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Would You Go to Cuba?
March 05, 2017, 08:53 PM
46and2Would You Go to Cuba?
In a few years, sure.
March 05, 2017, 08:55 PM
Magicman_007I am going in April for two weeks on a photography tour. Staying in different cities every 3 nights
March 05, 2017, 09:33 PM
djincoI visited GTMO in 1978 with 5000 of my friends. The water was very clear. No, I probably wouldn't visit the North side of the island. These days I pretty much don't like leaving the state.
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March 05, 2017, 09:38 PM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by GJG:
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Originally posted by Fla. Jim:
Not in this life time. I have some good ex-cuba friends who escaped that hell hole with only the shirts on their back. Castro got the rest.
Forgive the spelling / grammar errors:
Yo espero de bailar sur los osos de los dos Castros
Not going till they're both dead
I'm with you. Plenty other places to go in the Caribbean in the mean time.
When I lived in Canada, I had several coworkers go and they enjoyed it, but said the hotels are stretched thin with just the Canadians and Europeans.
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DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. March 05, 2017, 11:03 PM
dave7378Yes and I would like to go before all of the inevitable changes happen.
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March 06, 2017, 12:59 AM
sjtillquote:
I wish I had already gone. It will be like Cabo in a few years.
One can only hope!
Neighbors across the street just got back. Don't know their politics, the husband however worked in Russia the same time I did, mid 90's. So he's familiar with life in transition from Communism.
She said they couldn't wait to leave.
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March 06, 2017, 02:06 AM
NuclearThere are plenty of places elsewhere in the world that are just as pretty that aren't run by murderous 3rd world tinpot commie dictators, so hell no!
Cuba is a disaster because of who is in power, not because we don't do business with them. Cuba does business with the whole rest of the world.
March 06, 2017, 06:15 AM
Sunset_VaNo. No desire to go to the Caribbean, SA, Africa, Europe, Asia.
Maybe Australia, but do not think I could stand the long flight time . And Western Australia is where I would visit.
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March 06, 2017, 07:54 AM
rpm2010No...I gave up smoking cigars years ago.
March 06, 2017, 08:17 AM
MTJbyrdI was conceived there after my Dad won a cruise in a sales contest in 1952.
I really should go back.
March 06, 2017, 11:49 AM
nhtagmembernope
nothing to see in Cuba that interests me
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March 06, 2017, 12:02 PM
YooperSigsI will! Right after they open Walgreens. Across from CVS.
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March 06, 2017, 05:58 PM
AZSigsOnly to see GITMO.
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IrishWindquote:
Originally posted by AZSigs:
Only to see GITMO.
The golf course sucks. I think ranked second worst in the world. O'Kelly's is a nice fake Irish pub. I'll be there next Friday. I just joined the GTMO adventurers club, which is a bunch of history buffs getting access to normally off limits areas to document the history of the base. Other activities include the water sports. Pristine reefs for diving, the bay has sailing and boating. And if you lack a PADI certificate or base captains license, there are other water activities like such as swimming, snorkeling, and the ever popular....
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Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up
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March 07, 2017, 08:33 PM
pbslingerquote:
Originally posted by sigmoid:
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Originally posted by pbslinger:
Americans can go by boat and it's no big deal. There's one marina near Havana that sees lots of US boats. US authorities there will likely make a record of your visit.
My son sailed in there a couple of years ago on the way to Panama from Key West. They wanted to see Cuba before it opened up. Some of the things they learned is they are given food and shelter but usually they have some scheme to make more money that can get them in trouble. Cab drivers make more than doctors. They love US dollars because it can enable them to travel to other countries. Travel within Cuba is restricted to Cubans, you may not be able to see family in nearby towns when you want to.
They picked up a girl from Philidelphia who was travelling with a Mexican captain on a yacht. He ran aground entering the marina harbor. The boat was stripped by the next morning.
What happened to the girl?
Even though she was well to do, she was fearless. They dropped her off in Mexico and she was going to hitch hike west. I think she was successful.
March 07, 2017, 08:53 PM
Elk HunterBeen to Mexico, we couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Absolutely no desire to visit Cuba.
Maybe it is just because we have spent so much time on 2-3 week driving tours of the USA. I am wrung out with all the traveling.
And no desire to risk some activities involving communist officials.
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March 08, 2017, 09:28 AM
AglifterSpent two LONG weeks there in August. God blessed it greatly, but as long as Cubans live there, stay away. (There are some nice folks but it was mostly miserable)
March 08, 2017, 09:44 AM
CQB60I wouldn't mind visiting whats outside of Gitmo
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March 08, 2017, 07:17 PM
SSgt USMC/VetNope not again, been there and done hat, 7 mos in Gitmo was enough for me.
March 09, 2017, 04:49 AM
KevinCWBest thing we could do to Cuba is open it up and let them see the error of the ways of Communism.
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