ronichas Loc: Long Island

We are already there!!!

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Sorry if I offended you roni, please accept my most humble apology....but I am not uneducated nor am I ignorant about world affairs. Living in Florida I do have many Cuban acquaintances and friends and I would never, ever consider Cuba over America, no matter what.....Cheers and safe journeys.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

I do think that many Cubans living in Florida have very different feelings about Cuba. Many left their homes & businesses under a brutal regime. It is not the same now. I have been there 3 times since 2013 and each time I see a difference in the people and what they have. Most have cell phones, and in almost all the parks there is wifi.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Yes, there is a huge problem in this country: the fake news media that brainwashes you with constant derogatory stuff (not news).

You won’t get that in Cuba.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Cuba, Cuba, Cuba....Sorry, its not about whether you like Trump or not or as someone else put it, the orange clown. His post became totally irrelevant when he said that, yours is about the same. Hard to have a rational conversation with one who is experiencing so much political hate and spews irrational talking point after talking point.

As for those who left Cuba, they (private citizens and businesses) left because everything they had was outright STOLEN from them and never compensated to this day. Those that didn't leave were murdered or imprisoned and all their property confiscated. ALL private property was taken by the government and is now just starting to become a reality again. Well we know the history and its still similar. Enjoy, have fun on your next trip to Cuba roni...Sayonara

wthomson Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Went to Cuba several years ago, and was in the Museum of the Revolution at the same time that Fidel relinquished power to Raul a few hundred meters down the street.

It's a fascinating place, and one of the highlights was a day-long birding trip outside of Havana (my wife and I were the only customers). We were fortunate to visit and stay with a friend/reporter who knew the inside ropes, of which there are many. Overall, however, a terrific trip.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

I was there in January with the Ronichas group. It is not risky at all when you are with a knowledgeable guide.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

berchman Loc: South Central PA

You mean Hannity and Ingraham?

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wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

After reading all these responses, I'm sure I could find at least 1,000 places I would prefer going to and photographing before going to Cuba!

Dan Wik

But America now feeling like "foreign, third world and despotic"...so sad...

fetzler Loc: North West PA

As an American you are free to go where you please. I am sure the violent dictator has prepared a few places where they can strip you of as many dollars as they can.

Many years ago I lived in the Cuban community in Miami. I heard many horrific stories of what happened to people and their family members. One fellow was in the Cuban Navy. Somewhere in the Straits of Florida he jumped ship and swam to Florida where he restarted is engineering education. A lady who worked with my wife and her brother escaped from Cuba. Shortly after arriving in Florida their parents died. They took care of themselves from the age of 12.

Later, I traveled in Communist countries in Europe. I saw many good people being starved and otherwise deprived. I was constantly under observation by the secret police. (you get good at spotting them). Sometimes the surveillance begins upon entering the airplane in New York City. On my last visit to Romania on the eve of the revolution against Ceausescu, the temperature in my room was 10C. The only food in the restaurant was mămăligă, a dish similar to polenta made from corn meal but a bit better. I was in the BEST hotel in Romania. Only special guests stayed there. The hotel was in deluxe neighborhood. Folks were wearing fur coats inside their homes. It was usual for folks to have gas and hot water for only a few hours 3 times a week. There was no electricity in the hallways. I recall feeling my way up the stairs and along hallways counting doors.

I also supported for a short time someone escaping communism. This person is a successful professional now.

A couple of YouTube videos from recent travelers may be of interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6VJK3mS08&t=9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RjRqS5vl-Q

If you are not an experienced traveler in the third world, I would not travel solo. A group is a must.

If anyone who thinks that Cuba is paradise on Earth, trade places with a Cuban. Both can thus be in paradise.
Communism brings poverty, misery and death.

10MPlayer Loc: California

I think you are dreaming if you think they have a better healthcare system than the US. We've all heard the stories of people having to bring their own bandages, bedsheets and antibiotics with them to the hospitals. The maximum legal salary is $20 per month. How does anyone live on that? That's a princely sum that adds up to 67 cents per hour. Every neighborhood has their own community stooge that keeps watch to make sure no one is doing anything subversive like speaking against the government. I'm not sure you actually believe the stuff you are saying. Maybe you work for the Cuban government.

This story (https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-j-totten-an-eyewitness-account-of-cubas-shocking-wretchedness) was written in 2014 so it's fairly recent. I don't believe what you say. It can't be that in less than six years living conditions in Cuba have changed that much. How much does the regime pay you to repeat its phony propaganda?