23 Jan 08
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Originally posted by Rajk999I am indeed going to an all-inclusive, where I have paid for the privilege of not feeling guilty about being a pig. I will only visit the locals if they agree to re-enact the 1955 "Enchantment Under The Sea" dance scene from Back to the Future, complete with a disappearing left hand. 😵
Are you going to one of those all-inclusives that keeps you away from the locals? I've been to Cuba 3 times and one of the most stunning aspects of life there is the fact that most of the society seems to have been stuck in the 1950s .. the cars, the architecture the lifestyle.
If you want to find out more about life in Havana take a trip via horse and c ...[text shortened]... itioned by tourists for sex. Its both legal and encouraged.
It should be a great experience.
But the horse drawn carriage idea sounds pretty nice. I'm expecting to proposition my girlfriend for sex, which is legal but not encouraged, and a horse drawn carriage ride might just do the trick. As for the other whores on the island, yes, that is a roll of nickels in my pocket.
23 Jan 08
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Originally posted by PalynkaKinky...did we have this conversation in a different thread, or am I imagining things?
Endoscopy is a minimally (lulz!1) invasive diagnostic medical procedure that is used to assess the interior surfaces of an organ by inserting a tube into the body.
EDIT: Nope, that one was with Grampy Bobby, my mistake. 😕
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by stokerI think in 1994 the $US would have ruled ... not today. PB6 can confirm on his return which currencies are now ruling. What Castro did around 2001 was to devalue the $US and place it lower than the Cuban peso. The ruling foreign currencies are the $ Canadian, the British pound and the Euro. Revenge Cuban style !
Been there in 1994, its great beaches, but watch your cloths, trips out was interesting but the beggers with babys look for you arriving, still the american dollar rules
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by PBE6Well... I guess if anyone's an expert on traveller's diarrhea, it's me.
2. Immodium. The commercials try to glamourize traveler's diarrhea, but I know better.
Don't use Immodium unless you have to travel about.
Just don't drink the water (so that means keeping your mouth shut in the shower, brushing your teeth using mineral water and not eating washed vegetables or ice-cubes in your drinks).
🙂
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by Rajk999Just checked the conversion rate from the Canadian dollar to the Convertible Cuban Peso (CUC - tourist pesos!) - at $0.8983 CUC/CAD it's not terrible, but not the $10.63 MXN/CAD grand exchange blow-out I'd get in Mexico.
I think in 1994 the $US would have ruled ... not today. PB6 can confirm on his return which currencies are now ruling. What Castro did around 2001 was to devalue the $US and place it lower than the Cuban peso. The ruling foreign currencies are the $ Canadian, the British pound and the Euro. Revenge Cuban style !
Pesos, pesos, everywhere, so let's all have a drink. 😵
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by PBE6What you dont know is that most things in Mexico are close to US prices now! Thats why so many Mexicans are crossing the border.Its not that they are greedy😞 I know this college educated teacher that teaches near Zitacuaro for 400 pesos a week..with gas higher than the US and food prices pretty much the same...they dont have a chance.
Just checked the conversion rate from the Canadian dollar to the Convertible Cuban Peso (CUC - tourist pesos!) - at $0.8983 CUC/CAD it's not terrible, but not the $10.63 MXN/CAD grand exchange blow-out I'd get in Mexico.
Pesos, pesos, everywhere, so let's all have a drink. 😵
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by epic0002Anybody know how much stuff costs in Cuba? I might need a shirt or some replacement sunglasses, and of course a box of Cuban cigars.
What you dont know is that most things in Mexico are close to US prices now! Thats why so many Mexicans are crossing the border.Its not that they are greedy😞 I know this college educated teacher that teaches near Zitacuaro for 400 pesos a week..with gas higher than the US and food prices pretty much the same...they dont have a chance.
23 Jan 08
Originally posted by PBE6The boxes are expensive!....well, the real cigars anyway. There are only 6 authentic factories that make cigars in cuba. The rest are illegal factories or home rollers.
Anybody know how much stuff costs in Cuba? I might need a shirt or some replacement sunglasses, and of course a box of Cuban cigars.
Here's a price list as of 2006
http://marty.514crew.com/cigarprices.html
Here's some general cuban cigar info.
http://marty.514crew.com/cigarguide.html