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In the footsteps of Fidel Castro - trip to Cuba in November/December 2016
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Created on January 7, 2017
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Summary
If you like old American cars, you go to Cuba, because they still drive around like they did back then. At least that's what many people think. In recent years, however, Cuba has begun to open up, investments from abroad are possible and there are direct flights from the USA. But - is this the end of the old American cars on Cuba's roads? This report describes a trip through Cuba in 2016, shows the country and its people, but above all the cars in many pictures and gives recommendations on what to do and what not to do.
This article contains the following chapters
- Arrival in Havana
- The first day in Cuba
- The square in front of the bar
- Ernest Hemingway
- Cuba - an Eldorado for fans of American classic cars
- Muscle power
- Mobility is not cheap
- Journey to Santa Clara
- Day 4 - still no rental car
- Surveillance
- Battle with the trucks
- Day 5 of the trip - Castro died yesterday
- The official currency
- Classic cars out of necessity
- Tourism as a priority
- Day 6 - Sunday is a rest day
- The 'world wide web' in Cuba
- Car rental in Cuba
- Better fully insured
- The mausoleum
- Highway adventure
- Neighborly help
- The best cigars ever
- No problem, we are in Cuba
- Now with 1 hp
- Five NoGo's - or what not to do in Cuba
- The turbulent history of the troubled country
- Infrastructure and road network
- The economic situation
Estimated reading time: 32min
Preview (beginning of the article)
The missed summer vacation, the reports about Cuban classic cars and the cold weather in Germany were not entirely innocent reasons why I was on a plane to Cuba with my wife at the end of November. We wanted to see for ourselves. Nobody could have known at the time that this would be at such a historic time. Luggage trolleys at the airport, packed with eight car tires wrapped in cling film, air conditioning units, spare parts or fans and a queue of several rows behind the baggage reclaim belt gave us a first impression. There was also a lot of hustle and bustle outside the airport building. Queues in front of the bureau de change, to which the security guards occasionally grant access. Young men trying to arrange cab rides and a nondescript vintage car, whose supposed roadworthiness would make German TÜV officials break out in a cold sweat, were the first impressions shortly before midnight.
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