Hello felow hitch-hikers,
Here is a link to the short guide for low-budget travellers in CUBA we have compiled recently:
http://www.followtheroad.com/en/letters.php?i=39</a><BR><BR>Moreover, in the PHOTOS section you can also browse our images from CUBA:
http://www.Followtheroad.com/en/photos.php</a><BR><BR>In January we found a sailing boat which gave us a lift from Mexico to Cuba. Over there we stayed 5 weeks and compiled information above. We hope it will be useful for survivor hitch-hikers willing to visit CUBA before big changes happen.
We got a lift out of Cuba by another yacht and arrived to Panama at the begining of March. 6 days of boring sailing. :) We will continue exploring Central America and look for posibilities to get a boat-ride to South America. Crossing Darien Gap by land is probably not for us :)
Augustas and Katja
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Wow! Thanks a bunch for a most informative and revealling post. You shoot the hell out of conventional thinking about getting into Cuba by yacht and the possibilities of "wild" camping!
Best of luck in your continued adventures!
"Oh, there is another interesting thing worth to mention. If you have a friend in Cuba, you can stay up to three months with him. In this case, your Cuban friend will have to get a permission from the immigration office, which costs 40 USD. This permission is only given once a year."
That's VERY inaccurate, though, and may leave to confusion.
"Let's start with the fact that private cars officially are not allowed to have foreigners in their car."
So is this
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<hr>Let's start with the fact that private cars officially are not allowed to have foreigners in their car<hr></blockquote>
Caney (and others invited ...)
Is this so? Open question ...
I also ever thought it ia, but on my last trip I hired a ("illegal") taxi driver to bring us (3 pax) from Havana to Trinidad.
We where stopped by the police and I thought this means trouble. But no ...
Our taxi driver talked very politely to the police, they checked his ID etc, and we were allowed to proceed our trip.
The taxi driver told me there does not excist any official rule/law which says Cubans in private cars are not allowed to transport foreigners in their car.
It could be this taxi driver has friends at the right places, don't know.
Why do I never have had any problem with this? I also got stopped many time but never any problem.
My advise to others is (always) the same as yours, its illegal, but I doubt now after my last trip ...
My first thought:
Which kind of Cuban gets the problems with "illegal" private taxi transport?
Isn't that the issue?
Maybe I am wrong, but where is that rule/law about "Cubans are not allowed to ... "?
Again, this is an open question
I wasn't referring to "illegal" taxis. I was referring to what the OP was talking about: a private, normal car owned by a Cuban.
Caney, we would appreciate if you could send the corrected information. Because saying something is not correct does not give corrections.
Thanks
But you said you "hired" it...
augustas, the "visa familiar A2" is for foreigners married to Cubans, not for "friends". That's what the law says. Although in Havana, they sometimes do issue this type of visas without the family link proof.
Augustus, I read your story, thank you it was very interesting.
Could you provide more detail how you found a boat to get to Cuba, what is the routine for Immigration when you arrive as a passenger on a boat, how much did they charge for the tourist card, did you say you would sleep on the boat?
Where did you renew your tourist card after 30 days, how did you find a boat to leave Cuba, how was Immigration when you left?
The value of the peso is $1 CUC = $1.08 US plus 3.5% exchange.
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