- Ice and paper products are in short supply and doled out carefully
- Everything is accomplished via paperwork. We bought out bus tickets at the hotel, got a hand-written receipt, and the exchanged that on the bus for the actual tickets.
- The beer is awful, IMHO. If you like Bud, Coors Light, Canadian, etc., you will probably like it (but I like dark beer)
- Hitchhiking is the national sport; its how you get to work. Baseball is second.
- Most signs and menus are in Spanish, English, French and Russian.
- You can take your drink anywhere and there don't seem to be any age restrictions on who they will serve. When our Beach Tour bus stopped for a break the bar owner across the street brought over a tray of pina coladas for sale.
- Roads are well maintained. Of course, they don't have winter to cause them to heave and sink. The seasons in Cuba are hot and hotter.
- The soil is so red you might be on Mars
- Castanets at 10' are REALLY LOUD
- Everything melts: ice, ice cream & tourists
- Don't drink the tap water - it has too much chlorine. It took a lot of the dye out of my hair.
- Cuban merchants may try to sell you stuff, but they can take no for an answer and then carry on a conversation with you.
- Cubans like Canadians, because we spend money. South Americans don't usually go off the resort.
- They don't like French Canadians because they won't speak English.
- Most people on the resort speak English, or other languages besides Spanish. Off the resort Spanish-only speakers will try to make themselves understood through signs. Usually because they want to sell you something.
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