Country Info
- Havana
- Capital
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Currency
- 11,184,023
- Population
- CU
- Country Code
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Travel Blogs from Cuba
Cuban cigars
... said that she studied business for three years nly to realise that letting out rooms was twice as profitable as working in business in Cuba. I showed her photos of mum, dad, grandma, grandad, max and Israel. My first stop for the morning was one of the ...
Our Last Day in Cuba
To begin our final day in Cuba, we had a lecture from another one of the expert professors from the nearby University of Havana. This time, the topic was Cuban-US relations. Of course, this is a complicated subject and many related events and ...
Finally on holiday!
... by Julie (JD) and new species were coming thick and fast, with the highlights being the sought-after Oriente Warbler and Cuba’s common Hummingbird, the Cuban Emerald. There are a number of species found on the Cayos that are difficult or impossible ...
Music, music and even more music
... Then to the Museo de la Lucha Contra Los Bandidos - formerly a convent - but very palatial. Enough culture - on to sample local Cuba Libra drinks in the local bars. In the evening we visited the local 5 star hotel - the only one in the ...
Fleeting visit!!
... exotic buildings - so very different to the other towns we have visited. We stopped at the Palacio de Valle - such opulence for Cuba - so very grand and beautiful. We had a drink in the rooftop cafe then walked through the town, taking in the ...
Ice Cream
Cuban's seem to have a love affair with ice cream probably even more so than with pizza. This is mostly sold like the rest of the street food out of the front window of someones house or from a cart on the sidewalk. They have gone a step further ...
Pure indulgence in Cuba
Varadero isn`t actually Cuba, it`s in Cuba but isn`t really Cuba. Maybe that`s because they have good food there, well relatively speaking that is. We left Havana in the morning in a car that had been organised for us by the information office at the ...
Drinking to the Dead
... $ per night. "But" I said, "when we booked the hotel from Vancouver it cost 52$ per night; I don't understand?" "Welcome to Cuba" she replied. The best I could guess is that the state controlled the price of the hotel and she had a different price ...
Havana Good Time
... anything. The diet was the most difficult thing to adapt to. The history and culture and changes currently happening in Cuba make it so endlessly interesting. Cuba is selling itself as a 'Caribbean destination' to attract tourism (the only industry ...