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Drugs Santiago de Cuba

1 Review Do not, under any circumstances, carry dope or deal with anyone on the subject. This is something the authorities take very seriously, and you may not see the light of day for a while if caught. Stick...

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Jellyfish Varadero

2 Reviews These look like blown up blue condoms and will float on the water. If you see one on the beach (theres lots) give them a wide berth as the trailers (the long stringy things with the stingers, yes that...

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Robberies Santiago de Cuba

1 Review How to avoid crime and delinquency in Cuba: this comes at a price, but having been robbed rwice in the last one year at palces where tourists gather, I have decided to avoid such places...

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Hustlers / Jineteros Varadero

2 Reviews psssyt pssyt where you from? its not a friendly start of conversation. Probably they will be trying sell you something or give you directions (even you dont need them) expecting a tip back. Simply say...

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Bad deal reviews Santiago de Cuba

1 Review This is addressed to all you other Brits out there. If you want to take a chopper ride to S.D.C. then you will have to book it directly with Gaviotatours as your normal holiday rep. will not be...

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Scooter Rentals Varadero

1 Review Remember that these scooters are driven hard and not a lot of money for repairs. We drove 70K into the countryside and one scooter had mechanical troubles. We limped it back Varadero and it died....

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Sun Protection Varadero

1 Review When you first get to the Cuba sun, please wear sunscreen. We got burned the first day and it's not the best experience for the rest of the trip. Also remember to wear shoes or flipflops when you walk...

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Speeding and Parking Tickets!

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Stay vigilant - no matter where you are, if you're in a rental car, there's sure to be a policeman somewhere close by, ready to issue you a ticket. We almost got a ticket just for stopping momentarily, while I got a photo of a monument in the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana - I had one foot in the car while it was running, and one foot on the ground, aiming my camera, and before I knew it, bam - a cop was trying to give me a ticket! Also, beware of speeding. No, there aren't really any speed limit signs posted - but that won't stop someone from trying to give you a ticket anyways. They usually run around $10 per infraction. If you've got a rental car, the policeman will simply write it down on your rental agreement which you must keep in your car at all times - and you'll pay it to the rental car service when you return your car....it's all State-owned. Thankfully, we'd rented a car two...

American Killed in Havana!!!

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U.S. artist killed in CubaBy Harlan Jacobson, USA TODAYHAVANA — Albert Carvajal never knew who or what hit him.He was jazzed to be bringing his award-winning first short film to the Havana International Film Festival last week.The 33-year-old production assistant on NBC's Access Hollywood was so proud of his film that he cajoled a flight attendant on Delta charter Flight 9898 from New York into showing Capicu (Spanish for "the winning domino") on the plane. The film is about two couples in New York's Washington Square Park. Capicu won best short prize at New York's Latin USA film festival in November."This is my film, everybody," an ebullient Carvajal announced up and down the aisle of the 737. "I'm going to show it in Havana, but this is a pretty great screening room, so we're gonna show it here." He handed out his business card: Albert Carvajal, Filmmaker/Screenwriter, South Bronx...

Human Rights in Cuba!!!

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My Cuba is going through a rough time with the tyrant that is running the country. In the past week 78 dissidents have been put into jails and sentence to outstanding prison terms and has executed three young men for trying to flee the island on a boat with other passengers... The whole World is begining to realize that Castro is a prehistoric tyrant that is afraid of losing power. I ask everyone that cares about this matter to write to the counslers and embassador so that there represenitive of there country at the United Nations vote against Cuba for violating Human Rights on the island..

Blackouts are the governments...

by mannymiami

Blackouts are the governments way of torturing the Cuban People. It has become a way of life throughout the country.Somehow I find Cubans not knowing that this would be a perfect chance for an uprising against the tyrany thats ruining there lives...

American Killed in Havana

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JINETERO / JINETERA

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This is the nickname for male and female prostitutes respectively. As some restaurants and stores only take US-dollars, some people try to prostitute themselves to tourists in the hope of getting the chance to eat in those fancy restaurants or getting some presents bought from the US-dollar stores.Due to the proliferation of this, sometimes, waiters may refuse to serve Cubans in restaurants, assuming them to be prostitutes.This can work against tourists who happen to look like Cubans, namely, people of African origins. A few times, I saw police stopping to check the Identity Cards of black Cuban guys sitting innocently on park benches. Once, I saw a police shouting to a black man who was walking with two Caucasian ladies. The man claimed he was from USA and spoke no Spanish and the police let him off, as he was obviously a tourist. If he was not a tourist but a Cuban, hanging around with...

Beware of hurricanes !!

by janchan

The hurricane season usually starts from June / July ... until the end of November. Sometimes the wind can be really strong and it may rain for several days.When the sea is very rough, it is impossible to walk on the Malecón without getting soaked by the waves, and often they close a part of it because it can be dangerous for the cars too...

FOREIGNER'S SPECIAL PRICE

by swesn

Some foreigners go through their entire Cuban holiday without ever seeing Cuban Pesos. These are nearly always those on packaged tours. Afterall, everything they ever need in restaurants, bars, souvenir stalls and hotels are priced in US-dollars.For independent tourists, perhaps you can also get away without any Cuban Pesos. The 'casa particulars' and 'paladares' or home-cooked meals prepared by your host are all charged in US-dollars.For independent and cheapie tourists, change some Cuban Pesos! I changed US$10 and got 260 Cuban pesos. For two weeks, I spent them with difficulty for things are just so cheap in pesos. While I admit there are not that many things available in Cuban pesos, you can still buy fruits from markets and syrup drinks, sugarcane juice or ham sandwich from street-side stalls here and there. You can do a lot more Cuban things, like WATCH A CUBAN MOVIE for 1 Cuban...

TOURISTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HITCH-HIKE

by swesn

Due to poor and expensive public transportation, lack of ability to afford cars and basically petrol shortage, hitch-hiking is a very common practice here in Cuba. I learnt that stopping for hitch-hikers is obligatory for drivers. The drivers usually cannot ask much money from the hitch-hikers because fellow Cubans simply do not have much money anyway. What about tourists?, I wondered. Why get Cuban Pesos from them when they can milk US dollars? However, I learnt that if a local, and not a taxi, is caught picking up tourists, he can be fined US$1500 and might even lose the car. Even if a Cuban friend or your host of the ‘casa particular’ is giving you a lift for free, the police will not believe him. Tourists must take taxis and authorised buses.

DISCRIMINATIONS AGAINST CUBANS

by swesn

Sadly, US-dollar restaurants and hotels are discriminated against Cubans. The state somehow tries to separate tourists and locals. I supposed, the state does not want the usual sun-sand-sea-sequins tourists to know how the real life of a typical Cuban is like. They just want the tourists to bake their brains on the beaches, splash around in the pristine Carribean seas, drink loads of alcohol and enjoy the feathers and sequins in cabaret shows.Also, with 26 Cuban pesos = US$1, how can any Cubans afford the same entertainment spots as tourists? I was told a doctor earns about US$20 a month!So, even if you have a Cuban friend whom you INVITE to a restaurant, the waiter may refuse to serve him or her.

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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...

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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