Varadero

[CaptainBanane]

Hello!

I've been a few times solo, met people, learned the game around Playa del Este, in the glory days of the Tropicoco (loco), when there was always 5-6 hookers doing clients back to back. Lots of lulz seeing the same girls with 2-3 guys in the space of 2 hours chilling at the bar next to the elevators. Nothing like this anymore. I even heard of some zealous cop in Guanabo going by the nickname of "Machete" from some friends.

Anyways, enough said about Guanabo.

I'm going to Varadero with my parents (Haha, nothing like being invited in a nice resort. I'm 31) in 2 weeks. I understand chicas will be there but will be harder to spot / approach than in Havana etc. I do speak some Spanish. According to chicas, I mix Spanish and Italian words, but they get it hehe.

So I was looking at Santa Marta, right outside the checkpoint of the peninsula. Anyone has been there? My first thought is that's where the action could be considering the risk / reward of hooking in Varadero town. According to the map, there are quite a few hostels / casa in the zone as well as restaurants.

But of course, if someone has some good pointers in the Varadero zone, I'll jump / hump on it.

Thanks in advance!

Of course, I'll detail my hunt when I get back.

[Hakka12]

I want meet some jineteras, but I don't speak a work of Spanish. Will this be an issue?

[Kokoss1]

Hi,

Any new happening in Varadero going soon and would like some help here for chica opportunities.

Thanks.

[Gunshy]

By walking up and down the street outside of the Beatles-restaurant / bar, I found two working ladies at around 10 pm on Friday evening. Both were too overweight for my taste and looked to be around 30 years old and 40 years old, respectively. Needless to say, I wasn't interested.

[Gunshy]

So, I'm in Varadero and my balls are about to explode. Is it really impossible to find action here 2018? The fact that the price of a few hours of action corresponds to an average worker's monthly salary should mean that there are several willing women, but I can't find any. Is there no hope? Can I take trip somewhere where there is hope?

[WideRide]

Doing the same thing. Like to hear what you experienced or recommend.

Thanks.

Hi El Cubanito,

Can you please provide me that guy's contact info. I'm planning to visit Havana next month and this is my first time there. Also I don't speak Spanish

Please let me know if he can speak english and will be able to find me a chica friendly casa and some girls. Also how much should I offer to him?

Thanks in advance.

[WideRide]

If I have 8 days in Cuba solo what do you recommend? Ideally I would like to find a GFE experience there. Happy to take a girl to the beach for a few days and or the countryside for excursions etc. Not sure how easy that is with limited Spanish. I'm early 40's and decent looking in shape too. Doesn't sound like going solo to beach towns is a great idea.

I have been to Cuba many times (about 8) and recently spent a week in Varadero. Since there is not much info on the subject I would like to do my best to elaborate based on my observations.

Cubans can go to Varadero as they wish.

There are no casa particulars in Varadero. Tourists must stay at the hotels, almost always with wrist bracelet. If you have a girlfriend in Havana and invite her to Varadero, you both have wrist bracelets, no problem.

As anywhere in Cuba, if you go to a disco you can find a girl but you can not bring her to the resort. She will know an illegal casa. It will be expensive due to the risk involved.

Tourist with wristband and cubana without wristband walking on the street will be harassed by police immediately..

[Catire]

Agreed, but then again, those visiting Spaniards often tend to be crude, and like alot of northern Europeans, don't bathe as often as one would like.

Generalizations with a very wide brush.

The Spaniards, as the Italians, tend to run the gamut. You tend to hear the horror stories, but in reality, there are also a whole lot of "good" stories that you may not hear about. I think it's fairly foolish to try to play the game of "pick the nationality / ethnicity that is "most crude". For starters, there is more interaction between cubanas and males from those countries since other than Canadians they make up the majority of the foreigners that visit Cuba and that many of them take their cuban gf back with them to their home countries, or marry them and take them back. Don't know how difficult/not that is for Canadians but the Italians and Spaniards don't have the linguistic and cultural barrier(s) that stifle North Americans.

[Catire]

Should you wish to re read the comment, I was aware of what I was saying. I did not say Spain was in northern Europe, I said they were like alot of northern Europeans.

Should you be aware, water is a limited resource and often used sparingly. As such, old habits die hard, even when in a different climate. Those old habits are very evident when in a tropical climate. Maybe is would not be as evident if you were outdoors on the beach, where I could move my towel 100 yards away, or in el campo, but when you are in enclosed spaces such as a restaurant or bar, it is very evident.

That's a fascinating geographical delineation, considering France goes as far north as the English Channel or Channel Le Manche, whichever you prefer. Can't say I've ever personally run across Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese or Greeks that didn't shower and had bad body odor. Have had such experiences with the French, however though I think the younger generations no longer run afoul, (or decreasingly) of that either.

[BeersTerry]

Should you wish to re read the comment, I was aware of what I was saying. I did not say Spain was in northern Europe, I said they were like alot of northern Europeans.

Should you be aware, water is a limited resource and often used sparingly. As such, old habits die hard, even when in a different climate. Those old habits are very evident when in a tropical climate. Maybe is would not be as evident if you were outdoors on the beach, where I could move my towel 100 yards away, or in el campo, but when you are in enclosed spaces such as a restaurant or bar, it is very evident.

[Ganesha]

...those visiting Spaniards often tend to be crude, and like alot of northern Europeans, don't bathe as often as one would like.

A) Upon your opinion, is Spain located in Northern Europe?

B) Where does 'Northern Europe' start for you?

Regarding a 'smelly division' between North and South. After 60 years of traveling I cannot agree.

[BeersTerry]

Agreed, but then again, those visiting Spaniards often tend to be crude, and like alot of northern Europeans, don't bathe as often as one would like.

[Catire]

I understand but wasn't about to do what a college course should have taught Curly.

The very fact that you are a gringo means that prices will be higher. Spanish helps you to lower the price a little but seldom to a Cuban-Cuban rate.

Not quite correct. You can lower the prices significantly by demonstrating that you are a pila or camajan. Spanish fluency is an aspect but not the only one. As Spaniards from the Iberian peninsula also get taken advantage of if they are arrogant idiots and fools. Granted, extraordinarily difficult for a short term visiting tourist. I also happen to believe you can lower prices and "enhance the experience" by demonstrating a lack of peasant like crudeness in your language and in your tone of voice / actions. Call me deluded, but I'm rock solid in this belief.

[BeersTerry]

I understand but wasn't about to do what a college course should have taught Curly.

The very fact that you are a gringo means that prices will be higher. Spanish helps you to lower the price a little but seldom to a Cuban-Cuban rate.

[Catire]

This is all very funny. Guys giving Spanish lessons that can't speak Spanish, and the resulting commentary.

Tienes razon. Es muy comico, pero te puedo asegurar que manejo en este idioma (y los otros) sin problema (s).

No se hace dinero. Se lo gana.

It wasn't meant as an ad hominem attack. It was a warning against imperfect word by word translation, the guy probably got it fromGoogle. Sure, the girl will probably get the hint, but it also means she may think he's generally clueless and be more inclined to take advantage of him.

Translates to 'want to make a little money'

No it doesn't, "making money" is an idiomatic English way to say "earn money", Spanish doesn't have this idiomatic usage. So you should say "te gustaria ganar un poco dinero"? (the use of gustaria also mmakes it more polite) because the use of quieres ganar comes across as fairly rude. You would use such a direct form of speaking with your friend, not a stranger. English tends to be more direct than other languages in the cultural way it is used. I merely touch on the original phrase and the explanation to educate the forum. You can continue to use his approach or consider what I wrote, look into it and change as you see fit. As they may say in Thailand. "Up to you".