Havana

[Mutumbolo]

But it was from a lab called MedSol, pill pack says Sildenafilo, so it's some sort of generic.

I went to a pharmacy by chance. The shelves were half empty, but out of curiosity I asked for sildenafil. The lady went into the back room and came back with 2 boxes of 10 pills! I needed less, so she cut the package in 2 with scissors and gave me 5 for $10.

An anecdote: I met a neighbor who changed money for me at the highest exchange rate I could find on the whole island and once, when I was waiting at her door for the bills, I noticed that she practically had a market / pharmacy in her house with all the products that cannot be found in official stores such as shower gel, paracetamol, sildenafil, etc! I understood why she always had a line of Cuban people outside her door.

[Mutumbolo]

Hey Mutumbolo,

Thanks for posting / reporting.

How was the situation with the apagones (black outs) Did you have issues with it daily in la Habana, Trinidad?

Mondo.

Hi Mondo707,

In Trinidad the electricity is cut off every day, I don't know if it's planned. Most of the tourist facilities (restaurant, bars, etc), however, have a generator, including my casa particular.

In Havana, no problem. Of course, in the evening many streets are half dark, even in the center, I think by choice of the government, to save or avoid voltage overloads.

[Mondo707]

Day 1 - Arrival flight. Landing in the afternoon. The whole process at the airport, then taxi to the casa particular, sort out a few things, shower and off to dinner. As soon as I leave the restaurant I meet a beautiful girl on the street. She sees that I'm looking at her with interest, comes up to me and says: "Massage? Blowjob?" A little taken aback and fearing a scam, I thank her, but refuse the offer. Shortly after I meet another girl, less beautiful, but who decides, without leaving me a choice, to be my guide around the nightlife in the center of Havana, so we take this walk chatting and in the end obviously we end up in my casa particular where she introduces me to other Cuban skills so as to have her adequate reward.

Day 2 - After being a tourist during the day, in the evening I go out and go to the area shown the day before, where there is a bit of movement and a few clubs. I'm still a bit disoriented, I don't really know how it works so after a while, having received no signs of interest, I decide to go to the "Casa della musica", a place with live Cuban music. It's Friday night, but there aren't many people actually. There are 3 or 4 couples of girls who are potential prey. I get a drink and start observing. A girl approaches me, but she doesn't give me any positive feelings. Instead, there's another girl who intrigues me a lot but doesn't take me into consideration despite looking at her insistently. In the end I manage to meet her gaze and get a smile out of her. I finish my drink, go to the bathroom and finally approach her. She's there with a friend, we sit at a table, I get a drink for both of us and we chat. The drinks become 2, but I still haven't recovered between travel tiredness and jetlag so I insist on leaving and in the end seeing me half asleep, she understands that it's time to go if she wants to complete the evening with gymnastics and get her reward! So we say goodbye to the friend and go to my house where we spend a good hour before saying goodbye.

Day 3 up to 10 - I'm leaving for a tour of other places on the island with other people. Not much to report that might interest you. The only occasion was in Trinidad, a very touristy town, with a small historic center that seemed lively even in the evening. Here, among restaurants, bars and souvenir shops, I noticed the presence of various signs with the words "Massages" at the entrances of some places, with young ladies sitting and waiting. But I didn't use them so I don't know how far it goes and if it's worth it. Also, in the evening you can find girls interested in tourists, but being around in a mixed group of men / women I felt a bit held back and didn't investigate further.

Day 11 - back to Havana and did the usual evening tour, but the weather was rainy so there were very few people. A couple of girls are stopped continuously by the few tourists around and they pass each other their phones I think to exchange contacts. After a couple of laps I come across them alone and it only takes a half glance for them to approach me and after a few words they both offer themselves to me at a rock-bottom price, so much so that it stinks of a scam. We clear things up and although I'm still a little fearful, in the end I take them home. I had warned them that one was enough for me, but when I come out of the bathroom I find them both in thongs. And now? I look at them, each one has interesting points, so. Yes, let's go for the threesome! They take turns on the shaft, first with oral, then with doggy style. Then that's it, it was the first time with 3 so I lasted too long!

Day 12 - having read about morning / afternoon activities, I want to test if it's that simple. Afternoon walk to the paseo del prado, every now and then there are girls sitting on the sides, but they don't wave and I'm not sure if they are available. After a while I go back and this time I get looks and smiles, maybe they weren't sure before either, but seeing me again they understood! I stop by a girl alone, I'm not attracted to her face, but she's wearing a tight and low-cut jumpsuit with shorts that reveals a perfect teenage body. After a little chat we reach an agreement and go to my house. Naked she is a spectacle, in my opinion she is perfect, except for her face with those hideous eyebrowsbut the low price agreed is worth it.

In the evening I had reconnected with the girl from day 2 with whom I spent another evening that ended at my house.

Day 13 - During the day I go to the beach, in the evening instead I had made an appointment with a girl I met at the big market in the port where she works, she is truly beautiful, in my opinion. We meet in a place on the malecon in new Havana, suggested by her. A trendy place, with Western prices, where I will discover that she, but she had never been before (obviously, with their salaries it is unaffordable). I know that all these signs were very worrying, but she had taken me too much. In the end I spent 60 euros for 2 pizzas and 4 drinks plus the taxi. And then we each went home because she would have to get up early for work, but with the promise of seeing each other the next day to have a full evening because she would not have to work. Obviously I never saw or heard from her again.

Day 14 - in the afternoon I go back to the Paseo del Prado and I find the teenage girl from 2 days before so. I can't resist and I do it again. In the evening I go on the usual tour which this time is quite crowded, but from the little consideration I received I think they are all girls not interested in tourists. Only a few desperate cases show interest, but I'm not in such a bad situation. I decide to try going to a club again, "Casa della Musica" or "V&S", but when I'm in front of the entrance I meet a blonde and white girl (so far they had all been more or less dark, which I don't mind anyway, in fact. I like them all!) with a face that really looks like a photo model. We chat and I understand that she has some physical flaws (she already has 2 children), but I absolutely want to see that face that licks my shaft and given the modest request, I take her home where after the first session we both fall asleep and when we wake up in the middle of the night we unexpectedly fall asleep. Bis not requested by me!

Day 15 - return flight.

Hey Mutumbolo,

Thanks for posting / reporting.

How was the situation with the apagones (black outs) Did you have issues with it daily in la Habana, Trinidad?

Mondo.

[Mutumbolo]

Is it illegal or frowned upon for local girls to talk with foreigners?

As I wrote in my report, I went around with Cuban girls I met on vacation, both dancing and drinking and even having dinner. No one ever had anything to complain about.

[Mutumbolo]

Day 1 - Arrival flight. Landing in the afternoon. The whole process at the airport, then taxi to the casa particular, sort out a few things, shower and off to dinner. As soon as I leave the restaurant I meet a beautiful girl on the street. She sees that I'm looking at her with interest, comes up to me and says: "Massage? Blowjob?" A little taken aback and fearing a scam, I thank her, but refuse the offer. Shortly after I meet another girl, less beautiful, but who decides, without leaving me a choice, to be my guide around the nightlife in the center of Havana, so we take this walk chatting and in the end obviously we end up in my casa particular where she introduces me to other Cuban skills so as to have her adequate reward.

Day 2 - After being a tourist during the day, in the evening I go out and go to the area shown the day before, where there is a bit of movement and a few clubs. I'm still a bit disoriented, I don't really know how it works so after a while, having received no signs of interest, I decide to go to the "Casa della musica", a place with live Cuban music. It's Friday night, but there aren't many people actually. There are 3 or 4 couples of girls who are potential prey. I get a drink and start observing. A girl approaches me, but she doesn't give me any positive feelings. Instead, there's another girl who intrigues me a lot but doesn't take me into consideration despite looking at her insistently. In the end I manage to meet her gaze and get a smile out of her. I finish my drink, go to the bathroom and finally approach her. She's there with a friend, we sit at a table, I get a drink for both of us and we chat. The drinks become 2, but I still haven't recovered between travel tiredness and jetlag so I insist on leaving and in the end seeing me half asleep, she understands that it's time to go if she wants to complete the evening with gymnastics and get her reward! So we say goodbye to the friend and go to my house where we spend a good hour before saying goodbye.

Day 3 up to 10 - I'm leaving for a tour of other places on the island with other people. Not much to report that might interest you. The only occasion was in Trinidad, a very touristy town, with a small historic center that seemed lively even in the evening. Here, among restaurants, bars and souvenir shops, I noticed the presence of various signs with the words "Massages" at the entrances of some places, with young ladies sitting and waiting. But I didn't use them so I don't know how far it goes and if it's worth it. Also, in the evening you can find girls interested in tourists, but being around in a mixed group of men / women I felt a bit held back and didn't investigate further.

Day 11 - back to Havana and did the usual evening tour, but the weather was rainy so there were very few people. A couple of girls are stopped continuously by the few tourists around and they pass each other their phones I think to exchange contacts. After a couple of laps I come across them alone and it only takes a half glance for them to approach me and after a few words they both offer themselves to me at a rock-bottom price, so much so that it stinks of a scam. We clear things up and although I'm still a little fearful, in the end I take them home. I had warned them that one was enough for me, but when I come out of the bathroom I find them both in thongs. And now? I look at them, each one has interesting points, so. Yes, let's go for the threesome! They take turns on the shaft, first with oral, then with doggy style. Then that's it, it was the first time with 3 so I lasted too long!

Day 12 - having read about morning / afternoon activities, I want to test if it's that simple. Afternoon walk to the paseo del prado, every now and then there are girls sitting on the sides, but they don't wave and I'm not sure if they are available. After a while I go back and this time I get looks and smiles, maybe they weren't sure before either, but seeing me again they understood! I stop by a girl alone, I'm not attracted to her face, but she's wearing a tight and low-cut jumpsuit with shorts that reveals a perfect teenage body. After a little chat we reach an agreement and go to my house. Naked she is a spectacle, in my opinion she is perfect, except for her face with those hideous eyebrowsbut the low price agreed is worth it.

In the evening I had reconnected with the girl from day 2 with whom I spent another evening that ended at my house.

Day 13 - During the day I go to the beach, in the evening instead I had made an appointment with a girl I met at the big market in the port where she works, she is truly beautiful, in my opinion. We meet in a place on the malecon in new Havana, suggested by her. A trendy place, with Western prices, where I will discover that she, but she had never been before (obviously, with their salaries it is unaffordable). I know that all these signs were very worrying, but she had taken me too much. In the end I spent 60 euros for 2 pizzas and 4 drinks plus the taxi. And then we each went home because she would have to get up early for work, but with the promise of seeing each other the next day to have a full evening because she would not have to work. Obviously I never saw or heard from her again.

Day 14 - in the afternoon I go back to the Paseo del Prado and I find the teenage girl from 2 days before so. I can't resist and I do it again. In the evening I go on the usual tour which this time is quite crowded, but from the little consideration I received I think they are all girls not interested in tourists. Only a few desperate cases show interest, but I'm not in such a bad situation. I decide to try going to a club again, "Casa della Musica" or "V&S", but when I'm in front of the entrance I meet a blonde and white girl (so far they had all been more or less dark, which I don't mind anyway, in fact. I like them all!) with a face that really looks like a photo model. We chat and I understand that she has some physical flaws (she already has 2 children), but I absolutely want to see that face that licks my shaft and given the modest request, I take her home where after the first session we both fall asleep and when we wake up in the middle of the night we unexpectedly fall asleep. Bis not requested by me!

Day 15 - return flight.

[Zeos1]

Is it illegal or frowned upon for local girls to talk with foreigners?

At one time it was illegal to talk to foreigners, but I think that was changed several years ago now. But as others have said, prostitution is illegal, and sometimes the police enforce that, other times not so much, but all the time there may be shake downs for money. Some of the girls paid a fee per day to be left alone (was told that a few years ago now) and others pay if they get caught and others get thrown in jail.

[EMode]

Is it illegal or frowned upon for local girls to talk with foreigners?

Prostitution is illegal in Cuba so the cops have to put on a show of being "hard in crime". However, they also can't screw around with tourists since tourism is such a huge part of their economy. So they hassle the girls instead. So girls are very aware of being seen talking to white male tourists.

Quick story. I was walking down the Prada boulevard with a girl one night and she slowly started to wander a little away from me. I didn't say anything and then noticed that there were 3 cops up ahead. She had put around 15 feet between us while still walking in the same direction and once we were well past the cops, she came back to walk next to me. Neither of us mentioned anything about it, but I knew what she was doing.

So, just be aware and respectful of the girls' situation. A little bit of discretion goes a long way.

[Nomars777]

I don't think it's that local girls can't talk to foreigners, of course they can, I think it was more that technically the pay for play activity is illegal and he didn't want her arranging services for money on the property of the bar / restaurant.

When we returned to 1st and 70th after our fun in the room, we went to a different club, met her brother, drank some beers and had a great time, no problems at all that she was interacting with me as a foreigner.

So more the negotiation of price for services was the problem, at that particular bar, with that security guy. Not a problem in other places.

Is it illegal or frowned upon for local girls to talk with foreigners?

[Vendelo]

She had seen me eyeballing her and wanted to know if I wanted to spend time with her. Uh, hell yes. Of course the security guy told her she couldn't be seen speaking to foreigners and trying to arrange a date, etc.

Is it illegal or frowned upon for local girls to talk with foreigners?

[Mondo707]

Music is all over the board. Lots of regaetton, of course, but a couple of places had a live drummer or other musician that was playing along with a recorded track. It was almost a karaoke type experience. Interesting to hear the live instruments mixed into a drum track and some recorded vocals. Anyway, good times. For whatever reason though, they play the shit so loud you can't hear a goddamn thing without the girl yelling into your ear. I guess that might be the 1 time that Google Translate would be better!

Thanks for the reply. I'll make sure and bring a pair of ear plugs when visiting these places and other venues around. Seems like some of the places are notorious for blasting the music so loud as to cause damage to one's hearing.

Mondo.

[Nomars777]

Music is all over the board. Lots of regaetton, of course, but a couple of places had a live drummer or other musician that was playing along with a recorded track. It was almost a karaoke type experience. Interesting to hear the live instruments mixed into a drum track and some recorded vocals. Anyway, good times. For whatever reason though, they play the shit so loud you can't hear a goddamn thing without the girl yelling into your ear. I guess that might be the 1 time that Google Translate would be better!

Thanks man for the update / heads up. I take it you had an airbnb around this area, right? I remember many moons ago I rented a studio bungalow near this area. At the time there was no action whatsoever in this hood. Had to rent a car to get action in Habana vieja and Vedado / Malecon. That was were the action was back in the day.

One other question; what type of music were they blasting? All the joints the same MO?

Mondo.

[EMode]

What's the diversity lookin like? I love the skinny white ones with the bubble butts. What prices do these girls ask for?

Just to play devil's advocate to Nomars777's comment about Badoo, I just wanted to add a quick note with my experience with Badoo. Keep in mind that a lot of these girls don't have consistent internet. So 2 or 3 weeks might even be too much, depending on your goal. Sometimes I'd be chatting with a girl, then suddenly she'd be gone and wouldn't get back to me for a few days. Or, I collected some numbers and then when I arrived 3 weeks later, they didn't remember who I was.

If your goal is to have chicks waiting for you to land, I would suggest to make your profile no more than a week in advance of your trip.

Granted, it was very fun for me (married guy) to be chatting with these girls to begin with, so I didn't see it as a waste of my time at all. So if your goal is just to see what's available and to practice chatting some girls up in spanish, then go for it any time you want.

[Nomars777]

From my 3 trips to Havana this year, I would say there are all types of girls, but most are going to fall in the light brown to dark brown categories. Not that there aren't white, white girls, but very few and far between.

But I would definitely check Badoo, get a profile going, change your location to Havana probably 2-3 weeks in advance of your trip, start spending time evaluating what's out there and you will also get a lot who will contact you directly. I see more lighter skinned girls on Badoo than I did in the streets.

Most all girls from Badoo are between $40-60, nearly all for 1-2 hours, or more, depending on how you get along with them once you get them in your room. Street girls I've found as low as $10, but I am skeptical as to what you'll get for anything lower than $30. Most super cheap ones look very "crackhead" like, missing teeth, bad skin, etc. No telling what's going on with them. I'd pay a little more and get something that at least looks better.

Lots of good choices on Badoo, too many almost!

What's the diversity lookin like? I love the skinny white ones with the bubble butts. What prices do these girls ask for?

[Mondo707]

I stayed in an Airbnb about 15 minutes walk east of that location and it was good there, lots of girls looking to hook up.

The cool thing about a lot of those little bars, with the second floor dance floors / bars is that many girls go there to dance and see what turns up. My favorite was a girl named Claudia, I saw her at one of these bar / dance floor places, just an amazing body and her dancing was sooooo enticing. Moves to make you hard before you even saw her with no clothes on. Wow. Anyway, I end up leaving after I finished my drink and snack, and I don't see her as I'm leaving, only the guy she arrived with. Lo and behold I get downstairs and there she was, waving me to come talk to her. She had seen me eyeballing her and wanted to know if I wanted to spend time with her. Uh, hell yes. Of course the security guy told her she couldn't be seen speaking to foreigners and trying to arrange a date, etc. No worries, we walk around to a different spot, negotiated a sum of $80, to include pounding her ass if I was interested in such a thing (I was) and we stopped at a little restaurant to pick up some beers and went back to my place for a good time.

Ended up walking back to 1 / 70 later and had a great conversation at a table with 3 girls, who wanted me to take all of them back to my place!

So yes, there are lots of girls out, some of the places play their music very loud, but it was a great time, much different than in Habana Vieja. A good plan would be to split time between the 2. Like 3 nights in central Habana, then 2 nights in Miramar.

Either way, definitely check it out, even if it's just one night. Great area, decent food at some of the places, very "meh" food in others, but the drinks are good and inexpensive and lots of girls out to take back to your place after dancing a little with them.

Enjoy!

Thanks man for the update / heads up. I take it you had an airbnb around this area, right? I remember many moons ago I rented a studio bungalow near this area. At the time there was no action whatsoever in this hood. Had to rent a car to get action in Habana vieja and Vedado / Malecon. That was were the action was back in the day.

One other question; what type of music were they blasting? All the joints the same MO?

Mondo.

[WaltoDerri]

What's the diversity lookin like? I love the skinny white ones with the bubble butts. What prices do these girls ask for?

I stayed in an Airbnb about 15 minutes walk east of that location and it was good there, lots of girls looking to hook up.

The cool thing about a lot of those little bars, with the second floor dance floors / bars is that many girls go there to dance and see what turns up. My favorite was a girl named Claudia, I saw her at one of these bar / dance floor places, just an amazing body and her dancing was sooooo enticing. Moves to make you hard before you even saw her with no clothes on. Wow. Anyway, I end up leaving after I finished my drink and snack, and I don't see her as I'm leaving, only the guy she arrived with. Lo and behold I get downstairs and there she was, waving me to come talk to her. She had seen me eyeballing her and wanted to know if I wanted to spend time with her. Uh, hell yes. Of course the security guy told her she couldn't be seen speaking to foreigners and trying to arrange a date, etc. No worries, we walk around to a different spot, negotiated a sum of $80, to include pounding her ass if I was interested in such a thing (I was) and we stopped at a little restaurant to pick up some beers and went back to my place for a good time.

Ended up walking back to 1 / 70 later and had a great conversation at a table with 3 girls, who wanted me to take all of them back to my place!

So yes, there are lots of girls out, some of the places play their music very loud, but it was a great time, much different than in Habana Vieja. A good plan would be to split time between the 2. Like 3 nights in central Habana, then 2 nights in Miramar.

Either way, definitely check it out, even if it's just one night. Great area, decent food at some of the places, very "meh" food in others, but the drinks are good and inexpensive and lots of girls out to take back to your place after dancing a little with them.

Enjoy!