Sorry for the late post on Cuba. I am an American who went to Cuba via Mexico City in January 2004. (I heard that Mexico had problems a few weeks ago with Fidel Castro and put an embargo in place like that of the U.S.A. I guess that Canada is now our only portal to the "Big Island.") I stayed at one of the high-end hotels in Varadero and can confirm that there were no available girls in that area. There was a checkpoint at the entrance to the Península de Hicacos (aka Varadero Peninsula). No locals lived on or were allowed to enter the peninsula unless they worked there. Our hotel--and I heard that all of the others were the same--had security everywhere enforcing the no-girls rules.
Read Cubanito's posts for nearby girls.
It is getting late. I will post more of my Cuban experience later.
Jaimito
