Category Archives: Cuba

Tips and travel advice for traveling to Cuba, particularly traveling as an American to Cuba from a food travel blogger, including advice on where to travel in Cuba.

How do a Couple of Americans Travel to Cuba?

Travel to Cuba, and arriving in Havana, was like no other country we traveled to before.  When checking in at the ticket counter in San Jose, Costa Rica, we kept thinking the airline employee would tell us we could not board the plane because we were American and not allowed to travel to Cuba.  But, she presented us our Tourist Cards, provided us comfy exit row seating, smiled, and sent us on our way.

There were no other Americans on our flight. We felt a little alone.

We kept trying to remind ourselves that the Costa Ricans and the Cubans do not care whether we are American.  It is only our government that continues to levy restrictions on travel to Cuba, with certain exceptions, for which we of course qualified (wink wink).  But, the nervousness existed nonetheless.

Walking Down Memory Lane – The 10 Worst Cocktails Ever

10 Worst Cocktails

I’ve been throwing a lot of stuff up on the blog recently, from guest posts called Where Did You Sleep Last Night, to posts about yoga, and the three part series on Nyepi.  You have been hearing me talk about our clean living in the blog since we arrived in Ubud a year ago, about […]

Interacting With The Locals In Havana Cuba

Locals in Havana

Often times we are jaded as tourists.  We are defensive.  We are used to being attacked by aggressive touts, and are always worried about being suckers – getting robbed, being the victim of a scam.  In Havana, Cuba, we noticed immediately how “nice” people were.  It confused us.  Were these nice people genuinely nice, or […]

How do a Couple of Americans Travel to Cuba?

Americans.in.Cuba

Travel to Cuba, and arriving in Havana, was like no other country we traveled to before.  When checking in at the ticket counter in San Jose, Costa Rica, we kept thinking the airline employee would tell us we could not board the plane because we were American and not allowed to travel to Cuba.  But, she […]