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Espada 513 (Altos), Havana
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Espada 513 (Altos) Havana, 10300, Cuba

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A travel blog entry by mistytravels

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... that they rent and that they do it legally.

Another way for some extra earnings is for locals to open up their front rooms of their homes as restaurants, so called “Paladares”. I’m not sure if this one counts as one as it was too much of a proper restaurant, but we visited a little eatery on Obispo in Old Havana last night, called Sevilla. It felt like someone’s flat done up with tables and chairs, and when I visited the bathroom it was ...

Bicycle diaries - part two

A travel blog entry by mistytravels

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... 8221;. Seriously, having hot Latino music played with these instruments in a chirpy way is like having Pavarotti sing “Smells like teen spirit”…

In the afternoon we caught a bicycle-taxi to a little strip of a block in Central Havana famous for its music and rumba dancing on Sunday afternoons. We spent a couple of glorious hours there simply soaking it all up.

Then we “replenished our bodily fluids” with a ...

May Day Marches and men on masts

A travel blog entry by penguinchris

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... with banners and placards - because this was May Day - and in Havana Easter passes with little or no effect but May Day is BIG.

When the crowds started to get too dense our ‘drivers’ stopped and we had an unpleasant moment when they demanded twice as much money as they had asked when they solicited our business - it was 10 CUCs per bike, they explained. We paid up and decided that we would stick to cars from then on - 20 CUCs for a 3 CUC ...

Important Lessons in History... and Research

A travel blog entry by tmm

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... over before heading into any new country but somehow had overlooked for this particular trip and the message was clear as mud:

Unforunately, few (if any) foreign debit cards will work in Cuban ATMs.

****. ****. ****!

Thankfully, my traveler state-of-mind kicked in and the panic turned quickly to calm and the made room for logical thoughts to form.

1. There simply must be a way, somehow, some way, to get money. Even if its as ...

Our Man in Havana

A travel blog entry by hymanroth

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... to chalk it up to, perhaps the only point of agreement you will find among everyone that has encountered the Cubans on their own turf is that they are a fun bunch of folks. The most outward manifestation of this is the importance of music and dancing to them. It seems like everyone in the country knows how to play an instrument and they all dance salsa like pros. Their contribution to the world of music is way out of proportion with the size of the country and it ...

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