Help! chillax wants to travel to Cuba!

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  1. #1 chillax, Oct 21, 2009
    Hey everyone, chillax here.:wave:

    For those of you who don't know me ... I'm a musician.

    Lately, I've been looking into traveling to Cuba to study and absorb the incredible musical heritage. Of course, traveling to Cuba is not as easy as just hopping on a plane.

    I was wondering if any of you blades had traveled to Cuba, and, if so, could provide me with some first hand information.

    Much Appreciated,

    chillax
     
  2. #2 Drybananna, Oct 21, 2009
  3. #3 whiskey, Oct 21, 2009
    I haven't been to Cuba but know many people who have, and it's not hard to do at all. You'll have to fly to somewhere else though, first.

    Actually, a client of ours at work was just there two weeks ago. And actually, I'm not sure if you have to go to another country first, or if that's just from awhile ago, but you may.
     
  4. #4 Sovereign Psyche, Oct 21, 2009
    my best friend is cuban
    and she goes there all the time
    all i know is that american money is like gold
    and they treat americans like royalty
     
  5. #5 Wet Horse Lips, Oct 21, 2009
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    Cuba is nice, man.

    Granted, I was at a resort.

    And I'm Canadian.

    I say fly up here, and then go there. It's pretty cool, man.

    EDIT: There are pesos, and tourist pesos. What a scam. You know how pesos are worth so little to us? Well, tourist pesos are higher in value than the Canadian dollar. Not sure about the US dollar, but yeah. Doing money exchange on the resort grounds was odd. $20 CDN got me literallly... 14 tp. THE FUCK. Although, alcohol and tobacco is cheap as hell, so...
     
  6. #6 chillax, Oct 21, 2009
    That's what I've heard, that you should go through Canada.

    Thanks for all the replies.

    And yeah, Havana is what I'm thinking
     
  7. #7 Sovereign Psyche, Oct 21, 2009
    from what my friend told me
    you dont even have to exchange the US dollar for them, b/c most ppl will accept that as currency
     
  8. #8 chillax, Oct 21, 2009
    I have heard that Cuba no longer accepts the dollar, and there is a tax for conversion to acceptable currency once you get there...
     
  9. #9 Agalloch, Oct 21, 2009
    What instruments do you play, Chillax?

    Are you looking for Cuban musical influences?
     
  10. #10 chillax, Oct 22, 2009
    I'm primarily a jazz guitar player / composer.

    I've been influenced by Cuban music for some time. I want to start digging a little deeper and playing in that style (rather than having it just influence my other styles).
     
  11. #11 divendeep13, Jan 8, 2010
    Hey there,
    I have been to cuba once, it was back in 2002, I was in cancun and i booked a flight and a hotel, from a travel agency.. I think you need a room booked before travel??? any way it was a blast, Im an american and was a little worried about my passport but they didn't stamp it.. :) but all the hotels and guest houses i stayed at did document everything:rolleyes:... bring enough money with you i couldn't get any money from banks or atm's because i'm american....any way old havana was killer...
     
  12. #12 Wet Horse Lips, Jan 8, 2010
    Hahaha whaaaat?

    Yo chillax, you should listen to this dude.
     

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