Euro is the currency now, so you'll find prices more expensive.
Now don't fret, Cuba isn't LA downtown at night !!
Careful though with your expensive watches...
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>> We are traveling from Montana to Santiago de Cuba, licensed to visit
>> heretofore unknown immediate family. Our journey will take us north to
>> Canada for a flight to Holguin (HOG), then by bus to Santiago de Cuba.
>> There are two of us, neither speaks Spanish more than a few choice
>> phrases. This is a first time to Cuba for both of us.
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>> We have a thousand questions from where does the bus stop in Holguin,
>> to what is a good thing to take along as gifts and how much of that
>> kind of thing are we allowed to bring into Cuba? Any suggestions short
>> of "don't go" would be most welcome, we've already bought non-
>> refundable tickets.
>>
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> A few years ago, I would have told you to take lots of dollars....don't
> know what that situation is now since Fidel cut that back.
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> Take stuff that seems mundane to us: aspirin and other OTC medications,
> lotions, cremes, etc. Soap, shampoo. Women's makeup items. Clothes.
> Kitchen items. Anything else we rely on to make life easier, they don't
> have (or have only a little). Take old clothes that you can leave behind.
> You've never seen such a resourceful people... Anything you can bring,
> they will put to good use.
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> Sarah
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