| Don't buy Street cigars |
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Don’t buy cigars in the street unless you can enjoy bad quality cigars. Many People will approach in the streets of Havana city mainly asking you to buy cigars. Also around the Partagas store near the Capitolio. |
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| Recommended Items to bring as a present |
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-For Men: t-shirts, second hand jeans
-For kids: school supplies, pencils, colours, calculators, colouring books, dolls, toys (donate to schools)
-For women: perfume, lipsticks
-For everybody: toothpaste, toiletries, shoes, runners, caps, medical supplies
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| Taxi issues |
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-Try to always use the taximeter
-If arranging a price with a taxi driver, beware he might expect for a tip anyway |
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| Astro buses |
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Full of Cubans, with a limited number of seats available to tourists, they’re set up for transport not commercial comfort; the air conditioning is freezing, TVs play continuous loops of loud Latino pop singers, toilet stops are rare and repulsive. |
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| The back of a truck |
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Skin to skin in the back of a truck is cheap, hot, stuffy and crowded. Bumps and rattles on the road are an apt soundtrack to the passing landscape. But what remains unforgettable is the bonding that occurs when strangers are held close together like this; communication becomes a gesture and a smile treasured |
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