Indoor activities in Cuba

One other thing: if she is not supposed to associate with Yumas, why is she working at a Casa?

I'm trying not to overthink this. All I know is that she puts in lots of effort to see to it that I'm satisfied. I think her boss suggested that I might get tired of her because my interests are chess, writing computer code, mathematics, SOME interest in languages, anti-communist politics, all of which just make her eyes glaze over. I plan to bring a laptop with programming frameworks and mathematical applications installed. It's worth about $250 on Ebay, about four years old. She is NOT getting it. It will go to someone who actually has an interest in writing code and mathematics.

When you go to the bus stop announce to the the Cubanas waiting on line for the bus, " Yo soy Yuma,yo tengo fula"

They will appreciate your candor.

There's a fine line between being brazen and causing a public nuisance. There's a medical school and an undergraduate university that's a few km out of town. I first tried the medical school. I started by offering a 10 CUC reward for finding a suitable companion to some couples sitting at a wi-fi hotspot. They came through. She was a final year graduate student that is poised to be a doctor next year. She was shaking like a leaf. She said for me to follow her instructions to the letter because if she got caught with me her whole career would go down the drain. She convinced the owner of the casa to write her carnet info on a separate piece of paper and eventually lose it "accidentally on purpose". I called her back a few days later and she told me that she was losing sleep worrying that someone might have seen her going into the casa. She told me sorry, but she was just too afraid of getting caught to try it again.

What career?

What career?

She was a medical student, ear nose and throat, if I recall properly.

Lots of doctors in Cuba not working in the medical profession.

The whole point of this thread is that the chica from my last trip deserves some kind of gratitude. I'm really quite happy with her effort. She deserves to get some satisfaction out of the arrangement as well. If she doesn't want to go anywhere, I'm OK with that. Showing gratitude is done on the recipient's terms. All I can come up with so far is paying a couple of musicians for her.

When someone makes you feel 30 years younger for a couple of weeks, you kind of owe them something extra. Even if I did find someone better, I would still hand her a Benjamin and tell her I was sending her away because I was getting too attached. Never bite the hand that feeds you, and that works both ways.

I doubt she shares the same romantic notions about the relationship that you do, the musician thing probably won't do anything for her,she sounds like she'd like the cash instead,I'd suggest a shopping spree but you said she said she doesn't want to be caught dead walking the streets with you, you can give her the cash in the casa,take care of business,no one has to see anything,no fuss,no muss.

for her this is strickly business...SDET I assume you can see this right??? Musicians...give me a break...this thread is honestly very sad but funny at the same time. And all the while both the men and women that see this going on just laugh at the "pathetic" yuma. Cash SDET...that is all she wants.

It seemed strange that according to your telling the tale the girl never gave a specific reason for not wanting to be in the streets with you. (tho I might have missed it due to being confused by what appeared to be your referencing the case histories of several different chicas)
#16 seems to have offered the most logical reason, that being the fear of the police Cuban chicas have due to the sometimes enforced penalties for being seen on the arm of an extranjero. One of my girl friends in the distant past received a 4 year sentence (after two previous warnings) for being in a cafe with a foreigner. (I had to come to Cuba soon after and bribe a lawyer to set up another trial, at which time the girl was immediately set free after 7 weeks) All the Cuban girls I've been with during the last 24 years give this as the reason that we should walk separately (you; on the right side of the street; me on the left)down the ugly Centro and Vieja streets. Didn't your chica ever suggest this kind of street walking? However, at some point you both would be together at the planned point of interest, thereby reintroducing the fear of being seen with you.. <snip>
I found the idea of the hiring of the musicians for serenading a meal charming in an absurd way. Not a criticism, but not something I would not do.
Trap

Trap, old school growing up here in NYC,working class, the guy's always supposed to walk on the street side of the sidewalk and the girl on the building side to protect her from getting splashed by puddles or some other guys pulling up in a car trying to snatch her off the street,just saying that's the rule here in NYC.

PS holding hands is a must to let everyone in the barrio know that we're a couple.