How exactly, hypothetically speaking, does one travel to Cuba?

mark414

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:52 PM
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How exactly, hypothetically speaking, does one travel to Cuba?

strictly hypothetical question of course...

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bettyellen

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:54 PM
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1. easiest through mexico

wow, you're getting around ain't you?

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bettyellen

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:55 PM
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3. or thru canada too....

:loveya:

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mark414

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:57 PM
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5. betty!

Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 07:57 PM by mark414

am i glad to hear from you...i haven't had a phone since mid september...but i just moved back in with my parents a couple weeks ago, and leave in just a couple to head out west...and i will probably be back east this coming fall....and so on and so forth and oh damn i'm going to have to call/email you soon

PS you're supposed to get in touch with kleeb if you haven't already

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bettyellen

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:05 PM
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11. hey sweetums! well, you have been out on an adventure, huh?

Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 08:06 PM by bettyellen

good for you. out again in a few weeks, huh? well you can PM or email me anytime.
am i supposed to call kleeb? hmmmm, i will send him a text then.
everything good? you'll have to PM me the dirt, okay?

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elehhhhna

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:55 PM
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2. through the caymans. jamaica or mexico. google around.

Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 07:59 PM by elehhhhna

Cayman has travel agents that book junkets to Cuba and tell you how to do it (cash only, etc.). If I understand correctly the Cubans don't stamp your passport.

Cayman Air has regularly scheduled flights.

More "how to" advice:

http://www.ibike.org/cuba/ofac/cuba-return.htm

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spindrifter

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:56 PM
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4. Go to Cancun and check it out.

You can look at travel guides and internet sources such as lonelyplanet.com which has a regular thread devoted to traveling to Cuba. It is also possible to fly through Canada.

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bettyellen

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:07 PM
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12. yeah, i think as long as you don't pay by credit

the US won't know.

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ultraist

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:22 PM
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15. Canada now requires a US passport

I think beginning in Jan.

So, you are being tracked if you go through Canada.

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bettyellen

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:28 PM
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18. that's why i think cancun is the best option.....

they have years experience in looking the other way about these things.

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nosmokes

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Thu Dec-15-05 07:57 PM
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6. hypothetically, one would go to canada or mexico

first and then to cuba. the trick is making sure your passport doesn't get stamped entering or exiting cuba.

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Sarah Ibarruri

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:00 PM
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7. That's some freedom we Americans have. The govt prohibits us from travel

The best way to travel to Cuba, is via Canada, Mexico, and just about any other country. They're allowed to travel to Cuba. Only Americans are not.

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DELUSIONAL

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:00 PM
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8. I am told that Guadeloupe has a direct flight to Cuba

I know some non US citizens who flew to Guadeloupe (Caribbean island, south of Antigua) and then got a direct flight to Cuba. Their passport wasn't stamped in Cuba.

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Solly Mack

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:02 PM
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9. Fly to Mexico/South/Central America, Canada or Europe

Edited on Thu Dec-15-05 08:03 PM by Solly Mack

from there, buy a ticket to Cuba (use cash) - once in Cuba, tell'em you're an American and they won't stamp your passport. Use cash - just cash. Only cash.

It's not exactly illegal to "visit" Cuba - it's illegal to spend money there... the Trading With the Enemy Act prohibits Americans from spending money there.

hypothetically speaking

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Canadian Socialist

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:03 PM
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10. Last time I went

I took a plane. Direct flight from Calgary to Havana.

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fudge stripe cookays

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:19 PM
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13. You're Canadian. You can do that.

We cannot. We have to take a circuitous route.

Remember that whole Bay of Pigs thing? We're still paying for it down here. Stupid travel policies are still in place.

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jannyk

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:21 PM
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14. Our Canadian nephew got married in Cuba

last month. All the family flew out of Vancouver, except one brother who flew from Toronto. Plenty of package deals from Canada - Cuba is their hottest vacation destination.

They don't stamp US passports but, mine is an EU (British) passport so I had to use charm.

NO Credit Cards (paper trail). Our Canadian relatives booked the tix, we paid them.

Buy NOTHING!! No cigars, no stupid teeshirts, no booze, no gifts. Check all pockets/purses for any receipts or make a point to dispose of same when they are given. We know someone that got caught by having a bar tab in his pocket.

Have fun.

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ultraist

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:22 PM
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16. Hire a private helicopter & pilot n/t

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:24 PM
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17. How stroooong a swimmer are ya?

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nono

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:33 PM
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19. Cuba

By private boat.

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TheCentepedeShoes

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:33 PM
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20. Time travel?

My dad went there several times in the '40's when in the Merchant Marine. And an old BF said he went from Key West to Havana by ferry (?) with his folks in the '50's.

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