Havana

[Vendelo]

Thanks for the detailed reports. You're like my twin: love to walk, cook your own meals in your stabbin' cabin, carries two passports, etc.

Quick question: have you noticed a difference in Havana since Maduro was extradited?

[BusinessTravl]

But why do you keep paying them 50 $$, doc xD? No wonder they will show up on your doorstep.

Cooked up some scrambled eggs with tomatoes / onions and queso crema, side of plantains and crispy bacon (bacon is paper thin here but I still can't see why it's so hard for these restaurants to get it crispy- trick is to use water method). Today I want to pickup some good art pieces so I head to San Jose's artisanal market and score 2 really nice pieces. Vendors wanted like $600 for both paintings but got them down to about 1/3 of that. Really nice pieces. Don't sleep on Cuban art. That alone is worth the trip. Sibarita for dinner and I get the whole fried snappers. Stuffed and happy. Finish the night off with some ice cream from a boutique shop. I get back to my casa and 2 minutes later chica banging on my door like they the feds.

They must have been watching my casa from an unmarked FBI van with binoculars because how they know the minute I get home? I don't feel like being robbed for my sperm or my reserve cash and I have officially spent every last dollar of my budget because I am leaving tomorrow, so I got to turn off the lights and pretend I'm not home: the. Tip#5- having terrible to no connection is actually a benefit. These chicas will blow up your phone non-stop until they take you for every last dime if you're not careful- I had over 200 missed calls by the time I left Havana. Then when the money is gone the girls do a magic trick and disappear. Leave you walking around the streets looking like a REAL Cubano- not in a good way. Everyone shouldn't have instant access to you all the time in Cuba or anywhere else for that matter. I have to block these girls sometimes just for some peace. Then I unblock them when I want problems again..

[BusinessTravl]

So the first ones you paid 10.000 perso each and the other days you paid more the girls more than double? ?Or did I misunderstand anything? Where is the go to place for money exchange in your opinion.

Day 3 (Sunday) - today I decide I want to see my #2 so I tell her to come by later tonight. I head to maravilla again for breakfast and try the breakfast tacos with mystery meat 6/10- another 3,500 pesos. I ask the chef if they had any good specials this weekend like the rabo del tor (oxtail) I had on a previous trip. He says no they don't have anything right now. I decide I will just make my own breakfast from here on out. Right across from maravilla there is a fully stocked boutique store with quite a good selection of items and they accept cash. So I pick up some good protein / fat sources. Combed the streets and picked up couple more carb sources. I can now cook breakfast the next 3 mornings instead of suffering more disappointment.

Tip #3 if you don't know how to cook as a man then your ability to survive independently is seriously compromised. Get out of that little tadpole swimming pool and learn to swim like a big dawg. Tip #4 when dealing with the vendors have your wits about you and don't be afraid to walk away when they try to give you tourist prices. Don't get mad or argue, just walk away. Tried to buy a single potato from one guy he says 500 pesos. I smile and walk to the stall right next to him and ask the same thing, he says 50 pesos. I go with the 50 pesos and I hear the other guy try to start a fight with him as I walk away. Pathetic..

[CiscoMech]

Day 6- quick frittata with the rest of my ingredients on hand. Exactly $25 left for my trip to the airport. Overall budget for the 6 days not including airfare or Airbnb was $650 exactly. Airfare and Airbnb came out to about $1,250. Total budget about $1,900. Your budget may differ from mine and results may vary. Again, when the money runs out so does the fun, seriously. Wouldn't recommend such a long trip unless you are a vet and tight with your budget. Very easy to fuck around and let these chicas milk you dry. Good luck brothers!

[CiscoMech]

Cooked up some scrambled eggs with tomatoes / onions and queso crema, side of plantains and crispy bacon (bacon is paper thin here but I still can't see why it's so hard for these restaurants to get it crispy- trick is to use water method). Today I want to pickup some good art pieces so I head to San Jose's artisanal market and score 2 really nice pieces. Vendors wanted like $600 for both paintings but got them down to about 1/3 of that. Really nice pieces. Don't sleep on Cuban art. That alone is worth the trip. Sibarita for dinner and I get the whole fried snappers. Stuffed and happy. Finish the night off with some ice cream from a boutique shop. I get back to my casa and 2 minutes later chica banging on my door like they the feds.

They must have been watching my casa from an unmarked FBI van with binoculars because how they know the minute I get home? I don't feel like being robbed for my sperm or my reserve cash and I have officially spent every last dollar of my budget because I am leaving tomorrow, so I got to turn off the lights and pretend I'm not home: the. Tip#5- having terrible to no connection is actually a benefit. These chicas will blow up your phone non-stop until they take you for every last dime if you're not careful- I had over 200 missed calls by the time I left Havana. Then when the money is gone the girls do a magic trick and disappear. Leave you walking around the streets looking like a REAL Cubano- not in a good way. Everyone shouldn't have instant access to you all the time in Cuba or anywhere else for that matter. I have to block these girls sometimes just for some peace. Then I unblock them when I want problems again.

Just remember that they don't really see us gringos as people. Only as means to an end. They also don't realize that most gringos that are smart enough to make money are also smart enough to keep it. We just pretend to play along as long as it is to our benefit.

[CiscoMech]

Another good night of rest. Made breakfast in my casa- 3 eggs omelet with queso crema onions and tomato, crispy potato ripe plantain onion and panchetta hash (bussin). Tip#5 virtually everyone here begs, including the chicas that you have good relationships with. Whether you give $30, $300, or $30,000 they will beg for more. If they have more than they can carry they will still beg for more. So if you want to give them 10000 pesos you should give them 5000 first. That way when they beg you for more you can hesitantly give them the other 5000 and they can feel like they got the better of you.

Today I have the goal to check out el tablazo that king santo recommended. GPS says it's about 1 HR and 15 minutes away if I walk and 9 minutes in la nave. I choose to walk there and back because I'm gangster. When given the choice I will always choose a long walk in a foreign country over a taxi ride. So I put in my head phones and put on some walking music and make the trip from the capitolio to vedado.

Short 5-10 minute wait time to get into el tablazo. The restaurant next to it seemed pretty busy as well and had no wait time so they are probably decent. I get the starter tacos and I am a fan of bandeja paisa so I get the Cuban version of the paisa and a delicious drink. Food is not bad here I give it 7/10 but the value is astounding 9/10 as I only spent about 6000 pesos total.

For the walk back I decide to go the long scenic route along the Malecon and down el prado. It is a cool cloudy day and the sea spray hits me as it crashes along the sea wall. This walk right here is what is all about. I get back to my casa and my #3 is sitting outside my door. Apparently she's been trying to reach me all day about my extended warranty: the. But I intentionally don't have any kind of cell connection when I'm in the street. Only when I'm in my casa. She's lucky she's bad as fuck because I preferred a new unicorn tonight but I'm too tired to go out again, so I take a shower, play a couple games of Mario kart with her, fuck her pretty hard for about 20 minutes then sent her on her way with $50 and a pie full of cream. She looks at the $50 bill like she's never seen one in her life. Like she found the golden ticket to the chocolate factory. I'm beat from walking and fucking. So I drink a Cristal and head to bed early.

[BusinessTravl]

Great report man.

Going over there in a couple of months, really excited!

Day 1 on a long overdue 6-day trip- arrived in Havana Friday afternoon $25 taxi ride. Exchanged $200 for 88,000 pesos. There is a problem with the WiFi in my apartment so my host gives me a mobile hotspot to use, which only worked sporadically so communication was pretty shitty. I check in with my top 3 girls to let them know I'm in town and it suddenly feels like I stepped in a piranha tank- Somehow as soon as I walk outside all the chicas in Havana are aware that I touched down and my phone is blowing up with girls I haven't seen or talked to since like 5 trips ago. All want a piece of me (Or rather they want to drain my pockets ASAP- fellow vets know the game). I hit the streets to pick up some gallon jugs of water and Cristal for the fridge and try to line up my #1 and #3 girls (one for the afternoon and one for later at night). All plans and communication goes out the window as both girls show up at the same time at my door step. Any other country I would have been embarrassed and / or in trouble, however this is Cuba and I introduce both girls to each other and they both come inside. My #1 takes the lead and brings #3 to the shower and they both freshen up for me..

[CiscoMech]

Day 3 (Sunday) - today I decide I want to see my #2 so I tell her to come by later tonight. I head to maravilla again for breakfast and try the breakfast tacos with mystery meat 6/10- another 3,500 pesos. I ask the chef if they had any good specials this weekend like the rabo del tor (oxtail) I had on a previous trip. He says no they don't have anything right now. I decide I will just make my own breakfast from here on out. Right across from maravilla there is a fully stocked boutique store with quite a good selection of items and they accept cash. So I pick up some good protein / fat sources. Combed the streets and picked up couple more carb sources. I can now cook breakfast the next 3 mornings instead of suffering more disappointment.

Tip #3 if you don't know how to cook as a man then your ability to survive independently is seriously compromised. Get out of that little tadpole swimming pool and learn to swim like a big dawg. Tip #4 when dealing with the vendors have your wits about you and don't be afraid to walk away when they try to give you tourist prices. Don't get mad or argue, just walk away. Tried to buy a single potato from one guy he says 500 pesos. I smile and walk to the stall right next to him and ask the same thing, he says 50 pesos. I go with the 50 pesos and I hear the other guy try to start a fight with him as I walk away. Pathetic.

I freshen up and get ready to walk to dinner. Today I go to one of my havana favorite restaurants- chef Ivan gusto. For the gastronomically adventurous like myself get that roasted pigs head. The brain and eyeball crispy skin- simply succulent. The waiter recommends the chicken paella so I try that as well and it was the best thing I've eaten since I've been to Cuba 8. 5/10 for food but 6/10 for value. Total cost of starter and entree was about 12000 pesos without drink.

I walk around a bit and head back to the casa to meet up with my #2. She is a university student studying tourism (didn't even know that was a thing) and she speaks better English than some Americans I know. This girl is hilarious and bubbly and we spend the entire afternoon together. She is the skinniest girl I've ever met in my entire life. I'm probably the fattest guy she's ever met. So it works out because we can play with each other's boobs. Anyway I hate to see her go but I love to watch her leave. Her company was worth the $50, plus I give her an extra $50 to go celebrate her sister's birthday or some shit. Now that my top 3 are out the way I call it a night and decide to pursue other unicorns tomorrow.

[CiscoMech]

Day 2 Saturday- start the day off with breakfast at maravilla (2 eggs toast bacon 3000 pesos plus service charge and tip= 3500). Bacon wasn't crispy and I was still hungry so- 5/10. Weather is perfect so I walk the streets for a few hours and drop off some supplies to a few locals. Whole time I'm here I'm watching the trump-Cuba rhetoric play out and pucker factor is high. Thinking to myself glad I brought 2 passports. Incase I need to hide my American one I can blend in as a fellow Caribbean national when they come with the pitch forks LOL.

I swing by maravilla again and get a late lunch / dinner to take back to my casa (pork cutlets with rice and beans). Pro tip#2- when ordering in Cuba whatever you order typically already comes with some sort of side. So when they ask you do you want a side and you say yes, don't be surprised when it is an extra charge. Just another way to increase your bill. If you are on a budget then skip the drinks, sides, and overrated desert and just stick to the entrees. I also bring my water bottle whenever I travel and water is better to hydrate after all that walking anyway.

After eating in my apartment and having a Cristal I invite #1 over so we can have a longer fuck session now that the easy nut is out the way. We play some Mario kart on the switch 2 I brought with me and she asks me if she can have that too lmao. I give her $50 after a couple hours and she leaves for the night. I hit the rack and sleep for 10 hrs the second night in a row. Not sure what it is but I get the best sleep of my life here in Havana.

[BusinessTravl]

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I think I found for 8 k cup on lanave from the airport to Habana vieja.

How do you guys usually do it regarding dinero.

You only use USD / Euros or do you always exchange it over to pesos? What is the smartest things to do here.

I see now that is like 465 per dollar.

I'm honestly the wrong person to ask that question because I haven't traveled outside of Havana yet. As for LaNave, it only works in Havana. Of course if you start the trip in Havana, you could attempt to put the destination super far away but I doubt the trip would get accepted if you did it willy-nilly like that. And it would be stupid expensive.

Going from Havana to the center of the city is one of the only use-cases where I would not recommend LaNave. If you don't already have a driver, I would use one of the taxi guys standing outside of the entrance. All of them will take $25 no questions asked.

[CiscoMech]

Day 1 on a long overdue 6-day trip- arrived in Havana Friday afternoon $25 taxi ride. Exchanged $200 for 88,000 pesos. There is a problem with the WiFi in my apartment so my host gives me a mobile hotspot to use, which only worked sporadically so communication was pretty shitty. I check in with my top 3 girls to let them know I'm in town and it suddenly feels like I stepped in a piranha tank- Somehow as soon as I walk outside all the chicas in Havana are aware that I touched down and my phone is blowing up with girls I haven't seen or talked to since like 5 trips ago. All want a piece of me (Or rather they want to drain my pockets ASAP- fellow vets know the game). I hit the streets to pick up some gallon jugs of water and Cristal for the fridge and try to line up my #1 and #3 girls (one for the afternoon and one for later at night). All plans and communication goes out the window as both girls show up at the same time at my door step. Any other country I would have been embarrassed and / or in trouble, however this is Cuba and I introduce both girls to each other and they both come inside. My #1 takes the lead and brings #3 to the shower and they both freshen up for me. #3 is very shy, but starts to get competitive when she sees there is another beautiful girl that has my attention. Both girls are absolute smoke shows. I know I said no more Minaj, but this one just fell in my lap.

Now I haven't had sex in like 3 weeks so I was pretty backed up. I knew I wasn't going to last long with these girls. #1 starts sucking me right away while #3 doesn't know what to do. So I pull her on my face and start sucking her lady bean. She seems unfamiliar with this experience but is thoroughly enjoying it. Before I know it #1 has already mounted me and is riding away. I'm fucked. 30 seconds in and I'm already feeling my sperm releasing inside her so I yanked her off as my cream starts rubbing down her leg. I grab my #3 and put her to work riding me knowing I've only released about 25% of the leche. She starts riding like she is trying to compete with my #1. Grinding her hips like a professional jinitera. She rides the other 75% leche out of me in about 30 more seconds. I give both girls 10,000 pesos each and let them grab some of the supplies I brought (Costco-allergy meds, pain meds, panties, bras, soap, deodorant, large bag of chocolates. Walmart-clearance rack dresses, mini first aid kits, hair scrunchies, powdered milk. Pawn shop- rechargeable battery banks, used Bluetooth speakers. Amazon- sex toys, perfume sampler). Pro tip #1 make sure you bring small sized bags so they can carry the items with them- if you bring big bags they will be sure to fill them LOL. Small bags means they can't completely clean you out. Both girls wish they could take everything but not enough space. I tell them you will just have to come back and see me another day LOL. Girl #3 wants me to take her entire family to breakfast. I tell her that I prefer to eat alone as a financial and social preference: the. Like why the fuck would I go out to eat with a female and / or her family when for 1/4 the price I can have a peaceful dinner by myself? Call me anti social if you want, but as I get older I find the company of myself preferable. Maravilla for dinner and I get the fried chicken cutlet with rice and beans and some sort of cake and ice cream (I give it a 3 out of 10). I'm reminded that most sweet items in Cuba aren't going to be truly diabetic sweet like I am used to and decide to start skipping desert choices and munch on my chocolate at home if I have a sweet tooth.

I walk around the streets for about 3 hours before calling it a night and heading to my casa to hit the rack. I don't ever get tired of walking the streets of Havana. Something about it I cannot explain, but it reinvigorates me. I've realized long ago that a good bite and good pussy are truly the last good earthly pleasures that a man has to look forward to. So we can never stop searching for that unicorn pussy and that unique culinary experience.

[KingSanto]

I'm honestly the wrong person to ask that question because I haven't traveled outside of Havana yet. As for LaNave, it only works in Havana. Of course if you start the trip in Havana, you could attempt to put the destination super far away but I doubt the trip would get accepted if you did it willy-nilly like that. And it would be stupid expensive.

Going from Havana to the center of the city is one of the only use-cases where I would not recommend LaNave. If you don't already have a driver, I would use one of the taxi guys standing outside of the entrance. All of them will take $25 no questions asked.

Now Santiago to Guantnamo or Baracoa is a whole other beast because Viazul (their coach bus service) doesn't do that route so you would have to use a driver. With the distance being 2 and 4 hours respectively. It's bound to be fairly expensive. Probably $80-100 from Santiago to Guantnamo and then double that to go from Santiago to Baracoa.

KingSanto.

While I have you here King Santo. , how much should a trip from Santiago to for example Guantanamo or Baracoa cost.

Do you guys use Lanave for longer trips as well. I guess from Habana airport to city centre 6-10 USD should be more than enough in any car. ?Where do you usually change from USDS / EUROS to receive the best exchange rate lately.

[BusinessTravl]

While I have you here King Santo. , how much should a trip from Santiago to for example Guantanamo or Baracoa cost.

Do you guys use Lanave for longer trips as well. I guess from Habana airport to city centre 6-10 USD should be more than enough in any car. ?Where do you usually change from USDS / EUROS to receive the best exchange rate lately.

Sounds like you didn't know what you were doing and got taken to the cleaners lol.

Cuba is orders of magnitude cheaper than Santo Domingo. They aren't even in the same stratosphere. Also, you paid $60-$80 to go from the airport to the AirBnB? How does that even happen lol.

As for $80-$100 being the market price, I'm just going to ignore that because it isn't true. And how are you losing money just walking around? Yes, Cuban money can be cumbersome to handle - especially if you have small bills - but I don't see how that relates to you randomly losing money unless you have holes in your pockets.

And lastly, $100 to avoid a girl getting pregnant? Why would you do that? Abortions are free in Cuba LOL! I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy your trip but I must admit this post had me on the floor laughing my ass off; try reading the forum next time.

KingSanto

[BusinessTravl]

I Also laughed hard on that taxi thing xD Miami, LA and NY would even be cheaper than 70-80 USD.

Sounds like you didn't know what you were doing and got taken to the cleaners lol.

Cuba is orders of magnitude cheaper than Santo Domingo. They aren't even in the same stratosphere. Also, you paid $60-$80 to go from the airport to the AirBnB? How does that even happen lol.

As for $80-$100 being the market price, I'm just going to ignore that because it isn't true. And how are you losing money just walking around? Yes, Cuban money can be cumbersome to handle - especially if you have small bills - but I don't see how that relates to you randomly losing money unless you have holes in your pockets.

[KingSanto]

That's normal for LM. The performer will generally never come out until 3 AM. At least you weren't there on New Year's Eve like I was. Club filled up late because most Cubans were celebrating the New Year before hitting the street. Performer didn't come out until 4 AM. I didn't get to bed until 6:45AM!

KingSanto

No power outages so far but I am near the Capitolio so maybe I'm in the right zone. Definitely seeing power outages in other parts of the city. And as my past trip, La Rampa (Vedado) has been dead.

Me and another board member hit up LM on Wednesday. The performer didn't get on stage until 2:50 am. Loco. Plenty of chocolate bunnies in attendance. Didn't talk prices.

What else ya want to know?

Taco.