IN FACT....I ON PURPOSELY SPOKE SPANISH TO THE OFFICER Y ME QUEDO MIRANDO ALL CONFUSED.....CUZ THE BIRTHPLACE ON MY PASSPORT AND MY LAST NAME ARE NOT SPANISH.....SO HE SPOKE TO ME IN ENGLSH AND TO CONFUSE HIM I REPLIED IN SPANISH.....LOL
I WAS THERE LIKE FOR 2 SECONDS.....I ACTED ALL DUMB TOO...SO THAT WORKS....ONLY CUZ I HAD NO PATIENCE FOR THE DEGREE AND WAS NOT IN A MOOD TO GIVE ATTITUDE....
THIS WAS HIM:
I SHOULD HAVE JUST SALTED HIS DRINK.....LOL.....LOL
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Lahtina wrote: God wrote: Lahtina wrote: I wonder if this is just discrimination against hispanics flying in from first world countries? I've never been to Cuba but I have a lot of Mexicans friends who have and never once did I hear stories. Because They love Us Cierto... lemme guess... charisma, right? LOL
Lahtina wrote: I wonder if this is just discrimination against hispanics flying in from first world countries? I've never been to Cuba but I have a lot of Mexicans friends who have and never once did I hear stories. Because They love Us
Lahtina wrote: I wonder if this is just discrimination against hispanics flying in from first world countries? I've never been to Cuba but I have a lot of Mexicans friends who have and never once did I hear stories.
the best thing to do when you go to cuba and they stop you is act stupid...if you start givin them attitude and being all smart-assed...then thats when they start to fuk you over...personally i think its stupid of them to be like that towards tourists because were the ones who are payin to go to the country and then if they treat us like that and we come bak and tell everyone (as is happening in this foro) ppls who haven't been to cuba are gonna get scared and not wanna go bak...thus...they're tourism decreases thus less money...because cuba lives on tourism....
so yea... i love cuba and i have fam down there...when i go...they don't give me problems i've never been stopped or had my luggage opened...but my dad has... who knows...sometimes they pick ppls randomly and sometimes they don't...you never know!
I wonder if this is just discrimination against hispanics flying in from first world countries? I've never been to Cuba but I have a lot of Mexicans friends who have and never once did I hear stories.
confundida wrote: @BUFFY SEE FIRST MISTAKE YOU SPOKE SPANISH!!! NEVER DUE THAT!!! ALWAYS SPEAK ENGLISH ITS EASIER TO GET AWAY..... No, we didn't even have to open our mouths. They just saw our faces and the hell started.
SHOULD OF SAID I DONT SPEAK SPANISH!!! THAT WAT MY BROTHER SAYS!!! WORKS WONDERS..... CUZ THOS MORONS CANT PUT 5 WORDS TOGETHER!!!
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TV Buff wrote: Maybe it's because you're a white, blonde blue-eyed latina. Just kidding, I don't know what you look like, but if you don't look it, I think they'll leave you alone. Unless you show a latino passport, even if you don't look latino. Or maybe they're just Assholes.
Nope...la cara de pupusa nadie me la quita.... I think they are just Assholes!!!
When I was there I had no problems at all, however, my friend was stopped when we arrived and they asked her soooo many questions and made her hold for sooo long, at some point I thought they were going to leave me without my traveling buddy. On the way back same thing, they let me go without a problem but searched her and gave her sooo much trouble. We thought it had to do with the fact that i was traveling with my canadian passport and she was using her ecuatorian one. But I don't know if that had anything to do with it.
Maybe it's because you're a white, blonde blue-eyed latina. Just kidding, I don't know what you look like, but if you don't look it, I think they'll leave you alone. Unless you show a latino passport, even if you don't look latino. Or maybe they're just Assholes.
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When I was there I had no problems at all, however, my friend was stopped when we arrived and they asked her soooo many questions and made her hold for sooo long, at some point I thought they were going to leave me without my traveling buddy. On the way back same thing, they let me go without a problem but searched her and gave her sooo much trouble. We thought it had to do with the fact that i was traveling with my canadian passport and she was using her ecuatorian one. But I don't know if that had anything to do with it.
Oh no, this is to bad! I don't know if I should cross of CUBA from my to do list ... Going through that would like ruin the purpose of a fun vacation ...
TV Buff wrote: Bainaman wrote: Can you not bribe them??? Yeah, try bribing them, with american currency, if you can. Let me know how it goes. Are you trying to get me thrown in jail?!?!?!? I'm asking seriously..... In Panama & D.R. I bribe the cops all the time.......I had three cops guard the house I rented for a couple of cases of beer. -- Edited by Bainaman at 10:46, 2006-01-30
I wouldn't f*ck around with officials in Cuba man! I'm sure they could throw you in jail just 'cause.... don't think of it so logicaly or as other central american countries
OH! and in the jails they looooove your type... so ya, you'd be someones bride for sure!! lol!
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SEE FIRST MISTAKE YOU SPOKE SPANISH!!! NEVER DUE THAT!!! ALWAYS SPEAK ENGLISH ITS EASIER TO GET AWAY.....
WHEN GENIE AND I WENT HOLY THIRD DEGREE, WANTED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HER I WAS READY TO TELL THEM KE TE GUY!!!
BUT MY DAD GOT IT THE WORST EVERYTIME HE GOES WITH MY BROTHER THEY ARE THERE FOR 2 HRS......THEY THINK THAT THERE SMUGGLING IN KIDS OR SOMETHING.......
SO YEA DONT TAKE IT PERSONAL.....THE LESS SPANISH YOU SPEAK TO THEM THE BETTER!!!!
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I'm asking seriously..... In Panama & D.R. I bride the cops all the time.......I had three cops guard the house I rented for a couple of cases of beer.
I knew it! You are a closeted bride-wannabe! And cops, huh? Kinky.
Seriously, though, I wouldn't even try to bribe the cuban officials. These people are fanatics, and as much as they need the dough there, there's no way to know who will take it and who is a fanatic, so myself, I wouldn't risk it. But you try it, and let me know how it goes. Like I said, with U.S. currency.
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Jaime Cruz wrote: My experience at the Cuba airport 2 years ago wasn't so bad. The only complaint was the heat at the baggage claim in Varadero. The Sh#t was hot. Like 40C and no AC. Plus we had to wait like 35 minutes for our luggage to appear. Hey Buffy how is the currency conversion now?When I was there they accepted US money and now I know it's Pesos. Did you covert your money before leaving to Cuba or did you do it there?I'm going back in May so I just wanted to get a heads up. I had to leave through Varadero once and our experience there wasn't so bad, maybe because that's a huge place and they have so many tourists coming in and out that they don't have the number of officials they would need to harass as much. The airport in Santa Clara is tiny and there are only two resorts in the area right now, so they haven't had to deal with tourists so much. Maybe it was that or maybe they're just Assholes in Santa Clara. I don't know. As for the money, it's all convertible Cuban pesos now, which are like 20% more expensive than american money and maybe 30% more than Canadian. I would exchange here in Toronto, if possible. The rates at the hotel are high. We made the mistake of bringing american currency, and they prefer canadian-- go figure. You can convert cuban convertible pesos back to Canadian at the airport upon your return. Don't you work in the travel industry? I thought you did.
Thanks Buffy. Ya I work in travel that's why I knew that they are in pesos now. I just didn't know if it was cheaper to convert there or here because we get mixed reports from passangers. Some say here is cheaper and others say it's cheaper there. I'll most likely just do it here and take a bit extra incase I run out of money.
My experience at the Cuba airport 2 years ago wasn't so bad. The only complaint was the heat at the baggage claim in Varadero. The Sh#t was hot. Like 40C and no AC. Plus we had to wait like 35 minutes for our luggage to appear. Hey Buffy how is the currency conversion now?When I was there they accepted US money and now I know it's Pesos. Did you covert your money before leaving to Cuba or did you do it there?I'm going back in May so I just wanted to get a heads up.
I had to leave through Varadero once and our experience there wasn't so bad, maybe because that's a huge place and they have so many tourists coming in and out that they don't have the number of officials they would need to harass as much. The airport in Santa Clara is tiny and there are only two resorts in the area right now, so they haven't had to deal with tourists so much. Maybe it was that or maybe they're just Assholes in Santa Clara. I don't know.
As for the money, it's all convertible Cuban pesos now, which are like 20% more expensive than american money and maybe 30% more than Canadian. I would exchange here in Toronto, if possible. The rates at the hotel are high. We made the mistake of bringing american currency, and they prefer canadian-- go figure. You can convert cuban convertible pesos back to Canadian at the airport upon your return. Don't you work in the travel industry? I thought you did.
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TV Buff wrote: I think you can give them attitude but it could easily backfire, so, as hard as it was, I think it was easier to try to go along with them and just try to leave the hell out of Cuba as soon as possible. I hear Cuban jails are not exactly the kind Karla Homolka spent her 12-year-vacation... i mean, sentence in.
Throw you in jail for what???
I guess since I've never been there....I don't know........But that would really get my blood boiling.......
Can you not bribe them???
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Question: If your papers are ligit....and you have nothing to hide......can you give THEM attitude? I get pretty pissed at that sh^t quickly....So I start to be an A$$HOLE to them.......I've never done it in Cuba....but I did it Panama and Dominican Republic.
I think you can give them attitude but it could easily backfire, so, as hard as it was, I think it was easier to try to go along with them and just try to leave the hell out of Cuba as soon as possible. I hear Cuban jails are not exactly the kind Karla Homolka spent her 12-year-vacation... i mean, sentence in.
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My experience at the Cuba airport 2 years ago wasn't so bad. The only complaint was the heat at the baggage claim in Varadero. The Sh#t was hot. Like 40C and no AC. Plus we had to wait like 35 minutes for our luggage to appear.
Hey Buffy how is the currency conversion now? When I was there they accepted US money and now I know it's Pesos. Did you covert your money before leaving to Cuba or did you do it there? I'm going back in May so I just wanted to get a heads up.
If your papers are ligit....and you have nothing to hide......can you give THEM attitude?
I get pretty pissed at that sh^t quickly....So I start to be an A$$HOLE to them.......I've never done it in Cuba....but I did it Panama and Dominican Republic.
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So as most of you know, (alright, just LadyBug. The rest of you didn't even notice I was gone... ) I just came back from Cuba last week. The trip was nice and all, but I could not believe how we were harrassed by airport security. As soon as we landed and they saw our gorgeous latin faces, they starting buzzing around us and by the time we got to the attendants, they separated us and started grilling hubby, and he had to give them every single detail about his life. We had to show our passports to every single official there and by the end I was just pissed. It was so frustrating. (Plus I was PMS-y) Anyway, the return wasn't any better. In fact, it was worse. They had a guy following hubby, very blantantly, all over the airport. And they were so rude and obnoxious. And it was only with us that they did that. They didn't even try to pretend, the harrassment was so blatant. I've been to Cuba three times (Holguin and Cienfuegos) and it's been bad before, but this time it just went overboard. Is it Santa Clara or is all of Cuba like that? Has any of you ever experienced this? I'm so turned off, even though the resort and the beaches and the people from the resort were so wonderful, that I don't know if I ever want to visit Cuba again.
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I'm asking seriously..... In Panama & D.R. I bribe the cops all the time.......I had three cops guard the house I rented for a couple of cases of beer. 
-- Edited by Bainaman at 10:46, 2006-01-30 
"Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission."
) I just came back from Cuba last week. The trip was nice and all, but I could not believe how we were harrassed by airport security. As soon as we landed and they saw our gorgeous latin faces, they starting buzzing around us and by the time we got to the attendants, they separated us and started grilling hubby, and he had to give them every single detail about his life. We had to show our passports to every single official there and by the end I was just pissed. It was so frustrating. (Plus I was PMS-y) Anyway, the return wasn't any better. In fact, it was worse. They had a guy following hubby, very blantantly, all over the airport. And they were so rude and obnoxious. And it was only with us that they did that. They didn't even try to pretend, the harrassment was so blatant. I've been to Cuba three times (Holguin and Cienfuegos) and it's been bad before, but this time it just went overboard. Is it Santa Clara or is all of Cuba like that? Has any of you ever experienced this? I'm so turned off, even though the resort and the beaches and the people from the resort were so wonderful, that I don't know if I ever want to visit Cuba again.
