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04-18-16 15:03 #4387
Posts: 3700Originally Posted by BeersTerry [View Original Post]
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04-18-16 14:45 #4386
Posts: 734Regarding the Tall Man's comment on pricing. I still find Cuba to be well priced compared to much of latin America and elsewhere. For example, I have just booked for the Philippines, the pricing there is incredible for a third world country (USD$160) . If you commented on the shitty available food options in Cuba, then I would have nothing to say.
Cuba is not strictly shooting fish in a barrel type hobbying as in Sosua, Medellin, San Jose etc. Should you like shooting fish in a barrel, Cuba can prove difficult.....but not expensive
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04-18-16 14:38 #4385
Posts: 734Mondo, I am not talking about Cesar Lopez. There was a time that Havana Ensemble was sin Cesar Lopez.
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04-18-16 05:59 #4384
Posts: 344Beg to differ
Originally Posted by BeersTerry [View Original Post]
I beg to differ with your friend here. Cesar Lopez is one of the highest regarded players on his instrument, not by me, and if you do not believe me google his bio and you'll see his credits all the way back starting with Irakere and there after.
I'll drop this theme here since this thread is for chicas info mostly just thought I respond to your comment.
Mondo.
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04-17-16 18:35 #4383
Posts: 734I have seen Cesar Lopez billed as Cesar Lopez, I guess without Havana Ensemble.
Waaaaaay back when, I have seen Havana Ensemble when they didn't have Cesar Lopez. They were, as my Cuban friend says, just "regular".
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04-16-16 04:44 #4382
Posts: 344Music
Hey fellow mongers.
I posted a bit about one of the combos that plays at the Jazz cafe usually on Fridays called Havana Ensemble.
Anyways, I was checking out one of my fave bands nowadays (El Niņo why la Verdad) on YouTube and happened to run into the Ensemble's main guy, Cesar Lopez.
He got invited to play along with the band and did an incredible solo IMHO. In case you enjoy Timba music check it out below.
Mondo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_OmxgLGg8
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04-11-16 02:50 #4381
Posts: 1792Originally Posted by Mondo707 [View Original Post]
Thanks for sharing your opinions.
The Tall Man.
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04-10-16 06:43 #4380
Posts: 765Cuba
Originally Posted by Combo [View Original Post]
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04-10-16 06:32 #4379
Posts: 344Prices
Originally Posted by LifeIsABeach [View Original Post]
The price I mentioned were for the Miami area, don't know if you got that?
Cuba / Havana prices are much lower although they also been going up from the "good old days".
Still I would agree that to get the best bang for your buck you need to go outside la Habana.
Mondo.
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04-10-16 04:52 #4378
Posts: 3700Havana
Havana.
Just returned from a trip to Havana and let me say things are changing fast. I took the tourist charter with a direct flight from Mia-HAV for 379 and 75 for the visa. Obama has just relaxed the travel rules so you can now go solo and don't need to be part of a tourist group. Just self certify and keep an agenda and all your receipts. Customs asked no questions leaving and returning.
My first day in Havana was about hanging out and just checking out the vibe of the place with the new rules. Let me say it had an eerie feeling to it. My friends and girls had vanished. My spots in Vedado were thin, even on a Friday night. Where was everyone? Luckily I had a couple past Internet girls waiting on standby to kill the void for my first two days.
My next to last day I ran into the first girl I banged in Cuba almost three years ago. We sat on the malecon celebrating till 4 am with her two amigas. Later she would give me the scoop on everything: The cops had done a major sweep 3 days before Obama arrived and snatched people of the streets so everyone was still spooked. Also the girl told me that the new hustle is to marry for business. See a foreigner can't buy property or open a biz in Cuba unless they marry a Cuban. Of the three girls drinking with us that night on the malecon 1). Was married to a German guy who paid 36 k for a Casa in Havana vieja that they also rent out to tourist. 2) My girl had just returned from Italy where she had been married for a year. She still wore the big diamond ring he brought her and sported a new galaxy S6 phone. She said it was cold in Italy and she missed Cuba. The husband refused to open up a biz in Cuba so that blew her hustle. 3) The third girl was also married to a German guy but she was home for now awaiting his visit. Casas, restaurants, clothing shops are all the new things these girls are fronting for their foreign spouses. Also several girls have went to Miami to cash in on being the hot new Cuban in town. The streets were thin and the girls are on the move internationally with new phones and clothes to match. No more girls with one pair of shoes and no phone.
Cuba is still a must see for guys who haven't gone yet but for the seasoned Cuba veteran their might be a drop off in talent until you get reacquainted.
American business opportunities are opening up but with a current US election and the Castros still in control people are scared.
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04-10-16 03:00 #4377
Posts: 1749Originally Posted by LifeIsABeach [View Original Post]
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04-09-16 23:36 #4376
Posts: 765Prices
Originally Posted by Mondo707 [View Original Post]
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04-09-16 22:44 #4375
Posts: 734Yes, I saw that the Valdez's have been moved to Thursdays after monopolizing Friday and Saturday for years. All the same, they need to change their act (s) once in a while.
Seen Havana Ensemble around for years.
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04-09-16 08:29 #4374
Posts: 344Weekends at Jazz Cafe
Originally Posted by BeersTerry [View Original Post]
Don't know when you were in la Habana last but when I was there the group playing Fridays at Jazz cafe was call Havana Ensemble and if you go back and check out the annual Jazz fest in December they were all the rage.
The sax player "esta por arriba del nivel", Cesar Lopez, maybe next time you go make sure to check him out. Also, the other combo on Saturday night was almost as awesome.
BTW, I never made it to La Zorra why el Cuervo since as you know the loudness level (is over the top for me) and a couple of times I forgot my earplugs.
Mondo.
P.S. Here is a link for the Havana Ensemble playing Caravan, enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDHA...&nohtml5=False
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04-09-16 08:11 #4373
Posts: 344Miami rates
Originally Posted by CocoDesIles [View Original Post]
I think Miami prices would be comparable to the going rate around south Florida maybe a bit higher since there's prob more dough in that area.
The Cubano hustler told me for a FOB Cubana would set me back $150 with a no clock watching rule in effect (maybe a selling point?) he showed me her pixs from FB and she'd be around an 8. 5.
As per the Sim card goes this will change soon here after since there is some competition coming with all the US providers getting on the island.
Mondo.