Congress set to lift ban on travel to Cuba.

[Hottub]

Do you really want to go?
From what I have been reading, all of the hotels are 3rd rate at best. They offer very few amenities. Even things like toilet paper and Coke are not readily available. I am far too fancy a man to put up with sub-par accomodations.
The infrastructure is dog shit, and safety concerns are aplenty.
Is it all worth a cigar and a 20 dollar hooker to you?

Cuba has long welcomed U.S. tourists with few questions asked and officials say they have taken no special precautions to prepare for more Americans. Deputy Tourism Minister Maria Elena Lopez said Cuba understands that aspects of its tourism industry need to improve. She singled out beach hotels overdue for renovations and a lack of golf courses: a 9-hole course in Havana and Varadero's 18-hole club are the only ones on the island.

But instead of the beach or the links, many U.S. tourists will hit Havana for its classic if crumbling architecture and streets choked with 1950s American behemoths.

Americans "are all going to want to go to El Floridita and La Bodeguita del Medio at the same time and there won't be space," Kavulich said, referring to two ever-crowded watering holes made famous by writer Ernest Hemingway.

Whitley said the first wave of Americans could arrive by cruise ship and visit Havana only for a few hours, thus alleviating strains on hotels, restaurants and already hard-to-find taxis and rental cars.

"There's going to be such a desire to see the country that people won't care if they are in a five-star hotel," he said.

[underdog]

See? Obama really is the worst president ever! Cuba is communist! So isn't Obama! That's why he's allowing this! They could be harboring terrorists! Osama could be there! We should preemptively invade them just because!

[razorboy]

I've been to Cuba. Beautiful island, wonderful people, awesome food. Everything is run down and timeworn, but what do you expect?

[WampusCrandle]

i know i would want to go. my family has been working to travel to Cuba, but needed to get enough money to pay the fine for going to the country. anyway, i would go so i could see what has happened to our families home since the Castro took over.

[JerseyRich]

I foresee an influx in fans of the Ron and Fez show rat holing cigars for Ron Bennington.

[underdog]

I've been to Cuba. Beautiful island, wonderful people, awesome food. Everything is run down and timeworn, but what do you expect?

COMMUNIST!

[~Katja~]

I foresee an influx in fans of the Ron and Fez show rat holing cigars for Ron Bennington.

you say that like it's a bad thing

[razorboy]

COMMUNIST!

You wanna do something about it?

[underdog]

You wanna do something about it?

Jerseysean & Bestinshow do.

[TheMojoPin]

About fucking time.

Lift the economic restrictions.

[Gvac]

I've never understood why we don't just storm the beaches, steal their cigars and women, and claim Cuba as the 51st state.

It's a win-win.

[DarkHippie]

If this happens, Cuba with be captialist democracy in 20 years. Castro is dying, most cubans don't remember pre-castro. all they know is how much life sucks in a dictatorship

[SatCam]

I cant wait to see the beautiful cuban culture

[Drunky McBetidont]

I cant wait to see the beautiful cuban culture

$20 a pop!

[DarkHippie]

I cant wait to see the beautiful cuban culture

Miami

[earthbrown]

Do you really want to go?
From what I have been reading, all of the hotels are 3rd rate at best. They offer very few amenities. Even things like toilet paper and Coke are not readily available. I am far too fancy a man to put up with sub-par accomodations.
The infrastructure is dog shit, and safety concerns are aplenty.
Is it all worth a cigar and a 20 dollar hooker to you?


yeah, give it 6 months, the construction boom from this will make it a destination to travel too.


K

[TheMojoPin]

Do you really want to go?
From what I have been reading, all of the hotels are 3rd rate at best. They offer very few amenities. Even things like toilet paper and Coke are not readily available. I am far too fancy a man to put up with sub-par accomodations.
The infrastructure is dog shit, and safety concerns are aplenty.
Is it all worth a cigar and a 20 dollar hooker to you?

After showing us your vacation photo, your question should be: does Cuba want Hottub to visit?

Answer: HELL NO.

[Hottub]

That pic was actually taken in Hatti. Makes Cuba look like the Gold Coast.

[underdog]

That pic was actually taken in Hatti. Makes Cuba look like the Gold Coast.

Hatti? Good lord, you're older than Gvac.

[razorboy]

Hatti? Good lord, you're older than Gvac.

:lol::lol::lol:

[Gvac]

What's so funny?

He is!

[TheMojoPin]

Hottub makes Hyman Roth's open shirt Cuba look seem appealing.

[sailor]

i hear it's just like argentina, only closer.

[ryno1974]

Not sure where to go with this one, since unlike most of you I actually have a point of reference on Cuba.

The accommodations are NOT second class. They are fantastic. The resorts are clean and modern, and the people are wonderful.

The best part of Cuba is it is an american free zone. Nice, quiet place with no "ugly americans" around to demand better service and complain that the food is not as good as it is back in Des Moines or whatever shit place they hail from.

ANd the comments about developing it as soon as the ban is lifted is exactly hy they shouldnt - just t keep the american developers out and to keep the country from becoming another Disneyland.

[cougarjake13]

Do you really want to go?
From what I have been reading, all of the hotels are 3rd rate at best. They offer very few amenities. Even things like toilet paper and Coke are not readily available. I am far too fancy a man to put up with sub-par accomodations.
The infrastructure is dog shit, and safety concerns are aplenty.
Is it all worth a cigar and a 20 dollar hooker to you?

im sure if the travel ban is lifted then things like that will improve

[FezsAssistant]

I'm in no rush to go anywhere that is non-english speaking. i've been there and done that.

[razorboy]

I'm in no rush to go anywhere that is non-english speaking. i've been there and done that.

Enjoy your unbelievably boring life.

[high fly]

I've been to Cuba. Beautiful island, wonderful people, awesome food. Everything is run down and timeworn, but what do you expect?


I've heard the same from a friend who visited there illegally.
They have some fantastic music there as well.

Our policy has been wrong-headed for decades.
Had we opened trade with themlong ago, a tidal wve of VCRs, Levis and Big Macs would've swept the regime away long ago.

[PapaBear]

See? Obama really is the worst president ever! Cuba is communist! So isn't Obama! That's why he's allowing this! They could be harboring terrorists! Osama could be there! We should preemptively invade them just because!

I've been to Cuba. Beautiful island, wonderful people, awesome food. Everything is run down and timeworn, but what do you expect?

COMMUNIST!
Is? Or isn't?:smoke:

[A.J.]

Do you really want to go?
From what I have been reading, all of the hotels are 3rd rate at best. They offer very few amenities.

"The hotels here are bigger and swankier than any of the rub joints in Vegas."

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/465989754_8200a37e1a.jpg?v=0

It's about time this happened. Shut down Radio Marti, infuse the Cuban economy with American tourists and business and open an embassy in Havana. It'll be like China or Vietnam in 15 years.