Travel Questions and Advice

[Vitrea]

Hello guys,

Know Cuba very well but think about spending some time in DR or another island this year.

What in your opinion is the best Caribbean island to have some nice vacation (girls included)?

I'm not looking for AI hotels, I prefer to stay with the locals so Cuba was my first choice regarding security. Which may be different e. G. In DR.

What do you think?

Thanks,

Hotzo

Go to Saint Martin. Best island destination for Latinas.

[Kalifornication]

I went to Cuba when it was not opened up to Americans like now, about 10 years ago. If you go legally through the authorised agencies now, you do not have to worry about any stamps.

When I went, I went through Mexico. A Mexican travel agent arranged the package deal that included the cuban visa and health insurance. I cannot recall if the MX agent stamped my passport in Tijuana. The plane went from Tijuana to Cancun MX. Then it was an international flight to Cuba, Havana. On arrival in Cuba, the immigration did NOT stamp my passport.

Neither was it stamped on Departure from from Cuba. Cannot recall if my passport was stamped on arrival in Mexico. I do not thing so. They just looked at it and that's that. Same on arrival in Tijuana. No one touched my passport. Crossing the border into USA from Tijuana, I just used my CA driver's licence. No problems. Nowadays, I use my passport for crossing back into USA from MX and they never look deep into passport even though I have travelled to a lot of countries. There is nothing to worry about.

This is all very absurd is it not? A "free" country disallowing its "free" citizens to freely travel. Look, what do we know? 1. Cuba does not stamp the passport of an American citizen (nor others too, but it is the "free" American we are speaking of yes?) .2. The in-transit stamp one receives from Nassau or Mexico, or DR or any other nation begs the question upon re-entry into the USA, to wit, where the fuck were you. I'll digress on this point for a moment. On my first trip to Cuba with a friend of mine (his first trip too) upon re-entry he lied, said he was in the hills of Nassau, he did not realize he had an in-transit stamp from Nassau. The agent laughed and said "you were in Cuba right?" My friend admitted it and all was good and happy thereafter. I had a license to travel so all was good with me. This was the era of the paper license that was required for all legal travel to Cuba. Much has changed since.

Today, there are two forms of travel licenses, one is a specific license akin to the old rule wherein you actually obtain a paper license to travel. The other is a general license wherein you essentially self-certify that your travel is legal (e. g., you have family residing in Cuba, as do I). My experience, the agents have no idea what current law is. Their general impression is that all travel to Cuba, absent a specific license is illegal. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

I have read the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to these folks and although frustrated, they admitted I was correct.

Many Americans travel legally and "illegally" daily. So long as you do not engage in any business or investment in Cuba, and so long as you keep the rum and cigars in Cuba, there is no issue in telling the border agents that you were indeed in Cuba. Upon my understanding, the USA Govt. Has never fined a USA Citizen for mere travel to Cuba. There is always something more to the travel that draws legal action (e. g., attorney in Southern District of NY traveled with American client with the intention of investing in hotels in Cuba, criminally charged).

The restriction on travel to Cuba, however is not a technical travel restriction, it is the restriction on the expenditure of American currency in Cuba (that is why Cuba travel is covered under the U.S. Treasury Dept.), nothing more, nothing less. Hence, if your travels to Cuba were sponsored by Cuba, or a Canadian friend, then your travels are technically legal. But as I said before, this is all politics and smoke screens designed to convince the American traveler that he is indeed not free. You are free! I repeat you are FREE FREE FREE. Wake the fuck up damn it.

In any case, upon your entry, just say you have a child in Cuba, the burden is not on you to prove that, and I am certain Fidel is not going to share Cuban birth records with the State Department.

[Fairy Tale69]

One of my friends bought me this t-shirt for my next trip to Cuba. He said its Jinitero proof.

It comes in white too.

[LifeIsABeach]

MrSoulo,

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your reports about Cuba and value your information but it seems that some very basic and very important questions have come to your attention and yet have been disregarded. There have been specific questions regarding the legality of passport stamps in and out of Cuba as far as being an American Citizen. You're recent post's, in my eyes, do not answer the questions being asked. They in fact, divert the question. So, without any sarcasm, can you / anyone describe how to bypass the USA Customs with "two" entry stamps to Mexico when you're going through say Miami. Oh, and I have RTFF.

I went to Cuba when it was not opened up to Americans like now, about 10 years ago. If you go legally through the authorised agencies now, you do not have to worry about any stamps.

When I went, I went through Mexico. A Mexican travel agent arranged the package deal that included the cuban visa and health insurance. I cannot recall if the MX agent stamped my passport in Tijuana. The plane went from Tijuana to Cancun MX. Then it was an international flight to Cuba, Havana. On arrival in Cuba, the immigration did NOT stamp my passport.

Neither was it stamped on Departure from from Cuba. Cannot recall if my passport was stamped on arrival in Mexico. I do not thing so. They just looked at it and that's that. Same on arrival in Tijuana. No one touched my passport. Crossing the border into USA from Tijuana, I just used my CA driver's licence. No problems. Nowadays, I use my passport for crossing back into USA from MX and they never look deep into passport even though I have travelled to a lot of countries. There is nothing to worry about.

[Kalifornication]

As long as the girl is not a jinetera, they wil lall check her in with you. You can also book her under a seperate reservation. In my opinion, its best to book her from your country. Use Holiday Market Travel.

Can someone suggest a hotel in Varadero and / or Holguin which will check in chica with her I'd with less or without drama. Is it wiser to take separate rooms?

Regards,

Fairy

[Fairy Tale69]

Can someone suggest a hotel in Varadero and / or Holguin which will check in chica with her I'd with less or without drama. Is it wiser to take separate rooms?

Regards,

Fairy

[Bob Somewhat]

Well I'm planning on going on a mongering rampage. Depending on work it could be two weeks, or it could be Christmas. Either way I'm thinking Cuba is the best possibility because I'm a Canuck and it's cheap / easy to access. Obviously I'll need a girl-friendly casa.

More importantly are the services I want. I am an anal fiend, and the anal mongers thread is mostly just reportbacks. Are Cuban chicas, especially the white / lighter-skinned ones, open to taking it in the culo? If so how much am I looking at? [Unsafe Sex Bragging deleted by Admin]

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[Bob Somewhat]

I'm planning a fun-based trip sometime over the next few months. Work depending it could be in 2 weeks, could be Christmas. Either way, I'm thinking Cuba is the best possibility as I'm a canuck and we have good deals to get in there. I'd need a casa to be sure.

However I'm looking for something specific. I got the cash to burn to get what I want, and what I want is anal sex. What is the availability in Cuba? Is it like the more-expensive Brazil? [Unsafe Sex Bragging deleted by Admin]

So, how is Cuba for an anal monger like myself?

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[Fairy Tale69]

When I go to aboard, I use some of those gadgets. You might find them very useful.

http://www.corporatetravelsafety.com...er-p-1526.html

Please share if you know / use something else.

[Tank Not Mt]

I've been to Havana many times over the past 10 years and stayed mostly in the Miramar Area; I know a number of First Class Casas there with all the amenities and Large Clean rooms.

I am looking for a Very good quality casa Downtown; I am ok to pay a little more for it.

Does anyone know of one that can hold three of us?

[MrSoulo]

Here is what you want : If you are landing in Miami, chances are half of those guards are Cuban themselves! No one cares you went to Cuba in Miami! Not that you have to mention it. You will be asked what countries you visited on your trip. Answer Mexico (for example ). In my experience they never look at the stamps closely. I had a page with two Mexican stamps on the same page and the guy looked at it and didn't ask me anything.

Now in case if they do. You don't know why! Tell them you went to Mexico and that's all you remember. In fact you don't have to even talk to them in the first place!

You can also put Cuba as a country visited, I don't think current administration care about it anymore. Not one person was prosecuted for it as far as I know. ACLU is waiting for feds to try to prosecute someone for traveling to Cuba so they can rip them apart and change the law, maybe you can be that person to help them.

Thanks for giving Trace an explanation. I've never had this type of problem, so it's a good thing someone with your experience addressed it.

[Start123]

MrSoulo,

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your reports about Cuba and value your information but it seems that some very basic and very important questions have come to your attention and yet have been disregarded. There have been specific questions regarding the legality of passport stamps in and out of Cuba as far as being an American Citizen. You're recent post's, in my eyes, do not answer the questions being asked. They in fact, divert the question. So, without any sarcasm, can you / anyone describe how to bypass the USA Customs with "two" entry stamps to Mexico when you're going through say Miami. Oh, and I have RTFF.

Here is what you want : If you are landing in Miami, chances are half of those guards are Cuban themselves! No one cares you went to Cuba in Miami! Not that you have to mention it. You will be asked what countries you visited on your trip. Answer Mexico (for example ). In my experience they never look at the stamps closely. I had a page with two Mexican stamps on the same page and the guy looked at it and didn't ask me anything.

Now in case if they do. You don't know why! Tell them you went to Mexico and that's all you remember. In fact you don't have to even talk to them in the first place!

You can also put Cuba as a country visited, I don't think current administration care about it anymore. Not one person was prosecuted for it as far as I know. ACLU is waiting for feds to try to prosecute someone for traveling to Cuba so they can rip them apart and change the law, maybe you can be that person to help them.

[Trace79]

Dude, not every country stamps passports.

MrSoulo,

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your reports about Cuba and value your information but it seems that some very basic and very important questions have come to your attention and yet have been disregarded. There have been specific questions regarding the legality of passport stamps in and out of Cuba as far as being an American Citizen. You're recent post's, in my eyes, do not answer the questions being asked. They in fact, divert the question. So, without any sarcasm, can you / anyone describe how to bypass the USA Customs with "two" entry stamps to Mexico when you're going through say Miami. Oh, and I have RTFF.

[MrSoulo]

You said another country. So still the same problem. How do you explain the double stamps in / out of that country. They might ask where you went after that and how do you explain that? Thanks!

Dude, not every country stamps passports.

[JohnnyVegas]

Re-read my post, I never mentioned anything about Mexico.

You said another country. So still the same problem. How do you explain the double stamps in / out of that country. They might ask where you went after that and how do you explain that? Thanks!