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I have a friend of a friend who used a prepaid AMIGO TRAVEL CLUB card in Cuba. They are a bank in Antigua and he was able to open an account online as an American citizen. I think this also involved e-mailing them a copy of his passport and driver's license. Once the account is open, you can charge the account by wire transfer from your bank and then ...
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As an American citizen you are required to the follow the laws of the USA despite any other nationality that you may have. Most laws don't apply to citizens residing abroad, but some do. Perhaps the most significant is paying taxes on world-wide income, but also includes participating in the selective service (military draft), reporting foreign bank account ...
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As an American citizen, you are bound by the laws and embargos of the U.S. no matter which passport you present. So, you would technically be breaking the law by visiting Cuba and spending money.
As per the Treasury Cuba Sanctions
Unless authorized by a general or specific license, any person subject
to U.S. jurisdiction who engages in any Cuba ...
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These are entirely different classes of travel. Portugal+Spain is an easy trip within the usual Western world, close to home and without any significant apparent dangers other than the usual pickpockets and the expensive Euro zone. You can easily get home if needed (regular flights from Madrid and Barcelona directly to TLV, connections through all around ...
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From Wikivoyage:
A tourist visa card (visa de tarjeta del turista) is necessary for
travellers from most nations. This visa, which is really little more
than a piece of paper on which you list your vital statistics, costs
between 15-25 CUC (or 15-25 Euro), depending on where purchased. It
can be purchased at the Airport in Cuba on arrival, ...
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The Cuba Information Manual ("The Definitive Guide to Legal and Illegal Travel to Cuba") says:
The embargo laws do not forbid U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba.
They do, however, forbid U.S. citizens from spending money there
without the proper permits, which essentially amounts to the same
thing—unless you plan on begging your way around the ...
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There's one way you may not have considered - although it's quite adventurous.
Websites like Find A Crew advertise boats going from A to B all around the world. They're usually looking for crew. Some will want experienced crew, while others just want someone to share the journey, and price of fuel and food with, as long as you're happy to help out and ...
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I had the best travel experiences, while traveling alone. I can at least confirm that China can be traveled alone.
Traveling alone is also the way to meet people. Buy yourself à lonely planet and you'll see that you'll have an instant new social network. You'll keep meeting people you already met in previous visited hostels/hotels/places
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Most of the time you will see huge cruise ships in Havana. But this is part of a cruise and even though you will have a day or two in Havana, you will not be allowed to stay on the island.
If you have your own boat you can just sail to Cuba but have to arrive at one of seven ports.
There is some good information about this at cruisingincuba.com
I don't ...
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Unfortunately there's nowhere near enough information here to be able to give a full answer for your specific situation.
Over the past few years the travel situation from the US to Cuba has changed, and there are now completely legal ways to visit Cuba as an American citizen, mainly under the "People-to-People" program which allows for "Purposeful Travel" ...
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It's still not legal since you are not even supposed to travel to Cuba by yourself on independent travel. You are only allowed to travel with a Cuba travel organization that has an official license from the U.S. State Department. And traveling with those binds you to their schedule, too, which I guess you do not want to take.
So who pays for the hotel does ...
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From Wikitravel:
There are no regular ferries or boats to Cuba from foreign ports,
although some cruise liners do visit. Yachters are expected to anchor
at the public marinas. Most ports are closed and tourists are not
permitted to walk around them. Private vessels may enter at Marina
Hemingway in Havana or Marina Acua in Varadero. There are no ...
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They handed us these cards aboard the airplane.
We went there recently and were simply given these cards on board. It was in many ways similar to filling out customs declarations for various countries, except that the form was much shorter. The flight attendants warned us to fill them out carefully as there was a fee of 60 CUC for corrections and ...
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Skyscanner also finds plenty of flights to Cuba. (By KLM, Air Canada, Aeroflot, Air France, etc). Skyscanner Ltd is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I tried DFW–HAV too, and yes, it found connections (through MEX, mostly):
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As an U.S. citizen the only way to enter in Cuba legally to the U.S eyes is by using the “people-to-people” program authorized by the OFAC. These trips are not touristic.
It’s then illegal for you as U.S. citizen to enter Cuba no matter which passport to use, however you may enter and U.S. government will never know, but that will be illegal:
If you fly to ...
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For the quickest, you either want a direct flight, or a change at an airport on the great circle path.
I can't seem to find an Indian airlines serving Havana directly, so that's the first option out. For the 2nd option, the great circle path goes over Scandinavia. So, for that, your best bet would be to change there.
Unfortunately, according to the ...
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I have travelled alone to Cuba, Spain and China and I didn't have any problems in any of those countries. Like the previous answers have stated, Cuba would not be a wise choice for that time of year. Otherwise, that would have been my first choice. Spain and Portugal are easy places to travel in. China, on the other hand was a little more challenging to get ...
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