garyguillermo

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  • posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Mexico City Airport? in the Americas - Mexico Branch

    I'm getting into Mexico City sometime after 11pm and I'm wondering if there is some kind of a VIP lounge that I can pay a fee and wait for...
    18 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Interjet from Mexico City in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I too just booked with Interjet. I found myself going crazy trying to search the flights and times due to US "war" with Cuba regulations....
    18 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cubana flights possibly selling out with upcoming schedule change in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    Now you got me worried. I'm working on my trip and from someone who had to eat their last ticket when I got turned around in Toronto I...
    27 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cancun or Mexico City? in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    Coming from AZ and from a quick search it looks like the first stop (anyway I go) on the way is LA . . . to further explain the $20 bribe...
    about 1 month ago
  • posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Cancun or Mexico City? in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I'm off on another Cuba trip . . . a few questions? I did Cancun years ago and didn't like it. Is Mexico City any better? (I hate to...
    about 1 month ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called expensive theft, policia & US Embassy, no resolution in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    It's a bummer to get robbed . . . whenever . . .wherever. Sometimes we can learn from someone's mistakes rather than our own. . ....
    3 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called church trips in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I signed up for a medical mission to Russia (with a church group) many years ago (about 100.) I did so thinking it was so I could use my...
    11 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called $20 bribe customs cancun in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I just did a bus trip into Mexico. We were stopped about 2 miles past the border . . . Mexican police. The head cop talked to the bus...
    11 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called My Blog in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I was at a Cuban beach and I couldn't help but notice a young handsome black guy and an older, very fat white lady, I mean really, really...
    11 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Update from Santiago 13/03/11 in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I made a visit to that side of the island many years ago. I flew in and it was like l was on/in one of those "camel" buses. I got mad at...
    11 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Ferry from US to Cuba in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    I talked to someone that made this trip in the 50s. You could take your own car from Key West and then drive all over the island. Sounds...
    11 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Problems with inbound customs regarding gifts? in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    And every coin has two sides . . . do not tip, carry your money in a small metal safe that is strapped to your body, when making any...
    12 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Problems with inbound customs regarding gifts? in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    In my early travels I was asked "How much in gifts do you have?" I told the customs guy $50 and he told me to go over to that line and pay...
    12 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Problems with inbound customs regarding gifts? in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    First of all . . . all the junk you can buy in a dollar store in the US you can buy in a dollar store in Cuba (more or less) . . . I guess...
    12 months ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called From Cancun Cubana rep is overcharging Americans and European visitors for in the Americas - Cuba Branch

    That is what they call "business as usual" in Mexico. The last time I took that connection there were two lines. The one where you paid a...
    12 months ago

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