Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 19770487)

we stayed in a poor part of Havana at a friends family house - it's called Mantilla (for those who know)

they get water from the city every 4 days for 4 hours - in that time they refill their tanks. if you need more - bad luck.

to drink water you have to boil it - or buy (which most cant afford though).

at some point we tried to buy water and it was sold out in 5 shops.

basic foods like rice, flour, sugar are very cheap but rationed. if you need more - bad luck.

i could go on for an hour like that...

Originally Posted by O MARINA (Post 19770516)

So why Cuba of all the places in the world you can visit?

Originally Posted by O MARINA (Post 19770522)

You could have stayed at a resort and got Salmonella poisoning instead.

Originally Posted by J. Falcon (Post 19768892)

It's not a vacation unless it's a vacation from your computer.

Welcome back.