Havana

[Organicgrowth]

Lukasek,

The chance of finding “V” is so low you might as well tell your friends to bring their own. In fact I will tell you that not only do I take as much medication with me for friends etc, but I also carry my own first aid kit of plasters, antibiotics ant-inflammatory, etc…

Actually, as we have discussed previously on the board, if you want / need it its best to take it with you. By this I mean anything at all. I even take my own toilet paper: (I prefer double layered, extra soft…. You get my point!).

Regards, Havanaman

[Sparky I]

Hi Petrollero,

Firstly, let me say thank to you for posting the web address for being able to check the exchange rates for the CUC$. I am sure the board appreciates your help, but I am not sure about your comment that we should use US$ instead of the Canadian $ when going to Cuba. The following are the rates according to the website you posted.

MONEDAS DE CAMBIO Vigente: 12/04/2005
Monedas Compra Venta
EURO * EUR 1.16435 1.23667
Libra Esterlina * GBP 1.69821 1.80374
Dolar USA USD 1.11341 1.04854
Dolar Canadiense CAD 1.36959 1.28896
Franco Suizo CHF 1.32932 1.25146

I can't comment on the Mexican Peso, but as far as the C$ goes. It is clearly a better option then taking US$ to Cuba.

Forexample,

US$ 1,000 will get you CUC $817 according to the website posted by you. I think what you are not seeing is the 10% surchage on top of the buy and sell rate that the Cuban government imposes on the USD only. That is the rate for US$1.11341 * 1.10 (for the surcharge) = 1.225. So for every CUC$1 you would pay 1.225 or for every US$1 you get CUC$0.817.

On the other hand if you convert that same US$1,000 into C$, you would get C$1,216 on April 12, 2005 as per the TD Canada trust bank exchange rate. Now when you get to Cuba you would get CUC$ 888 for your C$1,216.

Clearly C$ is a better option by CUC$71, when you take into account the 10% surcharge. For my money, I will take C$ whenever possible, when I am going to Cuba.

Although, I do wonder what do you mean by black market conversion, would you mind giving us the light on that. I think it can be very beneficial to the board. I am asking because while in Cuba I was offered CUC$1.5 for every US$ by some one on the street. I did not convert with that person because I thought he was going to give me some fake money. Even when I was in Cuba this incident made me think that there might be something that i am missing.

John,

Here's an analysis I posted on another board. It has the details of the conversions to different currencies. The conclusion is that it is better to convert to another currency before landing in Cuba. That can be either CDN$, Peso or Euro.

Test Case - US$1,000 to convert to CUC

Convert to----------->Then to CUC
CDN --1,107.30 ------854.55
Euro ---692.90 ------ 852.40
US ---1,000.00 ------ 808.33 (using the 1.11341 rate and then taking 90% of that)

******Rate Tables*******
Rates used from April 12, 2005
CUC Rates from El Banco Popular de Ahorro
EURO * EUR 1.15825 1.23019
Dolar USA USD 1.11341 1.04854
Dolar Canadiense CAD 1.37649 1.29577

Conversion Rates (conservative, from MSN, I've definitely have seen better rates, however that simply strengthens the conclusion)
1 United States - Dollar (USD)= 0.69 EURO (EUR) Buy
1 EURO (EUR) = 1.18 United States - Dollar (USD) Sell

1 United States - Dollar (USD) = 1.11 Canada - Dollar (CAD) Buy
1 Canada - Dollar (CAD) = 0.73 United States - Dollar (USD) Sell

Good Luck!

[Sparky I]

Great report. I got pictures by waiting until the chicas were in my room, then when I picked up the camera, without saying anything I placed an extra CUC10 on the night stand. That was all it took 4 out of 5 times. The one said no, then I added another 10CUC when it became partial nudity, then finally CUC10 more and it was the full enchilada. I'll post after I post Part II of my trip report.

Once again, thanks for the vivid details!!

[Eros74]

Hello fellow mongers, two friends of mine will go to Cuba, they asked me if I know something about the possibility to find vit V in Cuba. I never was here so I guess if someone here can answer me?

I know no problem in Russia where I was but it is possible to buy V in every pharmacy in Cuba? I mean without prescription? What about the price?

Thanks in advance and happy hunting down there!

[Ojos Grandes]

I know this isn't about chicas but it does address the going to Cuba legally from the US posts that were here last week. The Santeria loophole is being shut down.

The U.S. government warned religious organizations not to abuse their travel privileges to Cuba -- a move meant to enforce tightened restrictions on the island.

BY OSCAR CORRAL

pcorral@herald.com

The U.S. government is cracking down on certain religious organizations that promote licensed travel to Cuba, restricting the number of visitors they can send to ensure that limits on U.S. citizen travel to -- and spending in -- Cuba are enforced.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control sent letters to dozens of organizations that have U.S.-issued religious licenses for travel to Cuba, warning them not to abuse their privileges and announcing investigations into alleged wrongdoing, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The Herald.

The regulators also imposed a limit on the number of people who can travel to Cuba under the auspices of these religious groups: 25 every three months. There were no limits previously.

Regulators acted after reports that some groups that practice Santeria and other religious organizations were allowing people who didn't officially belong to those groups or were not practitioners to visit Cuba under their U.S.-issued religious licenses.

The Herald detailed cases in which some Santeria organizations in Miami with religious licenses were taking thousands of people to Cuba as a way to get around Bush administration travel restrictions.

The numbers of such visitors have boomed since July, when the Bush administration reduced the number of times Cubans can visit their families on the island from once a year to once every three years.

Its purpose was to reduce cash remittances to the island and increase financial pressures on Fidel Castro's government.

PROBE UNDER WAY

''The United States Government has become aware that some organizations may be abusing their licenses by allowing individuals not affiliated with the organizations to travel under the authority of their licenses,'' said the letter signed by OFAC Director Robert Werner.

``OFAC is currently investigating reports of abuse of religious licenses and will take appropriate action against groups and individuals that have engaged in transactions outside the scope of a license.''

The 25-person-per-quarter limit doesn't apply to what the government calls ''established churches,'' such as the Roman Catholic Church. These organizations get licenses that don't limit the number of travelers to Cuba.

In his letter, Werner warned:

• Groups that hold religious licenses are prohibited from advertising Cuba trips on television, radio or the Internet;

• People or groups traveling under the licenses must be ''involved in religious activities'' with the organizations, apart from their travel to Cuba.

''Individuals who associate with your organization primarily for the purpose of traveling to Cuba are not authorized to travel under your license,'' Werner said.

'SCANDALOUS' CASE

U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Miami, calling the abuse of religious travel ''scandalous,'' pressured regulators to clamp down after The Herald's report in February.

''The administration is not going to permit the flouting of the law,'' Diaz-Balart said. ``I think this is going to end the abuse in so-called religious travel.''

The Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Treasury Department, has given about 200 churches and organizations religious licenses to travel to Cuba.

By some estimates, religious travel makes up from 85 to 95 percent of all nonaffiliated travel to Cuba, said Pedro Gonzalez-Munne, owner of Cuba Promotions, an agency that promotes travel to Cuba. Munne defined affiliated travel as people who go with business, sports or educational visas.

IMPACT ON FAMILIES

Munne said that before July, about 250,000 people traveled to Cuba legally from the United States every year. That number has dropped by a third since July.

Munne decried regulators' action as harmful to families.

''This is the last bridge left for people to go see their families,'' he said of religious licenses. ``This will increase traffic through third countries.''

Munne also said that the July restriction left people little choice but to find loopholes -- such as using religious licenses -- to see family in Cuba.

Jose Montoya, head of the Sacerdocio Lucumi Shango Eyeife in Miami, said that between 1996 and July 2004, he took about 60 people to Cuba under his religious travel license. Since July, he has taken about 2,500, he said.

''The possibility exists that they are violating the religious rights of people, and going against the Constitution of the United States,'' Montoya said in an interview Thursday.

Montoya said he will be more judicious in choosing travelers.

''I don't think I'm going to give it [the license] to everyone,'' he said. ``I was not giving it to everyone before, but I'm going to be more strict now.''

GROUP SUSPENDED

Both Montoya and Gonzalez-Munne say that OFAC has suspended the license of another, Doral-based Santero group, Santa Yemaya Ministries, pending an investigation by OFAC.

OFAC declined to comment, and The Herald could not immediately confirm their account.

[so_very_fly]

Great post, John, lots of info & well organized.

[John]

Hi Petrollero,

Firstly, let me say thank to you for posting the web address for being able to check the exchange rates for the CUC$. I am sure the board appreciates your help, but I am not sure about your comment that we should use US$ instead of the Canadian $ when going to Cuba. The following are the rates according to the website you posted.

MONEDAS DE CAMBIO Vigente: 12/04/2005
Monedas Compra Venta
EURO * EUR 1.16435 1.23667
Libra Esterlina * GBP 1.69821 1.80374
Dolar USA USD 1.11341 1.04854
Dolar Canadiense CAD 1.36959 1.28896
Franco Suizo CHF 1.32932 1.25146

I can't comment on the Mexican Peso, but as far as the C$ goes. It is clearly a better option then taking US$ to Cuba.

Forexample,

US$ 1,000 will get you CUC $817 according to the website posted by you. I think what you are not seeing is the 10% surchage on top of the buy and sell rate that the Cuban government imposes on the USD only. That is the rate for US$1.11341 * 1.10 (for the surcharge) = 1.225. So for every CUC$1 you would pay 1.225 or for every US$1 you get CUC$0.817.

On the other hand if you convert that same US$1,000 into C$, you would get C$1,216 on April 12, 2005 as per the TD Canada trust bank exchange rate. Now when you get to Cuba you would get CUC$ 888 for your C$1,216.

Clearly C$ is a better option by CUC$71, when you take into account the 10% surcharge. For my money, I will take C$ whenever possible, when I am going to Cuba.

Although, I do wonder what do you mean by black market conversion, would you mind giving us the light on that. I think it can be very beneficial to the board. I am asking because while in Cuba I was offered CUC$1.5 for every US$ by some one on the street. I did not convert with that person because I thought he was going to give me some fake money. Even when I was in Cuba this incident made me think that there might be something that i am missing.

[Petrolero]

unless, of course they tack on another 10% penalty upon those rates, on usd.

i read on another board, a canadian was charged $1.43 can for one cuc at a bank. [CodeWord125] and stealing.

[Petrolero]

Hello,

I always fly from Tijuana and I was thinking I could buy a bunch of Mexican Pesos before I get to the airport. Is this a good Idea??

PS: Attached is three YOUNG local girls from Cienfuegos. The Red-head on the left was very flirtatous and actually gave me her phone number. I did call her and her dad answered and let me talk to her. I met her but decided against it she was 17 this was in 2002.

If the Cuban bank rates listed on the website play out, I will use USD. Prior to the lastest move of insanity, I used CAN and black market conversions.

http://www.bancopopulardeahorro.com/

[Member #3200]

In my 9trips to cuba most of the chicas will not have their pictures taken due to the reason you mentioned-fear of being recognized & going to jail.

I have average 3 or 4 chicas per trip,i do like to get a tan & drink large at my AI resorts & EVERY chicas i've had has given me a BBBJ,I plan on going back for trip 10 in late May/early June for more hot Cuban chica sex.

If you want to get the chica to perform at her best,you have to eat her pussy as cuban men dont do thatso i have been told by the women themselves & from more experienced mongers who know fluent spanish & know many cuban families.DFK is done much by their men either-basically most forms of foreplay that women enjoy-the men of cuba r hit & run artists-wham,bam,out the door mam & no responsibility if they become fathers along the way or not.

Keep the review coming john.

From 1 Torontonian to another-way to go

[Sandiego]

Hello,

I always fly from Tijuana and I was thinking I could buy a bunch of Mexican Pesos before I get to the airport. Is this a good Idea??

PS: Attached is three YOUNG local girls from Cienfuegos. The Red-head on the left was very flirtatous and actually gave me her phone number. I did call her and her dad answered and let me talk to her. I met her but decided against it she was 17 this was in 2002.

[John]

After I got done with the sexy mulata I was so tired that I just hit the bed and went to sleep for two hours. I woke up at 10:00 pm, and was very hungry. I changed and went down to eat at this Italian restaurant that is right next to hotel Telegrafo. This place has some chicas hanging out at dinner time and they are very much interested in going to the restaurant with you. I saw this caucasion girl that pleased my eye. What a beauty nice B cup breasts 5' 6" height, blonde hair. She was a little young and was close to hitting 19, but what the hell I like those nice young chicas who are ready to please.

I asked her if she would acompany me for dinner, and she gladly accepted. She did speak enough english for us to get some conversation going. This girl was so sweet that she asked me to order for her whatever I was having. I told her I am going to try the Pizza, and she went for it as well. During our conversation, this sweet chica told me she was a student. She goes to school three days a week only and studies ballet. I was surprised and I asked her if she would show me some dance in my room. I remember asking her for her Carne (local word for I.D. card), because I was not sure if she was at least above 19. Sure enough according to her Carne she was 19 years old. At this moment I am thinking that in only these parts of the world I can still have a young hot chica that will go out with a thirty year old guy like me. I try to avoid very young girls as they are usually not experienced and they have nothing in common with me, but this girl was so beautiful that I could not pass on her. During dinner we agreed at a price of CUC$40 as she was not accepting any thing less. I tried the negotiation but I had to give in. This beauty was about a 7 to me and I didn't want to loose a chance of having a hot babe just because of CUC$10 extra. I did try to push for the whole night but she declined and said that she will stay with me for two to three hours. I was tired from the travel and my experience of the evening anyways so i did not push it and agreed for two hours.

After the dinner, we had to go with the same routine as with the other mulatta and this young chica followed me to my appartment. There are cops every where in Havana and they are watching these girls. It is Jail time for these girls if they get caught prostituting. The law is sort of reverse in Cuba compared to the U.S. and Canada where the Johns are the ones targeted and put in Jail. I was told by this chica that if the girls get caught with different tourists three or four separate times they can go to Jail for upto four years. Eventhough Cuban Law is so strict these girls do take a chance and they do work the street because it is almost impossible for them to survive if they don't work the streets. Alot of these girls are ready to fall in love with you and are ready to leave Cuba. Some of them think of tourists as there only way out.

Anyways after about a five minute walk we reached my Casa Particular. I turned on some music on my laptop and request this beautiful chick to show me some salsa. Although, I am not much of dancer she shows me some steps and then danced for me. The moves these Cuban girls have are out of this world and she made me feel like i have died and went to heaven. This angel of mine for the next two hours performed in so many ways that I couldn't dream possible. I got out of control and started DFKing this girl. After a while I found myself eating her pussy. She loved it so much and in appreciation she gave me a BBBJ without even asking for it. Although, we didn't finish with the BBBJCIM, I thought she performed pretty well and after about fifteen minutes or so of BBBJ, I came on top of her and then had sex with her in several different positions for the next hour. I fucked her so hard that I got tired after a while and told her to come on top of me. As expected from this Cuban chica she rocked my world. This chica made me come after a good steamy and hot sex. The sex was so hot that I still remember sweating even with the aircondition on in the room.

Guyz I think I need to take a break as just the memories of her are making me uncomfortable. I miss this babe already. I tried pretty hard to get her photographs but she got scared and completely said no. I even offered her extra money, but I think she was scared that if somebody recognize her she can go to Jail.

All I can say is I tried for you guyz.

I will post more later.

[Member #3200]

Great review so far man-way to hold firm on price-thats the way to monger
$30 for an agreed 3 SOG or pops-thats the way to help your fellow monger control the price scale as there are others on this board dont-they only think about themselves.

Cant wait for part 2

[John]

First of all let me tell you guyz that I have tried posting the photo's, but somehow the web site doesn't seem to be working properly and I have sent a PM to Jackson about it. Hopefully, we will get things rolling and I will post the pictures as soon as possible.

Trip to Cuba (Part 1)

As stated in my earlier post, I rented my Casa Particular at around 6:00 pm. Since it doesn't get dark in Havana until after 8:00, I took a shower and went out looking for my first catch of this trip. In Havana, action is found and lost in a blink of an eye. A monger has to judge in a split of a second if the girl he is interested in is a working girl or not. Mongers have to keep their monger lights on at all times. Analyze the chica very fast because, a good looking chica even if she doesn't look like she is dressed as a worker are a lot of times a possible Jinaterra (a term used by locals as a girl friend for tourists). Most of the time it is difficult to find a good looking catch at around 6:00 pm as the girls don't come out until after 8:30 or so. I saw lots of pimps who wanted to help me find a girl, but i said no. I usually don't like to add up my costs. I know that all these guyz do is just add a cut for themselves. I was determined not to work through a pimp at least until I know the action in Cuba a little better.

After searching for about an hour, I found what I thought would be a good start. This mulatta just passed by me without even making an eye contact. She was looking more beautiful to me than she was, because of the Sex Prison that I was coming from and this being the first catch. Now that I think about it she was about a 6.5 on my scale, but when you have not had any for a week or so everything that walks start looking more hotter then it actually is. I followed her for about five minutes and as soon as she noticed I was following, she stopped at a store and act as if she was window shopping. I passed by her still analyzing how to go about asking her and then suddenly we managed an eye contact. I put myself together and ask her what was her name in my limited spanish. She smiled and replied her name was Julie. I further talked to her and asked her if she can come with me. The next question from her as always in Cuba is if i was staying in a hotel or a Casa. I told her that my Casa is about a 10 minute walk. She said ok and started walking with me, but as soon as we came to a major street she started slowing down and started walking about 10 feet behind me. When I looked back she waved at me as if to say i should go on and she would follow. At this point I started getting worried because I never discussed the price with her and I thought I would have to give in because this being the first time for me in Cuba. We kept on walking and when I came close to my Casa I looked back again and to my satisfaction she was following me.

We entered the building together and I kissed her for the first time going up the stairs. She gave me a real nice DFK. She knew exactly how to work me up. My appartment had a private entrance so we both entered and continued the kissing. At this time I knew that I better get my pricing straight so I brought up the question how much? She gave me a smile and said CUC$50 and I thought I might just get stuck with CUC$50, but i held on and told her I always pay $20. She said that is not possible, but she will take $40. I countered $25 and she finally said CUC$30. I agreed but with a condition that i would get 3 pops from her. She hesitated a little but said ok.

Now that I had my pricing straight, I felt good about myself that some how I had survived and not got ripped off by this beautiful chica. I started undressing her and kissing her. She followed my lead and helped getting undressed. Man the sexy thing was too much to handle and I wanted to just forget about the foreplay and start banging her right then, but I like the foreplay as well. So I hung on, and kept on giving her nice kisses. After about two minutes of some nice kisses and more of DFK, I asked her to give me a BBBJ and this girl was nice enough to accomodate that. She started licking my balls and giving me some really hard BBBJ. After a while I could not hang on to my self and came in her mouth. I had some nice amount of liquid in me saved up and it came out with a splash. She ate some of it and the rest was splattered all over her. I took her to the rest room and helped her wash her face. I also took a shower with her. After about thirty minutes or so I was ready for the second shot. This time i was able to hold on and we had sex in several different positions. It must have been atleast 40 minutes before I came doing her the good old doggy style.

At this time I was so tired that I thought I might have gone over board with this girl about three shots, especially without any help from vitamin V. I slept with her for another thirty minutes or so and then told her to give me a BBBJ. She started at it right away she gave me a hard on, but I knew there is no way I was gonna come a third time atleast not until I have had some thing to eat. I had sex with her for what seemed like at least another twenty to thirty minutes or so, but to my dismay I was not able to come and stopped. I still had a hard on but my body was tired and could not perform much longer. I knew if I took all my energy out on this girl I would not be able to do a second girl and I really didn't want that. So I paid the girl and told her I will meet her tomorrow or something and said my good byes.

I was proud of myself that I had chosen right for the first experience in Cuba. Guyz who go to Cuba are right when they say that the girls here are as hot in bed, if not hotter then the girls anywhere you will monger.

end of Part 1.

[Sparky I]

Great review John-It sounds like u had a great trip.

PM me with more details & let me know if any of my suggestions helped.

I agree! Great report John and thanks for sharing the information so quickly. Sounds like we had similar experiences, although you definitely saw more action than me! (you stud!)

My second installment of the trip report is coming soon.