I got shitfaced on Havana Club last night and booked a trip to Cuba

[Spankytoes 1743]

Have a work thing in Miami this August and pulled the trigger to visit Havana. Going under the Support for the Cuban People designation. Got my tourist card booked and a few nights through AirBNB. I’m going solo.

What should I do in 48 hours? Take a tour or walk it myself? Rent a car, take public transport or taxis? Any good places to eat? 

I know nothing. Help me out

[Spankytoes 1743]

I’m getting too old for this...

[CooterBrown 18029]

Maybe mojitos, cigars, and rawdogging a Cuban 18 year old on the promise of taking her to ‘Merica?

[mdmost 43050]

Go to the Superman show with Fredo and Johnny Ola. 

[cafe society 2872]

I'd try to take in one of their beisbol games.

[VABuckeye 2472]

We’re traceling to Havana for five nights via Mexico in November.  Looking forward to the trip. 

[Poolflood 845]

11 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Maybe mojitos, cigars, and rawdogging a Cuban 18 year old on the promise of taking her to ‘Merica?

But not necessarily in this order.

[solamente73 1132]

 

On 5/12/2018 at 10:35 AM, Spankytoes said:

What should I do in 48 hours?

Smuggle out a shit load of the real Havana Club rum and ship it to me.  That's good stuff.  +rep

[Landomatic 3813]

Asking for travel advice rather than telling everyone else how to do it?  Obvious fake Spanky account.

[Spankytoes 1743]

5 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Asking for travel advice rather than telling everyone else how to do it?  Obvious fake Spanky account.

There are some places even I haven’t been before.

[Spankytoes 1743]

On 5/12/2018 at 1:48 PM, mdmost said:

Go to the Superman show with Fredo and Johnny Ola. 

I could do that in the bathroom mirror. Need a change of pace 

[Spankytoes 1743]

7 hours ago, solamente73 said:

 

Smuggle out a shit load of the real Havana Club rum and ship it to me.  That's good stuff.  +rep

You can bring $400 worth of cigars and rum back. I’m bringing an extra suitcase to take them up on that.

[Spankytoes 1743]

Good times

[Upgrayedd 5818]

3, x, 1, 2

[Pato del Muerto 52600]

On 5/12/2018 at 10:02 AM, CooterBrown said:

Maybe mojitos, cigars, and rawdogging a Cuban 18 year old on the promise of taking her to ‘Merica?

What about the other 46 hours?

[Loco 3754]

+rep for rep for real Havana Club.      Sad story had to throw out a brand new unopened 10yr bottle at security in Milan...  So sad

Edited August 21, 2018 by Loco

[Spankytoes 1743]

+rep for rep for real Havana Club.      Sad story had to throw out a brand new unopened bottle 10yr bottle at security in Milan...  So sad

God bless duty free

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Ohhhhhhh baby.

[luke duke 6414]

41 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

 

Is that ToY?

[VABuckeye 2472]

57 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

 

God bless duty free

 

Most of my favorite stuff right there in that pic.  Can’t wait for five days in Havana in November. 

[Tailgate 3024]

How did I miss this trip?

[Jhawk 1075]

What is the protocol right now? Are travel restrictions still off or did they get put in place with the diplomats getting sick?

[Bill Brasky 1459]

12 hours ago, Spankytoes said:

Good times

if this was a corn on the cob eating contest my money is on the heifer on bottom 

[Spankytoes 1743]

32 minutes ago, Bill Brasky said:

if this was a corn on the cob eating contest my money is on the heifer on bottom 

Challenge accepted

[Spankytoes 1743]

53 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

What is the protocol right now? Are travel restrictions still off or did they get put in place with the diplomats getting sick?

There are 12 designations for a Visa. The easiest one for a tourist is Support for the Cuban People. Basically, you have to stay with a family, eat at family owned restaurants and do activities like cigar rolling, learning to salsa, shopping for souvenirs at tourist shops, doing a distillery tour, etc. I had a few coworkers that wanted to get in on the action so we rented a 3br Oceanside AirBNB on the Malecon for $115 per night, which is on the high side for Havana. Couldn’t have worked out better for us. Turns out it was Carnival that weekend, so we had a place to crash within walking distance of the rum fest. Had the best Pina Coloda and worst meals of my life there. Wish I had 1 more day because 72 hours would be perfect IMO. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Thanks for posting! Man, you make everything look so fun. I feel like if I went, I would be the schmuck who has to find out what a Cuban hospital is like because I contracted giardia lamblia

[VABuckeye 2472]

7 hours ago, Jhawk said:

What is the protocol right now? Are travel restrictions still off or did they get put in place with the diplomats getting sick?

We're just cheating and entering via Mexico.

[AUS-97HORN 11823]

those ladies musta been hella impressed with your speaking in Russian.

[Spankytoes 1743]

20 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

those ladies musta been hella impressed with your speaking in Russian.

Didn't come up until breakfast

[3adays 454]

Anyone else been lately? I’m beginning  my research for a solo trip in a few months. Looks like I can fly Southwest out of Austin for around $400-$500 

[Spankytoes 1743]

I’m sure that there has been a lot of technological advances in the last 4 months, but yeah...

[3adays 454]

So you’ll beat the AIDS you caught from those three whores above? 

 

Seriously though, you said you rented an AirBNB, but as part of going there under the “support for the Cuban people” designation, you had to stay with Cuban family. How did that work? Did they also have a home on the same property? 

Edited December 30, 2018 by 3adays