Money in Cuba
10:59 11/02/2016
The ongoing American embargo has a crippling impact on the Cuban economy. As is the case with most embargos, rather than bring about the overthrow of the...
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A Cuban Reality Tour
23:48 09/02/2016
When traveling in Central America, I like to have the help of guides from Augsburg College’s Center for Global Education and Experience (CGEE),...
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Getting Online in Cuba
0:22 09/02/2016
Traveling through Cuba, you often feel as if you’re hanging out with people still living in the 20th century. But there’s clearly a huge appetite for...
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Cuba’s Complex Ethnic Mix
20:04 08/02/2016
One of the joys of visiting Cuba is meeting the people in this still remarkably closed society. It’s so easy and fun to connect with people on the...
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Friendly Cuban Welcomes
21:19 07/02/2016
Locals kept telling me, “We live in an open society. Wherever there’s an open door, you are welcome to enter.” And I found that to be the case....
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Cuba’s Classic (and Not-So-Classic) Cars
21:32 06/02/2016
Havana traffic is a mix of classic American cars (from before the Revolution), Russian Ladas (those infamous tin cans on four wheels, from the Soviet...
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The USA, the USSR, and Cuba
3:14 05/02/2016
Two of the most striking buildings in Havana are the embassies of Russia and the USA. Immediately after Castro’s victory in 1960, there was hope of a...
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Communism in Cuba
21:21 03/02/2016
Part of being a tourist in Cuba is sorting out the puzzle of its ideology and its struggling economy. With the country opening up to tourism, softening...
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Rick Steves’ Cuba Report
21:27 02/02/2016
One of the hottest topics among American travelers lately is Cuba. Can we visit now? Is it legal? How does it work? I just got back from a (fully legal)...
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6 of the best luxury liveaboards
16:00 24/12/2015
Anyone who has dived in a popular destination such as the Red Sea will know that good, accessible dive sites tend to attract several boat loads of scuba...
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