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ecib  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. to Restore Full Diplomatic Relations With Cuba

I cannot wait to travel there. It's #1 on the list for my wife and I, and has been for a bit.

We looked into honeymooning there, but utilizing the loopholes that allowed US Citizens to vacation there were far too cumbersome.

Also, credit where it's due, +1 for the Pope.





cgod  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You're gonna have to wait. travel restrictions aren't being lifted for tourism.

ecib  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I researched it, you can already vacation there via loopholes, but it has to be in the form of these wierd historical guided tours and such...we didn't want a honeymoon with a chaperone, -that would have been lame. I think we could do it now or shortly with the restrictions lifted on business travel, what with M's retail store and all. We could do a buying trip.

I bet that most travel is normalized in a half a decade or so as long as stupid Republicans don't brand it a leftist Obama policy that needs to be destroyed. Most effective way to open up that country to political reform is probably opening markets and exporting our capitalistic culture. I'm sure I'm being too optimistic now that I think about it since overturning the sanctions would require congressional approval.

mk  ·  3633 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have a pal that vacationed there with his family, they just left via Canada. I also knew a girl that sailed there every year.