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If I got sent for work I would go, but I would never spend my own money to travel there. I lived in Miami for 10 years, that was quite enough of Cuba for me.
I visited a friend who was stationed at Gitmo back in the 90s. I was stationed in Puerto Rico at the time. Gitmo was beautiful. We just didn't go near the fence...
I don't get the poll...what do you mean a "Haunted House"? Cuba is gorgeous, it was the playground of the rich and famous before Castro. It is still gorgeous, the buildings, landscape, the cool old American cars...teachers and other educators have been allowed to visit there for a long time, and the pics my teacher friend brought back last year looked fab...it's close too. I can't wait until it's allowed again for all of us!
It's also been off limits to us here in America, I don't know that that's the case with tourists from other countries. It's not like it's been in isolation from the world just because Americans couldn't go there, it's really a bit arrogant to think without us it must have devolved into nothingness.
Cuba needs to be annexed! Its closer to the equator than florida. We can setup a space port there. need to start assimilating the population culturally through television. This is the easiest form of brainwashing. need to send evangelicals there and have them teach english.
When the private space industry starts really taking off, the Marshall Islands will be annexed as a state.
I visited a friend who was stationed at Gitmo back in the 90s. I was stationed in Puerto Rico at the time. Gitmo was beautiful. We just didn't go near the fence...
I was stationed in Gitmo also some time back. A guy in my platoon actually seen Raul Castro while standing post on the fence line. He called out to Raul saying "Hey" causing Raul Castro to look in his direction. My platoon mate then snapped a picture of Raul. He said Raul looked kind of annoyed then went on continuing doing what he was doing . The climate is actually pleasant at Guantanamo Bay. Hot but bearable in the summer without the humidity as experienced in the states. Air you can breath without smog or pollution. I remembered being issued a winter field jacket to wear when I had to stand post one night at the fence line near the ocean . Later at night while standing duty on post with that wind blowing in from the Caribbean ocean did I realize the necessity of having been issued a jacket normally worn in cold climates. I was shivering from the cold astounded by how crazy cold it got by the beach at night. I would like to visit the interior countryside of Cuba away from the commercial tourist areas the same manner I experienced Jamaica with some platoon mates during a R&R cruise while stationed in Gitmo.
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1. Violent Crime
Still (almost) unheard of - against tourists, that is. (Cuban to Cuban is a different story.) Like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police of olden times the Cuban Police always, “get their man.†There are few places that can boast the almost 100% success rate for solving violent crime that the Cuban police do. Justice is swift and efficient. Result: So long as you're not into under-age prostitution, drugs, etc. your chances of being shot, knifed, raped, car jacked, etc. are minuscule.
2. Snatch & Grab
Unfortunately this is becoming more common in tourist areas. Never stroll around with your purse/knapsack casually slung over your shoulder. Never carry a camera in your hand without strapping it to your wrist. Many times the Snatch & Grab thieves work in pairs with one riding a bicycle, thus offering both thieves a quick getaway. 3. Pickpockets
This is unfortunately now rampant in some areas and situations. If you’re being jostled in a tightly packed crowd in many places you will suffer pickpocket attempts. It’s inevitable.
I would like to see what 50 years of Communism has wrought on the infrastructure and on communities, as well as see the condition of the old pre-Castro resorts and casinos.
I would like to see what 50 years of Communism has wrought on the infrastructure and on communities, as well as see the condition of the old pre-Castro resorts and casinos.
You know Cuba gets 3 million tourists a year from Europe and Canada? Why does everyone think without Americans it must be a barren ghost town?
Here is just one of the many fab resorts in Cuba that somehow thrived even without American dollars: It's not like some wall came down and Cuba was hidden from the world...it was only us that was boycotting them, the rest of the world never stopped smoking Cuban cigars or visiting there.
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