Cuba fast becoming a popular Fascinating Travel Destination

Cuba is becoming a very popular travel destination.As Fidel Castro has relinquished the reigns of Cuba to his brother Raoul, there is an expectation that things are about to change. This expectation is further fueled, by the change of US President. It is expected that soon it will once again be easy for American citizens to visit Cuba.

My husband and I visited this fascinating country and got caught up in Hurricane Wilma! Despite the weather,which did restrict our movements a little, we found it different to any other country we had ever been to.Havana, clearly once a very beautiful city, is crumbling.However, they have a restoration programme under way, and I fully expect that in a few years, this city will once again be stunning. There are already many very lovely old colonial buildings, houses, museums etc.

Trinidad was my favourite town with its cobbled streets, and sherbet houses.You can read about it at http://www.fascinating-travel-destinations.com/trinidad-cuba.html

The people are really what makes Cuba the truly fascinating travel destination it is. Music pours from every bar and restaurant, and the bands and their members can be seen wandering through the streets, double bass slung over the shoulder.The bands invariably feature three generations. We saw a teenage boy sitting on the Malecon sea wall, practicing his trombone. Often dancing by accomplished, elegant couples, accompanies the music. The minstrels wander on their stilts through the city, easily picked out by the vivid colours they are wearing. Every band sells their signature C.D's as a money spinner.

Many characters roam the streets, dressed in a wardrobe from another era, sometimes a fat cigar hanging from their lips.Yes, some will bale you up to sell you dud cigars, newspapers, or ask you for money for "milk for their babies" although they clearly have no babies to give the milk to.

The old cars we see pictures of, do exist in abundance. Parked on the streets. Or on the sides of country roads..........where they have died, so now the bonnet is up the owner's head lost in the depths, as they try to restore life to the ancient motor! This will change, once life improves for these people. At present it is tough.

With a dual currency, those involved in any form of tourism who are paid with convertible pesos, are more comfortably off than those who have to survive on the
ordinary peso, which is worth almost nothing.


For travellers who are keen to visit Cuba while it remains in a time warp, you will find it a unique experience.You will find all the important information about accommodation, travel,weather, getting around at http://www.fascinating-travel-destinations.com/information-on-cuba.html