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Drove from santiago de Cuba to Havana, stayed in Camagauy and Trinidad

What makes a cuban cigar fake and what makes it genuine can be fairly academic, and some fakes are so well made that even once they are lit it is difficult to tell the difference. If you intend to sell them rather than smoke 'em, it may be a good idea to be certain to find out if you've been sold a…

we went to Cuba

Trip over most of carribean...

A few days in Havana

Esta fue nuestra luna de miel. Cuba y costa rica

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Spent a couple of weeks in Cuba, both in Havana and at the coast in Varadero

    Havana welcomed us with rather bleak sight. Although I remember last years of communism in Poland, what I saw there has really shocked me. The area where the airport was, seemed to be quite industrial in the most negative meaning of this word. 

Stayed at an all inclusive resort an hour or so away from Varadero in an area called Jibacoa. It was basically farm land, and a couple secluded resorts. Very private!

From north to south, Havana to Santiago de Cuba, amidst the decaying buildings, propagandizing billboards and food stores with empty shelves there is one thing in Cuba which are always in full supply: Jineterismos! Everywhere you go in Cuba, you'll see Western men, laden with shopping bags an…