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Originally posted by Shaya007 I was there back in 2003 and they were accepting all kinds of U.S currency..

i think castro banned it in 2005 to piss off bush. Before that US currency was the currency of choice

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Originally posted by jester Everything in this country is illegal.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill

‎"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill

not only that, but its easier for castro to control the underground economy.

the convertible cuban peso (CUC) is worthless outside of cuba, being caught with US currency is good for jail, and when a cuban have some CUC, all he can get in return is regular cuban money, worthless too.

the govt gets to keep all the strong currencies.

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thanks for all the tips guys!

Well, we're set

leaving on either July 7th or June 23 ( will find out in a few days )

Palm Real will be our resort @ Varadero.I looked at a lot of reviews all over...and this place seems pretty damn good.

anyway good stuff, I can't wait.

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Originally posted by evil_cookie thanks for all the tips guys! Well, we're set leaving on either July 7th or June 23 ( will find out in a few days ) Palm Real will be our resort @ Varadero.I looked at a lot of reviews all over...and this place seems pretty damn good. anyway good stuff, I can't wait.

thats where i went.
its a good place. short walk to the beach but there is a bar there where you can get foor also. when you walk down the street and first hit the beach its on your right.

oh and the people working there are halarious.

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Originally posted by King Luis thats where i went. its a good place. short walk to the beach but there is a bar there where you can get foor also. when you walk down the street and first hit the beach its on your right. oh and the people working there are halarious.

I think I read about that, it's the hotels bar right? so drinks for us would be free?

correct. they also go food there too (hamburgers, hotdogs and some other stuff probably)
oh, bring a radio if you could with lots of batteries cause batteries there are hard to find and expensive. so you can listen to music on the beach.

we brought a radio and my friend plugged it into the wall the wrong way and basically broke the radio. so we tossed it off the top of the hotel (its basically the 7th floor)

here's some pics:



you can see the major parts but all the little stuff is scattered. oh we had so much fun.

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^^ LOL awesome.

any other things I should know about this resort? I want to try to call/email the resort and book 2 rooms with a good view...any suggestions as to which building I should be looking at?

if i were to do it again, i think its building number 1.
try and get a room on the ground floor facing the pool bar and pool. you'll have people walking around during the day, but no stairs, 2 very close bars, entertainment during the day and short walk to the entrance. pool bar also has accessiblity for people who aren't in the pool.
i was in building 1 but on the 3rd floor facing another room kinda.
i'll see if i can draw a diagram: (ignore the dots/periods)

main lobby with bar is around here
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......./_ |
____/ ||
........|| <-path way.
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rooms... (try and get the second or third room in)
.......|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|

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pool is here.......|..pool bar here
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Last edited by King Luis on May-19-2006 at 12:45

sweet, thanks Luis.

no problem. i recommend not going to the cave more then twice. its not as good as it seems. big parties are at havana club and my brother says international is a good club to whichc is down the street.
have fun man. i'm going back end of this year.

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