admin on December 28th, 2009

Havana is a one-off. Vintage cadillacs, Santería rituals, all-night parties, strolls along the waterfront…it’s not hard to fall for this city, but it can be a bit bewildering. Get these tips under your belt before you go.

The best time to go to Cuba is between December and April, after the hurricane season and before the [...]

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admin on November 20th, 2009

Defying all logic, the world’s 105th-largest country is also one of its most instantly recognizable. Think psychedelic Che Guevara murals and antediluvian American Buicks, dudes with bongos and old men slapping down dominoes, queues outside ration shops and communist cadres smoking chunky Montecristos. Cuba has a way of going against the grain. It’s all part [...]

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