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11-26-20 19:16 #6606
Posts: 263Willing to go Anywhere in Cuba!
Originally Posted by DiavelLoco [View Original Post]
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11-26-20 14:58 #6605
Posts: 138Happy to share my local knowledge
I am more than happy to share my local knowledge with you guys especially on the paladars. The hunting part, you have to explore and find them yourself. Just remember that Cuba is working girl house. To me at least, all the girls are fidel's bitches. You know your way around, almost all of them are for the taking. Last week, I found this local florist nearby where I live. The girl selling flowers looked fuckable for me so I asked for her number. She is there every day selling flowers and I am sure that she is not a pro. Told her to let me know when she is free for me to have a cita and 40 cuc later, we are in a casa particular. My point is you don't have to go to the usual hunting ground. See any girl you like, ask them nicely for their number and make your move from there. Always remember that Cuba is never the same this month and few months back. The country is always changing all the time. Go with the flow and you will have a good time here. I might not be an expert in everything but I am certain I know enough to get by and to make your visit more meaningful.
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11-26-20 14:38 #6604
Posts: 138Originally Posted by Zeos1 [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 22:59 #6603
Posts: 623Originally Posted by DiavelLoco [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 19:35 #6602
Posts: 751Originally Posted by TyDown [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 18:57 #6601
Posts: 503Bbq
BBQ in campo, small town outside of Ciego de Avila.
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11-25-20 18:43 #6600
Posts: 503Originally Posted by DiavelLoco [View Original Post]
Back in the day (15 years ago), I worked for the University of Ghana in a joint research project with an American University. After about a year in West Africa, I came to love the life there. I had a pocket full of money, a University provided Toyota 4 x4 Land Cruiser, a place to stay in Accra. Life was good. By this time, I had become completely immersed in the local culture. Friends and family back home thought I had lost my everlasting mind! Ghana is almost the complete opposite of Cuba. In Ghana, the food is plentiful and fantastic! Best food I've ever had. But the living conditions in West Africa is harsh. Contrast this with Cuba, Cuba has beautiful architecture but the food is horrendous, (to me, maybe not others). And the weather is great. (in the winter) I ended up spending 8 years in Ghana, some of the best memories of my life. I still miss the food.
My experience in Cuba, 5 years ago it was a great place to visit, and then around 2018 things started to go downhill. FAST. I was there back in March of this year, and most of the stores in Havana were either closed, or had limited hours of operation, and if they did open, very limited supply of basically anything, a stark contrast to the good days of 2015 - 2016.
Thanks DiavelLoco for sharing your experiences with us.
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11-25-20 17:03 #6599
Posts: 1107Originally Posted by DiavelLoco [View Original Post]
As for use of dollars and what you can buy. I'll take your word for it as a resident. My experience as a lone "tourist" staying in casas particulares was not that of someone with connections. But I was not a typical tourist staying in resorts and I found it very difficult to find anything much. Of course the stores where they sell the rationed food supplies are off limits, and the few cash stores I went in did not have any real selection. And this was in good times.
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11-25-20 15:32 #6598
Posts: 138I live here and I am happy
Hello folks. No intention to start a debate here with anyone. Just to clear up on few things mentioned regarding Cuba. FYI, I have been living here in Cuba for 2 and a half years now. I have my family and kids here too with me. My family and I are all happy here. Probably the stories of struggles are from the point of view of the locals. As a foreigner here in havana, our quality of life is wonderful. No way can I have 2 helpers at home and a driver for my wife, back in my own country. Yes its true that sometimes you have difficulties finding eggs and other stuff. Did we die in hunger? No we didn't. Why is that? Because with money, you can find almost all the basic things you need from the "left" as how the say it here. Do I make lines to go to the shops? Never, because I have my helpers and driver to do it for me.
BTW we had a party at home last weekend for 30 adults and 18 kids. There were champagne, nice wines, gin tonics, rums, beers, great meat from Argentina for bbq and abundance of other food for everyone. Just like anywhere else in the world. We even hired 3 waiters and a bartender so that hosting will be easier for me and my family. What I'm tryin to say here is don't believe all the info that you gather from all your sources. Yes, this country has its own problems and never-ending issues. But not having gas for the car and no food at all is just nonsense.
I have also another example to share. Probably 2 months ago, I bumped into ana de armas and ben afleck somewhere in miramar. This was during havana's toque de queda. These 2 celebrities rather spend months of quarantine here in Cuba than any other places in the world. Sounds crazy? I don't think so, because they have money and they know the right people to have a pleasant time here despite all the madness happening in the world.
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11-25-20 14:46 #6597
Posts: 249Thank you for the video
Originally Posted by TyDown [View Original Post]
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11-25-20 06:58 #6596
Posts: 503Originally Posted by HarryDubois [View Original Post]
The hard cold truth about Cuba is, there is NOTHING there, except pigs, chickens and sugar cane. Maybe a patch of Tobacco here and there.
This video is pretty close the state of affairs in Cuba. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RjRqS5vl-Q.
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11-25-20 04:48 #6595
Posts: 249No products in dollar stores?
Originally Posted by Zeos1 [View Original Post]
In August the news media was reporting on the opening of dollar only stores:
To make up for the shortfall in dollars, the government took a step it would probably have avoided under normal circumstances and turned 72 of the nearly 5,000 state-run shops in Cuba into "dollar stores".
When he emerged from one of them, Benito Morejóand struggled to push his cart, weighed down with meat, cheese, cleaning products and personal hygiene items. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53580376.
So I had the impression that if I land with a wallet full of dollars I should be doing well. Especially now that Western Union has shut down, there would seem to be no way for dollars to reach Cuba except in the wallets of foreign tourists, making the government even more desperate to stock stores with things which tourists will buy. (I have dual US / Israeli citizenship and I would travel on an Israeli passport. I think that will make it easier for me to visit Cuba and bring dollars, either in cash or an Israeli credit card.).
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11-25-20 04:21 #6594
Posts: 1107Originally Posted by HarryDubois [View Original Post]
And as for source of dollars. Over 50% was from Canadian tourists staying at all inclusives and other resorts. It has been over 1 million per year tourists from Canada. But the vast majority of these visitors are in the 10 or so resort areas and most never see any real Cuba. But they are the major source of foreign exchange for Cuba. And Covid has thrown a wrench into that in a big way.
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11-25-20 01:55 #6593
Posts: 249So you are saying that even with dollars, stuff is not available?
Originally Posted by TyDown [View Original Post]
However even with dollars, and going to special dollars stores, you cannot buy anything? I'm very surprised. I know that Cuban government is desperate for dollars. I would think that they would be able to pull together whatever food is remaining and put it in the dollar stores.
And Western Union just closed in Cuba; the only source of dollars could be tourists if any are coming.
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11-25-20 01:18 #6592
Posts: 503Originally Posted by TomJackin [View Original Post]