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Please Read: Politics
Understandably, politics may come up when people talk Cuba. We accept that and believe it's both naive and unhelpful to pretend it's not a part of travel and Cuban experience.
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This branch covers: Cuba
The contents of this FAQ thread are being kept simple in order to avoid confusion and provide basic information about Cuba and links to information sources. Use the subject lines of each post below to find what you're looking for.
Here are some simple tips about looking for information:
1. Research before asking a question. It will help you get better, more detailed and useful answers from the community if you've already done some homework. It's also polite. The community is here to help, but we're not your personal search engine. Invest some preliminary time and we'll help you fill in the gaps.
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3. Have a good look around the Thorn Tree before asking your question - quite often your question (or one very sim...
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23-Dec-2009 22:17
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24-Dec-2009 02:49
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Hi
Anyone know if there are limits on how much tabacco/cigars you can take out of Cuba. I'm going in jan and have had loads of requests from friends regarding cigars. Because I've never been I just wanted to ask. You never know! Any other interesting facts would also be of great interest to me. Perhaps your allowances on what you can bring in?
Much appreciated, thank you.
Andrew
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23-Dec-2009 17:37
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23-Dec-2009 17:37
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Apologies if posted previously?
http://inthesetimes.com/article/5304/inside_cuba_slideshow_pictures_from_the_island/
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23-Dec-2009 09:53
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23-Dec-2009 22:05
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An American in Cuba is seeking other travelers that might be interested in renting a car ( or just sharing travel experience) to go to the Santiago end of the island. I'm here until Jan. 7 and will be back in Havana on Dec. 27. If you're interested let me know!
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23-Dec-2009 07:31
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23-Dec-2009 10:06
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I have been doing research on 3rd country travels to Cuba for Americans, Both Cancun and The Bahamas seem to be the most popular 3rd city departure points. I will be flying Jamaica Air from Kingston Jamaica to Havana Cuba as I have been in Jamaica 2 months already. I have also read in older posts on various sites that in Jamaica the airline offers a separate travel visa for Americans, They use this travel visa (I read) to stamp your departure and arrival dates rather than stamping your US passport. I am wanting to know if this is still a method being used to travel from Jamaica for Americans to Cuba. Any Americans travel to Cuba from Jamaica recently and have experience using this travel Visa?
Thanks: KiKi
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23-Dec-2009 07:19
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23-Dec-2009 21:06
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Soon I will be in Havanna for 10 days and am interested in visiting and bathing at some beautiful non touristy beaches. I have never been to Cuba can you recomend some nice relaxing spots?
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23-Dec-2009 03:14
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23-Dec-2009 23:03
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johnabbotsford »
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Hi,
I've just got back from a couple of weeks in Cuba (Havana, Jibacoa, Baracoa, Vinales and Cayo Levisa) and during my pre-trip research on here, I saw someone request that anyone staying at Cayo Levisa leave an updated report on the resort. I don't know if anyone else has done so recently, but here's mine:
It is a fantastic place to stay. I booked a 3 night stay for the end of my holiday for some true R&R before heading home. Although numbers do increase during the day with day trippers, it never felt busy there. I don't know how long the beach is, but it would be easy to escape to a deserted part if you didn't want to even be within sight of the next person. The plus points for me were the tranquility and obviously the sun, sand & sea. A downside was the number of mosquitoes/sand fleas - I didn't take any repellent, so expected as much, but even those people who were using it...
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22-Dec-2009 14:36
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23-Dec-2009 10:11
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I envy all of you heading off to Cuba's warm climes for Christmas. I'm heading to freezing Belgium to see my daughter. I'd like to wish everyone here - yes, EVERYONE, the very warmest Season's Greetings of joy and love, and a wonderful new year, bringing (one can only wish/hope/pray) peace and justice to all the creatures on Earth.
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22-Dec-2009 12:16
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johnabbotsford »
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24-Dec-2009 02:43
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connerg »
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An interesting article from The Guardian and a link to a future BBC program.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/dec/20/havana-from-our-correspondent-peterson
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22-Dec-2009 04:57
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22-Dec-2009 15:54
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hi Everyone!
I will be in Cuba for one week starting this friday - I'm very excited!
My friend and I want to travel to Baracoa, Matanzas, and Vinales valley, and possibly to Santa Clara while we are there.
Is this feasible?
Does the Viazul bus go to all of those destinations? How long does it take and how much $ approximately?
Any help would be great - I havent had much luck finding information.
thanks!
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22-Dec-2009 04:08
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smfoley »
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24-Dec-2009 02:55
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kieranball »
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I know there is the sea, but is there also any 50m pools in Havana where I might get some swim training done during my stay? If nobody knows of any, where would the best place be to do some real swimming whilst in this great city?
Thanks for any advice anyone can give.
Simon
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21-Dec-2009 22:35
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rikuch »
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23-Dec-2009 00:51
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Truetown »
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Hi,
Since i am planning a trip to Cuba, i would like to know, whether is there a bigger risk of food poisoning or diarrhea then in other tropical countries (as i have read some stories).
Thanks for every reply
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21-Dec-2009 12:15
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pedro1123 »
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21-Dec-2009 14:08
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johnabbotsford »
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We are going to Cuba in January.
What is the best way to take money with us.
Should we carry cash? Traveler's Cheques? Debit card? Mastercard?
Thanks in advance,
Peter
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21-Dec-2009 11:05
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23-Dec-2009 18:23
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I just got back from my second trip from Cuba, and I'd like to clear up the misinformation that I have read over and over again on this forum. On my first trip, a year ago, I felt like I wasn't getting a better deal by bringing Canadian dollars instead of USD, and this year's trip confirmed that fear... once again, I went to the trouble of changing USD into CAD before my trip, but I also brought some American Express travelers' checks (in USD) as backup. Calculating my rate of exchange for both CAD and travelers' checks, I determined conclusively that I should NOT have followed everyone's advice!
Even with the 10% fine for changing US dollars, the total CUC is still better than changing to CAD or Euros first. And the best deal is with bringing travelers' checks, where the fine for changing them is only 3% instead of 10%.
If I had brought $1000 USD in travelers checks, I would...
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21-Dec-2009 06:03
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drandalg »
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24-Dec-2009 01:43
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Altahabana »
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We are a US family of four travelling to Cuba via Cancun. Interested to know how or if we should pre book R/T flight and how to pay for it. Departing Cancun ~1/18 but flexible. Thank you!
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21-Dec-2009 03:48
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pedro1123 »
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21-Dec-2009 17:31
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vballf »
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Going to Cuba in January.
What is the best way take Canadian dollars to Cuba and to exchange them for Cuban Convertible Pesos?
Cash? Credit card? Travelers cheques, Canadian Tire money?
Thanks in advance for you help.
Peter
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