I did not see a travel section ? so sorry if this is in wrong area .

I found this All inclusive guided trip I am considering taking to Cuba .
Have any of you guys been to CUBA ?

I have taken guided trips to Peru (Andis Cuzco ,MACHU Pichu , Amazon Jungle) , Egypt , Jordon .

This trip is geared towards Cigar Aficionados

I need to start saving .

http://www.friendlyplanet.com/sponso...2015.html#tab2

This trip is authorized under license from the US Office of Foreign Asset Control (which regulates travel to Cuba by US citizens). It qualifies as a People-to-People tour. Perfectly legal!

WELL LOOKS LIKE FUN
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Nice!
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That looks like a really cool trip :-)
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I have no language or travel skills a few yrs ago I started taking guided trips with another company Overseas Adventure Travel
THEY really packed every day with lots and lots of cool stuff to see I could have never done on my own.

Egypt was cool . Everyone said weren't you afraid .. ! ha it was very safe they sent a plain cloths policeman with a Glock and a MP5 machinegun under his coat with use were ever we went VERY SAFE
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I want to go to Cuba to fish and smoke…damn Canadians have all the luck!!!
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Remo I am sure you can get a visa on your own but easier on a trip like this
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I want in. Just have to make sure it's during the Festival del Habanos, and I'll most likely get lost for the night.
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A fellow police officer recently took a trip to cuba. He said the travel agency that he used took care of all of the paperwork to allow travel. I will try to get in touch with him for information on the Travel Agency he used.
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if you take that rip I posted a link to it says they take care of all of the paper work , visa ect .
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I'd love to go to Cuba, but on my own, not on a tour. When I vacation, I want to be on my timeline. Going there is a bucket list thing.

$3,400 PPDO, seems like a chunk as well(comparatively to what you'd pay for a AI trip to Cancun or Cabo ect).

What are you Cannucks paying for a trip?
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Unless they have the Partagas factory and hookers in the itinerary, I'll keep trying to figure out my own way. :-)
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Married or I would join your tour Tom :-)
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Oh, the hookers in Cuba couldn't care less if you're married, MIke. :-) :-)
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:-):-):-)
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For cigar enthusiasts, that does look like the best official tour I've seen. I have been to Cuba on my own and HIGHLY recommend that people should go, it's a truly unique place. Only you can answer if a tour is the answer. For me, no way because I don't like being tied to schedules and feel like I'm being shepherded places in a big bus. I have no problem if someone prefers taking a tour and letting all the details be taken care of, but that's not me.

You said you've never traveled until recently. How about taking your travel experience that you have gained recently, and trying something out on your own now? Just look at that itinerary and do the things that sound interesting, and then leave the other time on just relaxing and seeing the sights on your time/dime?

Looking at that itinerary, I did a lot of it on my own... I read a Hemingway book while relaxing at the Ambos Mundos hotel, ate at El Aljibe, toured cigar factories, toured Plaza de Revolucion, went out to Robaina's farm, went to Vinales, the LCDH in Miramar etc. But there are so many other things you can see and do, especially cigar related. Just picture going to all the different LCDH shops in Havana, searching through boxes and boxes looking to see what gems you can find. Enjoying coffee and cigars in the shops not having to be shoulder to shoulder with tour people and then being told when to go...

Havana is one of the best cities to simply "get lost" in and walk around taking in the sights on your time. I literally stood on a residential corner taking video of all the old-school 50's cars driving by, it blew me away as I didn't realize how many there would be. The buildings have character and you can't experience it sitting in a bus.

Anyways, if it's a tour or nothing, this one looks great. There are others that will show you more of Cuba, but this one looks great for the cigar enthusiast. But, I would highly recommend going on your own. :-)
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I'm with you Tom....first round of hookers on me...:-)
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:-) true
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I want them on me, but you can pay, Howard! :-) :-)
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Where do I sign up?
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to tell the truth ... the jineteras in havana can be pesty ... just a bit too forward bordering on harassment ... but thats just me maybe some guys like that kind of attention .

sorry for being a downer
derrek
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