Comments on: Get Ready for Cuba http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/ an Oakland girl in the world Wed, 16 May 2012 03:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joel Tillman http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-2933 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:27:51 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-2933 The leaving to Cuba through Mexico makes sense then. I had the idea in my head that you went to Cuba from Mexico.

Did someone stamp your passport when you arrived in Cuba? I hear that can cause problems upon a passport check when coming back to America.

]]> By: laurenquinn http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-2923 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:36:55 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-2923 Not sure what you mean exactly–allowed by the US or Cuban government? I did nothing to be admitted; I went illegally, through Mexico. Cuba doesn’t care about Americans traveling there; the embargo is purely on the US end. That being said, the embargo will likely end very soon, and all this will be mute…

]]> By: Joel Tillman http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-2922 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:30:48 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-2922 Maybe I missed the answer to this question but did you have to do anything special to be admitted/allowed to travel to Cuba? How did you go about it?

]]> By: T-roy http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-334 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:09:05 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-334 I read that… and thought I had it bad. I’ll shut up now about Cuba after reading that! lol It was so out there that it would have been hard to even make up. I will admit I got drilled with a lot of questions when I went to London as well. Remember thinking, whats the big deal: I’m American, staying a week, plane ticket out… whats the big deal?

]]> By: Abbie http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-316 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:25:55 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-316 I definitely want to go to Cuba, and who knows, by the time I go we might be able to freely travel back and forth just like every other country!

]]> By: laurenquinn http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-315 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:46:14 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-315 Hey, an honest opinion is better than a sugar-coated one. I had no problems with either US or Cuban Customs, but it’s important to hear from people who have. (Ever check out that Matador post about detainment at Heathrow? Scandalous… http://thetravelersnotebook.com/notes-from-road/locked-down-at-london-heathrow/)

Looking forward to checking out your posts!

]]> By: Shannon OD http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-314 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:03:57 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-314 What a lovely poem :-) AND, I am proud to say that your voice of support was part of what tipped me over the edge – I am heading to Cuba in late Feb and meeting a South African friend there! I still don’t have it figured out though so I really look forward to these coming posts!!

]]> By: T-roy http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-313 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:37:49 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-313 Lauren- Your right 100%, as in if you want to see Cuba and are American you can do it! For me though i still have mixed feelings because I won’t lie, as for Cuba itself I found it wonderful, but I really got jacked with at the airport coming in and going out, which left a bad taste in my mouth.

I don’t want to sum up a country because of a couple bad people but it was hard for me not to because of this. Don’t know why I got singled out both times coming in and out but it pissed me off to no end. But to be fair I haven’t heard of any other travelers getting the same treatment like I did (I didn’t get a cavity search but close to do it). I just figured it would have been my follow Americans jacking with me when i got back and not the Cubans.

I hear so much of people going and having no problems with the government just because your American but I can’t same the same.

As in fear of getting into trouble, don’t worry about it as all you have to do is keep your mouth shut and tell the American government nothing. I just did a posts for http://www.gobackpacking.com that will be posted 04Jan09. It’s about the Pro’s and Con’s of traveling to Cuba. Check it out when it gets posted and would love your feed back on it.

Nice poem by-the-way! :0

]]> By: opoetoo http://lonelygirltravels.com/2009/12/28/get-ready-for-cuba/#comment-312 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:11:53 +0000 http://lonelygirltravels.com/?p=642#comment-312 great poem,comments and pictures.

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