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How Americans Can Go To Cuba

August 16, 2015 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

A few days ago, a friend of mine asked me if Americans can now go to Cuba. Well, unfortunately, the answer is NOT YET. That’s as far as I know. Though Cuba and USA have already raised their flags in each other’s country, it might take time for Americans to go

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Things to do in Cuba

December 21, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 0 Comments

Here is my own list of things to do in Cuba. Or a list of things I did in Cuba. Now that Cuba and the United States are fixing their long-time political brouhaha, it won’t be long that American visitors will be flooding to the Caribbean’s largest nation soon. And

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Gays in Havana

June 4, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 9 Comments

When I googled “Gays in Havana” prior to my trip, I found a host of information. It seems to me that many establishments in Havana are gay-friendly. Cuba, I reckon, would be the next gay destination. It’s a gay-friendly country and bisexuals abound. It’s safe, too. I was told that

The Gayest and the Most Straight-friendly Casa in Havana

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The Gayest and the Most Straight-friendly Casa / AirBnB in Havana

May 28, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 3 Comments

Gay Casa in Havana? Of course, it exist! Don’t be fooled by its tiny door when you find it nor think it’s a scary place with narrow steps when going to the second floor. You are, as a matter of fact, in a 114-year old colonial casa that withstood the

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Where To Stay in Cuba

May 28, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 1 Comments

Cuba can be expensive for backpackers who travel solo. For a third world country, one might think its cheap—but it’s not. It’s a tourism-fueled economy where most tourists go with hotel and flight packages and stay in well-known beaches like Varadero, Cayo Coco and Playa Ancon. Thus, even accommodations aren’t

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Hemingway’s Watering Holes and Life in Cuba

May 25, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 3 Comments

While walking on a sweltering heat in Havana, I finally gave up finding La Bodeguita, a place where Papa Hemingway used to get wasted. I found a small cafe, sat there, and ordered a bottle of mineral water. When the waiter came back, I asked him where the said bar

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35 Things to do in Havana

May 8, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 10 Comments

These are the 35 things to do in Havana, Cuba. From riding a classic car to watching the sunset at Malecon or strolling the street, Havana is vibrant and teeming with little things to discover. Colonial architecture is literally everywhere. Havana is a kaleidoscope of everything: of collapsing decay, of

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Riding on the Classic Cars in Cuba

May 6, 2014 KeepCalmAndWander 5 Comments

Cuba is synonymous to two things: cigars and classic cars. The former is an object used by touts to scam unsuspecting tourists while the latter is an object lusted by every excited tourist to try riding on. And I’m one of those excited tourists who made getting on these cars