My Final Thoughts of Visiting Havana Cuba

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  • My Final Thoughts on Visiting Havana Cuba
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  • @2011andresme
    @2011andresme 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Tourists and cubans live different realities in that country

  • @305jakec
    @305jakec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I was born in cuba and tourist mostly see the good side of the island 🏝 I only go back once in a while due to family but it’s very sad and depressing seeing what the Cuban people have to go through just to survive !! Viva cuba libre

    • @benjamins8082
      @benjamins8082 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean replace the president with another 🇺🇸 puppet. Then they will be free lol

    • @nikasamwkusvili9345
      @nikasamwkusvili9345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      do you want the embargo to end or not

    • @Stoicsaiyan
      @Stoicsaiyan ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nikasamwkusvili9345nah we want the Cuban government to fall

  • @radad12
    @radad12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    America has internet, skyscrapers and all the bells and whistles. We don’t say hi to our neighbors, spend time with our family and work like a dog. yet we traveling to other countries to tell them how to make it better.

  • @YoelAndMari
    @YoelAndMari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    As Cubans (and personally) we absolutely hate when foreigners say "going back in time" and romanticize that idea. We very much live in 2022 but without access to modernity but we DESERVE to have every access to comfort and amenities that you do - to have a Malecon like what you mentioned. To travel like you can to make this youtube. To see the world and comment on it. What you didn't mention is the dictatorship. We hope you learned we have no rights in Cuba and many (and i mean MANY) are fighting to have them one day.

    • @essys1991
      @essys1991 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said Yoel!

    • @pabrodi
      @pabrodi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you think you have no rights right now, wait until the billionaires take over your country. Cuba is in no good condition right now but don't romanticize the west. Just look at what's happening in other Latin American countries.

    • @rome6872
      @rome6872 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What would you say to describe it then? Because what sly said looked pretty accurate to me. As an American I hate when when people point out flaws without a solution. We are about progression. I feel for the state of things in Cuba, but from what I understand its because of your government? So what is there to do?

    • @tormxnta
      @tormxnta ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How are you here online? Do you live in Cuba?

    • @Djnuffsaid457
      @Djnuffsaid457 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I think the main problem is the embargo

  • @manuelojeda9144
    @manuelojeda9144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm Cuban, and I spent one month in 2019 in an apartment a friend from La Lisa HABANA country. He helped me out sínce I left my CUBA with my Parents when I was almost 15 years old. I enjoyed my time in HABANA and MATANZAS, where I was born and went to school at. I'm glad you liked it. By the way I cooked most of the time, and met other great people.

  • @carolinecoxfilm
    @carolinecoxfilm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    really enjoyed your videos on Cuba. I went there in January for the first time in the Holguin area. It blew my mind. Both the beauty but also the extreme struggle. I had no idea. and have been back 3 times. Always with a suitcase of clothes and health products to give away. Its a very captivating place on many levels. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

    • @carolinecoxfilm
      @carolinecoxfilm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilyoquendo3485 Would it be better to travel and stay at casa particular? So the money goes directly to the people?

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello. You asked whether it was better to stay en una casa particular. Honestly, no. We need international advocates condemning the human rights abuses. We need absolutely no money going into Cuba. Because every bit of your dollars goes back to the state. There has been some gains as the tourism has dropped in the las year especially since July 11, 2021 when almost all Cubans came out in mass to shout for Liberty and democracy. What works, and gets us a little closer to getting rid of these criminals in power is to squeeze them more. So, no travel to Cuba please.

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@carolinecoxfilm The only market existing in Cuba belongs to the Cuban Communist Party. All the money spent at that market serves only to enrich the PCC paying them with many times the real value of the products. Casa particular buys there too. This does not contribute to the development of the country but rather to finance the repression against the Cuban people and to maintain the dictatorship. If someone wishes to help Cubans, I do not recommend them traveling to Cuba now, when there are more than 1000 political prisoners. Casa particular will not do better either if the dictatorship continues. Everyone is free to decide whether to go or not to go, for sure, but it's always wiser to really know what this tourism means.

  • @Matthew-gz4oh
    @Matthew-gz4oh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great job as always Sly, and I watched a Venezuela Vlog earlier today, and it brought me to tears seeing so much potential being wasted like here. This reminds us all these are human beings never having a chance to fulfil their dreams.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The US need to end the blockade.

    • @Matthew-gz4oh
      @Matthew-gz4oh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The blockade is great! We have the same on N. Korea, Iran, and Venezuela and now Russia to some degree. The USA is not the world, as Cuba does have the entire world less USA

    • @Zenopsis
      @Zenopsis ปีที่แล้ว

      @Matthew the blockade is bad mostly because it gives the Cuban regime an excuse for the poverty it imposes on its own people. By blaming any and all problems on "American imperialism", Cuba can de-legitimize any calls for liberalization, and also provides an easily repeatable piece of propaganda that foreign apologists can use to deflect criticisms of human rights violations in Cuba by framing Cuba as an innocent victim of aggression

    • @Matthew-gz4oh
      @Matthew-gz4oh ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zenopsis There is no blockade on Cuba. There is a law preventing American business or citizens from doing business there. They can trade freely with the rest of the world. Blockade de-notes something that is factually inaccurate. We have much the same on Venezuela, Iran and North Korea in a similar manner.

    • @Zenopsis
      @Zenopsis ปีที่แล้ว

      @Matthew yes, you are correct. The United States does not "blockade" Cuba, it imposes a trade embargo which makes it illegal for US companies to do business with Cuba. I only referred to this policy as "the blockade" since you referred to it as such, as does the Cuban government. My point was that if the United States were to end the embargo, it would have a negligible to slightly positive effect on the Cuban economy, while increasing the political pressure on the Cuban government, since they and their apologists would no longer be able to justify Cuba's economic shortcomings as a consequence of "the blockade".

  • @stevie1748
    @stevie1748 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everything you said about "you can construct some Condos, hotels, apartment buildings" is why everyone is being told to go to CUBA before it changes. Glad I got to see it before it turns into a massive franchise.

    • @slyslife
      @slyslife  ปีที่แล้ว

      Please give full context. I was referring to the Malecon area of Havana. The whole country of Cuba, nor the city of Havana, won't be ruined by turning those rundown buildings along the water into nice accommodations.

    • @fischX
      @fischX ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slyslife I mean that's how it started everywhere else

  • @Inkbydaniel
    @Inkbydaniel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GM great shows/new sub/ Just wanna say I just got back from Cuba. 29th country but easily one of my favorites. Especially because Americans don’t really go there. It was a breath of fresh air, not seeing Starbucks or McDonald’s on every corner! The music is the best, the ladies are very beautiful and you have to love their spirit! They are happier than a lot of people here that’s for sure.

  • @floxy20
    @floxy20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When travelling in North America we rely on the standardization of restaurants and hotels to ensure there are no surprises. Cuba is for the more adventuresome.

  • @elvdell5582
    @elvdell5582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am soooooo back and forth on Cuba. My big 50 is coming up and I really want to visit, but I also want a smooth and nice trip. More research is definitely needed. I may have to get that ebook. With all of the recent youtubers that have gone there the reports are still all over the map. Thanks for posting the experience. I'll watch all of your Cuba series before deciding...

    • @comrade916
      @comrade916 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      One thing you should know.. To visit Cuba, you will have to basically tell the Department of State in the U.S. the reason you are going. Your name will go on a list.... It's not a serious thing, but nevertheless, your name is on a list.
      The U.S. points it's finger at the former Eastern Europe countries that forbade it's citizens from leaving the country.. In this situation between the U.S. and Cuba, it's not much difference.. You see, the U.S. is a facade of freedom.. They claim to offer the most freedom in the world, but in truth, not so much...

    • @captainnemo3549
      @captainnemo3549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@comrade916 Really love your name...no really

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@comrade916 It is true that there are traveling restrictions, however, regarding a repressive communist country with more than 1000 cuban political prisoners. Yet, communist Cuba implements restrictions on all cuban citizens to travel to all of the countries of the world and implements restrictions to all Cuban citizens to return to Cuba, their country of birth, arbitrarily.

    • @comrade916
      @comrade916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe there are a few prisoners held by the U.S. in Guantanamo for decades now without a trial.. Tens of thousands of have killed by the U.S. and it's military just in the past decade. Assassinations conducted on orders by the White House on bogus charges. An illegal invasion of Iraq on false charges that Iraq had stockpiles of chemical and possible nuclear weapons. CIA operatives in Venezuela illegally blowing up electrical power stations in order to topple the government.. You see, the U.S. says it's for peace, but maybe not so much.. Like the American people, they often have a fake smile on their face and put a dagger in your back.. I'm sure one of those people too! Those 1000 Cuban citizens should be put in prison.. They're traders to the revolution.. Better yet, send them to the U.S. Now, go yourself!

    • @comrade916
      @comrade916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainnemo3549 Believe me, it was chosen with care and rest assured, I really am a Comrade..

  • @mindstate1011
    @mindstate1011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those beans rice and chicken looked bomb! I always tell people when I travel. I dont travel to go to 5 star restaurants, I can do that where I live in california. When i travel, I want to eat like the locals, and what the locals eat.

  • @Jaychris_viajes
    @Jaychris_viajes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sly thanks man, Cuba series is on point 🎯💯⭐️👌, through your videos It’s like experiencing without the physical presence

  • @user-jd4tx6do4i
    @user-jd4tx6do4i 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your glued to your internet access. As a Canadian, I've been there several times. I liked it. You should just to the Orlando... its more your speed.

  • @user-uz5ko8sv2f
    @user-uz5ko8sv2f หลายเดือนก่อน

    I recently visited Havana and LOVED it!! It’s a must see destination!!

  • @mika2oo1
    @mika2oo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was in Cuba about 10yrs back. First and last time. Depressingly poor and pathetic place. Not a place to vacation.

    • @FSVR54
      @FSVR54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      just go to Miami and it's the same shit lol, but better infrastructure

    • @mika2oo1
      @mika2oo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FSVR54 Actually, in Miami I can smell the money in the air. In Cuba you can’t even get normal food to eat. You want to lose weight and starve to death, go to Cuba and North Korea. Communism is the bomb.

    • @FSVR54
      @FSVR54 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mika2oo1 very true about communism, but in miami exveytingkn is so expensive, you starve either way lmao. I'm a Miami resident by the way, who is dying to get out

    • @mika2oo1
      @mika2oo1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FSVR54 So, what's the problem, Comrade? Inflate an on old tractor inner tube, and be on your way. You'll have fresh seafood every day. And hopefully, some Cuban fisherman will pick you up, so you'll be free of Miami forever. What more can you ask for?

    • @FSVR54
      @FSVR54 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mika2oo1 what the fuck would I go to cuba for? Lol. I'm no "comrade". I'm looking at Georgia or Texas, maybe Asia

  • @mylesmcswiney4991
    @mylesmcswiney4991 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really useful thanks. Heading to Havana next week

  • @sb1206
    @sb1206 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Are you suggesting they should demolish the historic buildings along the malecon? Making Havana look like every other city would be sad too.

    • @gallaxian
      @gallaxian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      As things stand now they are mouldering. Without investment many will collapse in coming decades.

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Buildings in Havana are falling down on people's heads. When you walk Havana, please look up, if there is any balcony do not pass under it.

  • @raulpendas
    @raulpendas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It is sad that you did not go to Havana in the 1950s.

  • @rons1566
    @rons1566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks so much. I REALLY enjoyed this series

  • @JuanCarlosMartinez-qc7dp
    @JuanCarlosMartinez-qc7dp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank so much brother American , you just walk in my city , I grow up there and never been back , rafter 1994

  • @markhall6306
    @markhall6306 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like your perspective it's really informative 👍

  • @BigKeith510
    @BigKeith510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sly great series as always bro!! I've always wanted to go to Cuba man really thinking about it next year.

  • @JC-sl7bs
    @JC-sl7bs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Despite being sanctioned for decades by the USA, I didn't see a Cubian homeless living along the streets from this video. Is there anyway?

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are many homeless in Cuba.

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No there is no homeless people in cuba. everyone is provided a home there, some Cubans have two homes or a vacation home. Many rent there second homes out to tourist for extra cash.
      The embargo really prevents them from getting food, gas, goods and resources to rebuild, or create things so there forced to recycle and reuse and share and ration many things. Extremely cruel, the us has been trying to push them to collapse for a long time now..

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SPACEMONKEY288 Everyone is "provided a home" there hehehe. Wow! That should be the reason why they escape communism in masses then...? Hehehe. How naive and ignorant of our situation.

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ififif2022 my family is from there also, I still have family there, people flee cause there lacking resources and opportunity. Just became friends with someone who left last year.. everyone has a home for free there, there is no rent, food is rationed and free as well but you pay for the nicer things. Life in cuba is hard mainly because they can’t get anything or trade with the outside so there limited and have shortages of many things. It’s hard, they can’t replace things fast enough because of the emabargo. Iran tried sending over 4 giant oil tankers for them and American ships swooped in seized it and sent it to private oil groups in the states. We have the nation surrounded and punish those who try to help them. Cuba faces many issues because of us. some people just don’t care for the politics or understand and just wanna have things so they flee and come here knowing it will be easier and over there it’s almost impossible to get.
      Don’t knock you’re own culture there suffering because of the us.

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ififif2022 cuba isn’t communist either, they have a state capitalist economy with lots of social programs run by socialist and communist affiliated politicians.
      Socialism is cooperative and collective ownership, pure democracy. If the people don’t control and own it, it isn’t socialist.. you need to understand Leninism to understand cuba.
      Also Communism is stateless, moneyless and classless. They wanna achieve this but can’t move passed the state capitalist part of there transition. Not until it’s clear the outside won’t try to sabotage the nation.

  • @justinbalint5314
    @justinbalint5314 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will say this is the most calm and less busy I’ve ever seen Cuba I was just recently there and it was super busy

  • @hectorcapote5887
    @hectorcapote5887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's funny to see comments from non Cubans. I agree summer is the worst not even cause of the heat but the outbreaks of dengue fever. Right now many hospitals are collapsed. It's is sad how someone who says i stayed in the tourist area. Can then say you can do medical tourism here. Lol omg obviously you have never been to a Cuban hospital. I have to two and not the one tourist hospital in Habana that Cubans can't go to. It's straight out of a horror film. Put it this way i had to bribe nurse and more at the hospital and my grandma was on critical condition and she got horrible bed soares in the hospital. And no mentions of the electrical power cuts which have produced prostest on different cities every night.

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I confirm this information.

  • @cynthiabrooks8648
    @cynthiabrooks8648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was an interesting and enjoyable journey. Thank you

  • @Jthegreat84
    @Jthegreat84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, you mentioned that you had internet most of the time? Can you please share how you did it? I don’t want to be without internet! 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @ga20904
    @ga20904 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your video series documenting your visit to Cuba is fantastic , thank you

  • @mv0697
    @mv0697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey I just got back and had an amazing time .. I didn’t have no problem with internet had 16 g which lasted four days there where some places that took credit cards but generally I converted $200 for $2400 and literally was trying to give it away as I got closer to leaving .. I stayed in Vedado took a bike tour for 6 hours which was excellent way of knowing all the areas

  • @frijolero6048
    @frijolero6048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope you got to see a Timba band and learned a little about African religion that's popular in Cuba. The African folkloric culture is amazing!

  • @user-pk6zt6rh3y
    @user-pk6zt6rh3y 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brother Sly keep up the good work. Your videos are very informative and represent brothers from the states very well. Appreciate you.

  • @kimobrien.
    @kimobrien. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    End the US blockade of Cuba!!!

  • @MariNate1016
    @MariNate1016 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your content man. You motivated me to get back into making vids myself. Been having a lot of fun with my Puerto Rico series.

  • @markrush2319
    @markrush2319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Another great video on your part you had an open mind as usual. I was in Cuba for 30 days in 2017. As African-American male it was one of the best experiences of my life. What do you think of a trip to the French Rivera Nice, France 🇫🇷. And take the ferry from Marseilles France to North Africa. That would be a very interesting experience but you would need at least 30 days to do justice to the trip. Again another great trip and video. Keep traveling and stay safe.

    • @AlmiranteManolo
      @AlmiranteManolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you live as a regular people in Cuba 🇨🇺? I doubt it! That’s why your experience was “great” for the rest of the Cuban people isn’t an easy thing. I lived there 30 years of my life until I had the chance to scape. At least in the USA 🇺🇸 black people have the same opportunities as long as they work … in Cuba black and white people have the same fate; poverty and repression… socialism doesn’t work, two years living in Venezuela was the confirmation of that… I hope the Americans don’t embrace socialism because it will be the ruin of this beautiful and most prosperous country on earth. In Cuba for the tourist people everything looks perfect, but that’s the cover of a very sad truth behind of that tropical paradise…

    • @markrush2319
      @markrush2319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlmiranteManolo why do you think I would lie about my experience in Havana Cuba 🇨🇺. I rented an apartment in a Cuban's family home and I walked around Havana and interacted with average Cubans everyday. I took the same transportation as a Cuban did, I ate where the everyday Cuban ate the people of Cuba never disrespected me even though am an American and America has caused much of the economic hardship of Cuba with our 60 years failed embargo of Cuba 🇨🇺. As an African-American I was treated with more respect and kindness in Cuba than I did in America. You Cubans that fled Cuba are under the delusions that you are going to return to Cuba and Cuba will return to the pre-1959 era while America has brainwashed you, you are never going to return to Cuba and retain your superiority positions of power. Stay in the United States with all your whining moaning bitching and crying were you are comfortable playing the victim card. You arrogant Cubans in Miami are going to tell us African-Americans about our struggles in America you don't have the right to tell us a damn thing you Cubans had the best immigration policy of the United States if you set foot in America you got to stay in the United States you are not special you are just another useful tool of the power elite in America and are too stupid to figure it out take your arrogance and not preach to African-Americans that have been suffering for centuries in the United States.

  • @rcarioca
    @rcarioca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sleeping without AC can be tough.

  • @sibongisenigungqu3436
    @sibongisenigungqu3436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I studied medicine there I'm from South Africa

  • @KMO325
    @KMO325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you for this latest series, Sly. We rarely get an unbiased look at Cuba from an American’s perspective-especially a Black American one. I don’t have no idea where you’re going next, but I can’t wait. Are you staying in Latin America or heading overseas somewhere? Also, how was the Spanish accents in Cuba compared to other countries?

    • @hockleyvalleycoffeeroaster4599
      @hockleyvalleycoffeeroaster4599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cuban Spanish is terrible... similar to Dominican Spanish. They speak really fast and drop lots of letters. i.e. the letter s they say adio, mucho gra. that combined with a nasal intonation makes it hard to understand

    • @josephgee2515
      @josephgee2515 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hockleyvalleycoffeeroaster4599 😂😂😂 Gonna share this comment with my Cubano friends 👌

    • @josephgee2515
      @josephgee2515 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't look at Sly's color. I look at what advice he offers as an Experienced Traveller and My Fellow American.
      He just happens to be Black.

    • @goldenboyi1989
      @goldenboyi1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      does anyone know what camera he uses?

    • @sthunda7132
      @sthunda7132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @KMO Why do you think it was important to mention him being black american or his perspective as one? Does it make a difference?

  • @EvanPeix
    @EvanPeix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    were you shooting this iwht a DJI pocket?

  • @btjazzfann
    @btjazzfann 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another "grandslam"! I've always wanted to visit Cuba. Appreciate your motivation!

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

  • @davidwilliamgay4821
    @davidwilliamgay4821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great insight into Cuba Sly. Reminded me of what it must have been like in the old DDR, before 1989. I crossed the Berlin border into East Berlin in 1988, and it reminded me of Cuba 2022. Germany has modernised but Cuba hasnt. Really enjoy your travels. Never go to Mexico either in the wet or hurricane season either. Its cheaper but its hit or miss. Where shall we expect you next on your travels

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are modernizing all right building up the German military and preparing for new wars.

    • @wildinthewild3704
      @wildinthewild3704 ปีที่แล้ว

      A comparison between Cuba and DDR is very brave.
      Greetings from Germany

    • @davidwilliamgay4821
      @davidwilliamgay4821 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wildinthewild3704 live in germany myself, and had the good fortune to have been on both sides just before the wall came down in 89. Had our first trip to the east coast of Rügen then in the summer of 90. Loved it

    • @wildinthewild3704
      @wildinthewild3704 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidwilliamgay4821 So you saw the DDR during DDR times. Me not. I only grew up in former DDR territory. But everything on Cuba looks so vivid. My opinion is that in these terms it is quite the opposite of the DDR. Of course the political system may be similar and cars as well as architecture of course. But the way of life is another one, i think.

    • @davidwilliamgay4821
      @davidwilliamgay4821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wildinthewild3704 to be honest it is so long ago now. However, we were out on the night the wall came down, and the scenes were amazing. It took our bus ages just to travel a few Kilometers. A couple of days later, we were walking down Unten Den Linden to them Reichstag. It didnt take long for the joint Berlin to become what it is now....a very busy bustling city

  • @gallaxian
    @gallaxian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks. Great, as always, Sly. Hope you go to Miami at some point. It’s a Latin American city in a lot of ways.

  • @allverges
    @allverges 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i live in cuba, great video

  • @chrisdadon1953
    @chrisdadon1953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cuba has a run down beauty I cant explain

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine if there was freedom, democracy, and capitalism

    • @JRHamify
      @JRHamify ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lilyoquendo3485 it would be like Haiti, DR, Jamaica or Central American countries like Honduras. Even more impoverished and likely with much more violent crime

    • @UmQasaann
      @UmQasaann ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lilyoquendo3485 Just look how prosperous Haiti, Jamaica and Dominique are under capitalism... oh wait!

  • @dilma727
    @dilma727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have to give 👍 to this video where you give a more real vision of the true Cuba, where there is a lot of need and crisis for the people, who do not enjoy all the beautiful places that you visit and enjoy Cuba hurts us Cubans that we have had to emigrate to other countries like the US, Europe even to Africa

  • @deepdude4719
    @deepdude4719 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you ever go to the mountains you will be blown away. Earth is pretty man.

  • @r.ernesto6311
    @r.ernesto6311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Una placer a verlo tenido aquí en Cuba 🇨🇺
    Saludos bro

  • @rcarioca
    @rcarioca 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    July and August are hot but no big deal.

  • @proud_atheist5759
    @proud_atheist5759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been there 13 times and only stayed in all inclusive resorts once or twice. Planning on going there again this winter to get away from the Canadian cold.

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

  • @lu9037
    @lu9037 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for putting it real, becuase I seen local TH-camrs and they tell the story from inside and is totally different… I will be there in a couple o weeks for the first time! I’m glad you mingle with the local and can see their resilience, hope some day it will get better for all the Cuban people, like the good all days 💃🕺💃🕺💃👋👋👋

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

  • @coolbrezze67
    @coolbrezze67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos Sly. I'm going to be there in Oct

  • @KimoKapaku
    @KimoKapaku ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You apparently don't check weather before you travel...smart move..NOT

  • @cfG21
    @cfG21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In colombia they have shot of juices and soda too

  • @juicebox853
    @juicebox853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Makes me sad to see the people have such a hard life there.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tell Biden to end the Blockade.

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kimobrien. Which one?

  • @austinhawkins8201
    @austinhawkins8201 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are so dope Sly! I hear an accent in your videos bro, are you from Cleveland?

  • @flyingspacerock8968
    @flyingspacerock8968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You seem Vexed by this trip. You were not prepared. The weather and navigating that scene was much too much.

  • @ernestconnell8087
    @ernestconnell8087 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good videos on Cuba 👍

  • @usa_kenyan
    @usa_kenyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Informative video.

  • @danf3937
    @danf3937 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a person who’s not a Cuban living in the US go to the Bahamas instead

  • @henryg6618
    @henryg6618 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi @ sly's great info however is it true that Traveling Medical Insurance is mandatory to enter the country?

  • @SPACEMONKEY288
    @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really wish america would lift the embargo and let these people be, it’s so cruel and sad what we’ve done to this island. Making them suffer for what? Because they believe in a different set of politics? So childish.

  • @pagodadr
    @pagodadr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gotta love the Music!

  • @tonymaldonado1659
    @tonymaldonado1659 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My guy what type is acceptable at la floridita
    Canadian dollars or euros or Cuban peso’s or even American money

  • @elenarotestan5823
    @elenarotestan5823 ปีที่แล้ว

    While in Habana, we're you able to go to a nearby beach? I've been told the beach is far from Habana.

  • @TrulyExeceptionalSales
    @TrulyExeceptionalSales 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The US should go there and take over and turn it into a new Miami!

  • @shaolin1derpalm
    @shaolin1derpalm ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankfully I can use credit cards in Cuba. And I'm going next week lol .

  • @mv0697
    @mv0697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What ebook are you talking about

  • @maddkatter7948
    @maddkatter7948 ปีที่แล้ว

    I date a Cuban and the food is excellent. But she loves my American cooking

  • @TKO67
    @TKO67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    appreciate the insight

  • @viajerozz
    @viajerozz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good videos thanks! What about the legalities of visiting there? I thought is was still illegal? How did you manage?

    • @tonymaldonado1659
      @tonymaldonado1659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obama lifted the travel ban a while ago
      I’m actually going myself
      You can flight from America to Cuba nowadays
      I’m leaving from
      Boston mass to Florida and from Florida to Cuba

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

  • @darylturcott
    @darylturcott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I feel like you missed the cultural mark by not using a Casa Particular. It was one of the highlights of my trip to get to know a family. We still message each other occasionally. I bought an hour internet access card from my host just to check email and send a fee texts, but i recommend disconnecting and taking in the city.

  • @gilbert2303
    @gilbert2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    did you visit varadero at at all?

  • @henrymorfin6768
    @henrymorfin6768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Live and let live. END THE EMBARGO!!!

    • @corredor305
      @corredor305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      End the DICTATORSHIP

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No more communism in Cuba!! Free political prisoners!!! Then the embargo will end.

    • @henrymorfin6768
      @henrymorfin6768 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@corredor305 End European and American political interference in Latin America. Brown and black people dream for their children's future the same as white people.

  • @azanynieves4772
    @azanynieves4772 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What camera do you use to 🎥 film?

  • @thebloxconductor1870
    @thebloxconductor1870 ปีที่แล้ว

    ''Well I guess next we're gonna get shot 🙄'' -Dutch from rdr2

  • @goldenboyi1989
    @goldenboyi1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    does anyone know what camera he uses?

  • @dajakika2882
    @dajakika2882 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the name of your eBook on Amazon?

  • @HenryDR
    @HenryDR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @evoGage
    @evoGage 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ooooh new continent? Exciting!
    But if it true. Gonna miss seeing Latin America.

  • @haggeoromero
    @haggeoromero ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cuba doesn’t need to build up a consumer society like the rest of the world, hopefully they develop a more rational and sustainable society than the insane casino we live in.

  • @azanynieves4772
    @azanynieves4772 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is gotten worst and sad to say Cuba was always poor but industrial and the streets were filled with music and people dancing. I’m cuba born and raised in Florida but I have been back more then 40 times since I left 30 years ago and this is bad. I’m going in 15 days

  • @paulkenneally789
    @paulkenneally789 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very sharp analysis.
    I’m Black British and have avoided Cuba, because of the lactic freedoms and shabby infrastructure…(been to Jamaica, Caymans,Antigua and Guadeloupe)… As a Black man with money and a British passport you will be subject to scrutiny… mixed race couples will be considered as - men scammer,women prostitute…
    Until things change… go to a country that will truly welcome you and the locals are properly rewarded not subject to propaganda and apartheid.
    Oh, didn’t mention electricity shortages, lack of sanitary products and really boring food options!!!

    • @jt305
      @jt305 ปีที่แล้ว

      does the WiFi work there?

  • @darbas57
    @darbas57 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 😊

  • @sthunda7132
    @sthunda7132 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Your videos have been very insightful. When entering and exiting Cuba, I heard U.S. tourists are not supposed to get their passports stamped by Cuba customs. Is this true? pink Tourist Visa Card to be stamped only?

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

    • @Trav-eller
      @Trav-eller ปีที่แล้ว

      You cannot travel from the US to Cuba as a tourist, you need an official reason. If you are from the EU and get a stamp.. You will never be able to enter the US on an ESTA.

    • @gregaiken1725
      @gregaiken1725 ปีที่แล้ว

      wrong. a us citizen can visit under the 'helping cuban people' license. merely spend your money with individuals, not with government owned goods or services. keep a journal. thats the requirement.

    • @Trav-eller
      @Trav-eller ปีที่แล้ว

      @gregaiken1725 Thanks, Clouseau. Great help.

  • @bryancapote8516
    @bryancapote8516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    saludos amigo soy Brian de Cuba💯😂👍

  • @mv0697
    @mv0697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for the info I’m going to Cuba in sept but haven’t book my room what do suggest please reponds should I stay in an abnb or hotel or something like you where in

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO TRAVEL TO CUBA TILL THE ABUSIVE CRIMINAL MAFIA IN POWER ARE GONE!!! The people want freedom from the Communist government! Unarmed Cubans express their grievances and are killed, abused, thrown in jail. This is not a travel destination folks. The water is not safe to drink, its not safe to travel the roads, your money is not safe. The corruption from the second you arrive to the airport lines you are at their mercy. Don’t put yourself in danger. LIBERTY FOR THE CUBANS NOW!!!! DONT BE AN ACCOMPLICE TO THE ABUSIVE GOVERNMENT BY TRAVELING TO CUBA!!!

    • @mv0697
      @mv0697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilyoquendo3485 already booked take my chances here more good things from ppl who traveled there

    • @mv0697
      @mv0697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lilyoquendo3485 no difference in American

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your taking your dollars to the regime. You contribute to keeping the communist in power. And your not safe. No one will rescue you if something happens there

  • @Leysner77
    @Leysner77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There are some good restaurantsin havana my friend.

  • @carloscavana4893
    @carloscavana4893 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do u live ithere o are u visiting Cuba? Greetings.

  • @marcdurand3813
    @marcdurand3813 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi question : did you fly from the US ? Did you get your passport stamped upon arrival ? Did you have health insurance ? Did you have to keep receipts ? Where you asked a bunch of questions when you came back to US? THX !

  • @BS-qu5wy
    @BS-qu5wy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    isn't illegal to visit cuba if you are from United States. how did u go?

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cuba will let you in it’s america that won’t let you go there.. you just gotta go to another nation outside the us and fly in from there.

    • @Trav-eller
      @Trav-eller ปีที่แล้ว

      You can go to "provide support" for the people of Cuba. Your government does nt allow for tourism.

  • @JerryT21
    @JerryT21 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @mierypesado6740
    @mierypesado6740 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks and sounds like a slightly nicer Belice

  • @rcarioca
    @rcarioca 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    you must have gone to the wrong restaurants. There also are places where you get get a small cup of expreso for cheap

    • @MrSgtau
      @MrSgtau 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There's espresso at the Museo de las bellas artes' cafe (near the Museo de la Revolucion) for 20 CUP.

    • @rcarioca
      @rcarioca 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrSgtau opposite Coppelia on 23 st. there is a counter where you can buy expreso. Opposite Central park near Hotel Inglaterra there is Patisería Francesa where you can get Cafe Cortado ay higher prices but still cheap

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rcarioca Sorry to tell you that a few weeks ago, the coppelia witnessed a fight between clients and workers, chairs and tables where thrown. So I do not know if it is closed for you to go.

    • @rcarioca
      @rcarioca 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ififif2022 I will check into that

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rcarioca Pelea en Coppelia, la Habana, Cuba.

  • @JazzyGinger1
    @JazzyGinger1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello, May I share an Old Testament Verse with you from Daniel 7:14 "And there was given him dominion, & glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should SERVE Him; his dominion is an Everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed."
    God the Father loves you so much that He sent Holy Sinless Jesus (His Holy Son) to earth to be born of a virgin.Then, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins. He was in the tomb for 3 days, then Father God raised Holy and Sinless Jesus Christ (Y'shua) to Life! He appeared to people and went back to Heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, & unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, & immoral persons sorcerers & idolaters & all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire & brimstone..." Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith and trust in Him today and please repent. Will you have a Real encounter with Holy Lord Jesus (Y'shua is His Hebrew Name) and stay in a Genuine relationship with Him daily please?

  • @CA911truth
    @CA911truth 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you need a Vaccination Card ?

  • @bananahead44
    @bananahead44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Cuba is in a energy crisis right now and they will be starting to shut off the power in certain areas of Havana every day. Not a good time to visit. The Cuban people need to be liberated!!

    • @SPACEMONKEY288
      @SPACEMONKEY288 ปีที่แล้ว

      The embargo needs to be lifted, this is on Americas hand.

  • @user-eu3fw6cw4m
    @user-eu3fw6cw4m 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unblock Cuba 🚩

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cuba is blocked only by the Cuban communist party.

    • @lilyoquendo3485
      @lilyoquendo3485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Free Cuba from Communism Castro Canel and family. They are the blockade to the peoples prosperity

    • @UmQasaann
      @UmQasaann ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ififif2022 I trust the Cuban communist party more than the pro-imperialist fascist Democrats and GOP! 🇨🇺🇦🇴

  • @CAPERCO13
    @CAPERCO13 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SALUDOS

  • @RoylandLara
    @RoylandLara 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sly I would like to go to cuba with you as a free Cuban , you’ll see

  • @Andrew-cg2zl
    @Andrew-cg2zl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video!! thank you for giving good info... i live in North Carolina and i thought about going to cuba but man!, it sounds like a headache to go there. i wish the country would focus on tourism (or possibly us can take it as terrority)

    • @ififif2022
      @ififif2022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one has the right to "take" someone else's territory.

    • @janaib1520
      @janaib1520 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same I’m thinking about it rn