Pack your bags for Cuba!!!

[Beagleone]

Two of my buddies went to Cuba last month on an OFAC trade license, but had a good time while putting around Havana. They stayed at Molina Cohiba and they had internet access. Cell phone, of course, did not work. The regs read that you are allowed to spend up to $50 USD but that it had to go into a special controlled account. They of course didn't do that. At the hotel, they traded their USD in at the front desk for CDC. They would hand over $100 USD for about $80 CDC. There was no trading back, so they budgeted appropriately. As for how things are, they were pretty bad, as we expected. They spent $5 on a dor earred box and some plastic to build a makeshift cooler to put their beer in while they went out to Robaina's farm. The people at the shop went crazy over the cooler.

Carlos, you organize the herf, James and I will be there!!!