4 Americans in Cuba

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Larry Stein. 4 Americans in Cuba

FOREWORD

HISTORY FOR TOURISTS. Spanish Period

Revolutions

The American Period

Lost in the 50s

Conflict

Post Russia

Raul Castro

PREPARATION

Legal Travel from the US

Visas

Vaccinations

Health Insurance

Insects

What to Pack

Overseas Flights

Selecting Accommodations

Beds

When to Go

USEFUL INFORMATION. Currency

Currency Exchange

Intercity Transportation

What to Drink

Music

Uneacs

Food

What to Buy

Cell Phones

WiFi

Jineteras/Jineteros

City Similarities

PLANNING

ITINERARY

HAVANA

Overview

Sights. Malecón

Havana Vieja

Centro Havana

Vedado

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Getting Around

Shopping

Entertainment

CIENFUEGOS

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting Around

Trinidad/La Boca

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Getting Around

Shopping

SANCTI SPIRITUS

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Getting Around

Shopping

CAMAGUEY

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Getting Around

Shopping

HOLGUIN

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Getting Around

Entertainment

Shopping

Bayamo

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Getting Around

Shopping

SANTIAGO DE CUBA

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Food and Drink

Entertainment

Getting Around

Shopping

BARACOA

Overview

Getting There

Sights

Where to Stay

Where to Eat

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting Around

AFTERWORD

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For Americans, Cuba has been the forbidden fruit—a skin of Detroit sheet metal covering a center of tasty rum, swirling cigar smoke and sandy beaches.

Until January of 2016, when the people to people exception opened independent travel to Americans, there was no role for this guidebook. Legal travel to Cuba was through planned tours ranging from 7 to 13 nights. Those tours, at QE II stateroom prices, enveloped travelers in an all-inclusive bubble. Backpackers defying the embargo, were travelers on a shoestring tightly holding Lonely Planet, while scrolling through backpacker social media.

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After a series of disputes, primarily relating to oil companies, the US imposed a trade embargo on February 3, 1962. Other nations were pressured to join the embargo, as a price of doing business with the US. Cuba was also effectively cut off from the world banking system.

With limited resources and a struggling economy, Cuba became a client state of the Soviet Union. For those few who could purchase a car, the only available automobile was the Russian Lada. The Lada was a Fiat design built with uninspired Russian labor.

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