Gents,
I just came back from a week in Havana - my 6th trip there. Life is interesting there to say the least. Plenty p4p - it seems that every girl has a side business. I got tired of the pros and semi pros and tried to find a regular girl to hang with - hard to do as they all want to get down to a casa for business.
Some observations:
Hotel:- there are some great deals from Toronto $700 to $1,200 per week. The hotels in the playas del este (tropicoco and Atlantico) have all inculsive and full of "activity". i enjoy the beach life so i have stayed at Tropicoco (or as they say tropicaca). It is a nice base with a $5 tourist bus connection to HAV as well as a $15 -$20 cab ride. I typically also have a casa particular in the city when I go - easier to bring the girl back there and redeploy the cab fare i would have paid anyways.
- Police Check Points - at the playas del este. the cops make a big production about the chicas being too close to the hotel - a $5 bribe paid by the chica or her shooter should do the trick
- doorman - you can bribe the doorman at the tropicoco for
$20 - he will bring the chica up to your room ( and remover her when finished)
Casa Particular
If you are staying in the city this is a must. Don't stay in a hotel unless you have a casa crash pad. Girls are reluctant to register at the hotel but have no problems with the casa - neither do the hosts. Try to get a casa in central havana or vedado - close to your favorite bar. Casa owners don't care if you bring a girl up as long as they see her carnet
Money
Bring UK sterling, Euros or CDN. Do not bring $US - you will take a 10% haircut on the exchange.
- Change some of your money at the airport or all of it if you don't wish to spend a half day changing at the Cadecas. You can also change money at the hotels at a 3% markup
Always have emergency cash and credit cards (NON USA) stashed away in a safe or hidden in your casa bedroom.
- try to get your CUC in $10s and $5s as many places don't have change for $20 (or say they don't) . This helps you operate in multiples of $5 to negotiate.
Beach Life
Dec - feb is a bit cool for most Cubans but fine for us gringos. There were cubans at the playa del este in Dec . I was also there last April and the beach was jammed and lots of chicas on the prowl. I know one guy that shagged a girl in the water - past the sandbar.
The chicas will be stopped by the cops if seen with you - bring them to the hotel or have their shooter arrange a casa nearby.
Chicas
Hard core pros are at the Salon Rojo - the Capri. I have passed on them as I don't like that game. By far the Capri has the most beautiful woman - cost $100CUC plus driver and casa if you don't have one. I have obsereved that when you negoitate the price, the chica will text here shooter and you will both exit seperately and hop into her "taxi" with her "driver" (pimp). Maybe other readers can help on the logistics here....
If you are not into the uncertainty of p4p at the capri - try to get a phone number for a next day hook up at a reduced price.
Semi-pros are at the casa de la musica an other name brand venues. I try to p4p girls that work solo. Scored one my first night in town...i had a casa nearby and we took a bici taxi to my casa (3CUC) - we left the club seperately and she followed me shortly thereafter- money was not discussed with the chica other than when I said "I can help you". I paid $50 (too much ) but i liked her as she preformed well.
"normal girls"
I got tired of the semi-pros and went cruising for regular girls. This is easy - just watch for eye contact and a smile and open with something basic. Hard to just hang with these ones as everyone is scared of the cops - they typically are game to shag right away. Getting numbers could work but why bother when you can seal the deal right away.
Security
I have never had a problem in HAV but have heard that some guys carry small knives. God help them if they do anything to a tourist....having said that, avoid any kind of mix ups as the outcome could be twisted and unpredictable..... Imagine if foreigners came to your country en masse and fucked your women folk all of the time.
Pickpockets - I have been pick pocketed twice. Not big amounts but enough to learn. Always have your major cash in your sock/shoe. My cash float for the evening is distributed among various pockets. I put small bills amongst a wad of Canadian Tire money and Argentinian pesos. The pickpocket will watch you pay for a drink to scope what pocket you put your money in. I am convinced all cubans are accomplished pick pockets....
In the hotels, put your passport and big cash etc in the safe. If you are in a casa with no safe - get a lock for your suitcase and a secret compartment. Have a decoy wallet with old ID, some $ and FX currency in the event someone wants to make a quick snatch.
Have a travel phone instead of brining your I phone 5 to Cuba.
P4P
always make a low intitial offer. Please don't overpay as this ruins it for the rest of us. I am certain these girls would settle for $30 based on what I saw during my last night in town (hanging with the two quebecers) - another story for another time...... These girls won't turn down a reasonable offer. best to go with the normal or semi-pro girls . When talking about money watch out for the add ons $ for room, $ for taxi....lot's of middlemen - try to negotiate an "all in"deal. The Pros are distinguised by their bright/sometimes nice clothing. Semi pros and regulars dress more normally
Scams
Google "Cuba Scams" for a comprehensive lesson. When interacting with the chicas here are my tips:
-Don't EVER - EVER buy a chica a drink when she asks for one. She typically has a deal with the bar and will return the un-opened beer or red bull to the bar and they re-sell it and split the proceeds. If you choose to buy a chica a drink - do so on your own terms - you say "if, what and when". Open the beer before giving it to her. Make sure she drinks it.
- under no circumstances are you to buy a chica a RED BULL - never! You will appreciate the $4CUC and what it can do for you if redeployed wisely.
- never let a chica arrange things - casa, taxi, food, drink. If you let her do anything, you are in for a scam along the way: paying too much, or her getting a cut, or including a friend as a driver etc....
- NEVER EVER give a chica money for her brother's birthday, sick mother, taxi fare, for make up or whatever. Tell her "no me pides algo" - y que Fidel te da todo. My favorite is when the chica asks for cab fare - how did she think she would get home? - there are 24 hr buses that cost 5 cents - this is her problem! DO NOT BE A GENTLEMAN IN REGARD TO THESE MATTERS.
Be the man - arrange everything. Tell her 'soy el jefe" . Do not let her suggest anything - BE IN CONTROL _ HAVE A PLAN. This is hard to do if you don't speak some Spanish or a first timer in HAV.
- in the bedroom with the chica, put your clothes in a nice pile - have the decoy wallet around. She will be watching for where your cell phone is and pants - where the $ is. She will most likely check your shoe if she can't see the decoy.
- shoreing is very rare in HAV, as such, pay the chica something - commensurate with services received.
Driver
I rolled with a couple of Quebecers my last night in HAV. They had a driver in an old 1951 beat up Ford. We paid his entrance into the bar and paid him dicounted rates for trips. He paid for his own drinks and brought girls over. Going back to the resort he bribed the cops $5
CUC and talked his way past the checkpoint so we could get the Chica in the hotel (yes 3 guys and one chica in the room - a twisted story that I will report on another time). Bottom line - if you are in a group of two or more - get a driver - local knowledge and local knowhow goes a long way
Enough for now. I will have more tips, tricks and tall tales to tell in my next field report. Any questions, comments and observations are welcome.
El gato
I just came back from a week in Havana - my 6th trip there. Life is interesting there to say the least. Plenty p4p - it seems that every girl has a side business. I got tired of the pros and semi pros and tried to find a regular girl to hang with - hard to do as they all want to get down to a casa for business.
Some observations:
Hotel:- there are some great deals from Toronto $700 to $1,200 per week. The hotels in the playas del este (tropicoco and Atlantico) have all inculsive and full of "activity". i enjoy the beach life so i have stayed at Tropicoco (or as they say tropicaca). It is a nice base with a $5 tourist bus connection to HAV as well as a $15 -$20 cab ride. I typically also have a casa particular in the city when I go - easier to bring the girl back there and redeploy the cab fare i would have paid anyways.
- Police Check Points - at the playas del este. the cops make a big production about the chicas being too close to the hotel - a $5 bribe paid by the chica or her shooter should do the trick
- doorman - you can bribe the doorman at the tropicoco for
$20 - he will bring the chica up to your room ( and remover her when finished)
Casa Particular
If you are staying in the city this is a must. Don't stay in a hotel unless you have a casa crash pad. Girls are reluctant to register at the hotel but have no problems with the casa - neither do the hosts. Try to get a casa in central havana or vedado - close to your favorite bar. Casa owners don't care if you bring a girl up as long as they see her carnet
Money
Bring UK sterling, Euros or CDN. Do not bring $US - you will take a 10% haircut on the exchange.
- Change some of your money at the airport or all of it if you don't wish to spend a half day changing at the Cadecas. You can also change money at the hotels at a 3% markup
Always have emergency cash and credit cards (NON USA) stashed away in a safe or hidden in your casa bedroom.
- try to get your CUC in $10s and $5s as many places don't have change for $20 (or say they don't) . This helps you operate in multiples of $5 to negotiate.
Beach Life
Dec - feb is a bit cool for most Cubans but fine for us gringos. There were cubans at the playa del este in Dec . I was also there last April and the beach was jammed and lots of chicas on the prowl. I know one guy that shagged a girl in the water - past the sandbar.
The chicas will be stopped by the cops if seen with you - bring them to the hotel or have their shooter arrange a casa nearby.
Chicas
Hard core pros are at the Salon Rojo - the Capri. I have passed on them as I don't like that game. By far the Capri has the most beautiful woman - cost $100CUC plus driver and casa if you don't have one. I have obsereved that when you negoitate the price, the chica will text here shooter and you will both exit seperately and hop into her "taxi" with her "driver" (pimp). Maybe other readers can help on the logistics here....
If you are not into the uncertainty of p4p at the capri - try to get a phone number for a next day hook up at a reduced price.
Semi-pros are at the casa de la musica an other name brand venues. I try to p4p girls that work solo. Scored one my first night in town...i had a casa nearby and we took a bici taxi to my casa (3CUC) - we left the club seperately and she followed me shortly thereafter- money was not discussed with the chica other than when I said "I can help you". I paid $50 (too much ) but i liked her as she preformed well.
"normal girls"
I got tired of the semi-pros and went cruising for regular girls. This is easy - just watch for eye contact and a smile and open with something basic. Hard to just hang with these ones as everyone is scared of the cops - they typically are game to shag right away. Getting numbers could work but why bother when you can seal the deal right away.
Security
I have never had a problem in HAV but have heard that some guys carry small knives. God help them if they do anything to a tourist....having said that, avoid any kind of mix ups as the outcome could be twisted and unpredictable..... Imagine if foreigners came to your country en masse and fucked your women folk all of the time.
Pickpockets - I have been pick pocketed twice. Not big amounts but enough to learn. Always have your major cash in your sock/shoe. My cash float for the evening is distributed among various pockets. I put small bills amongst a wad of Canadian Tire money and Argentinian pesos. The pickpocket will watch you pay for a drink to scope what pocket you put your money in. I am convinced all cubans are accomplished pick pockets....
In the hotels, put your passport and big cash etc in the safe. If you are in a casa with no safe - get a lock for your suitcase and a secret compartment. Have a decoy wallet with old ID, some $ and FX currency in the event someone wants to make a quick snatch.
Have a travel phone instead of brining your I phone 5 to Cuba.
P4P
always make a low intitial offer. Please don't overpay as this ruins it for the rest of us. I am certain these girls would settle for $30 based on what I saw during my last night in town (hanging with the two quebecers) - another story for another time...... These girls won't turn down a reasonable offer. best to go with the normal or semi-pro girls . When talking about money watch out for the add ons $ for room, $ for taxi....lot's of middlemen - try to negotiate an "all in"deal. The Pros are distinguised by their bright/sometimes nice clothing. Semi pros and regulars dress more normally
Scams
Google "Cuba Scams" for a comprehensive lesson. When interacting with the chicas here are my tips:
-Don't EVER - EVER buy a chica a drink when she asks for one. She typically has a deal with the bar and will return the un-opened beer or red bull to the bar and they re-sell it and split the proceeds. If you choose to buy a chica a drink - do so on your own terms - you say "if, what and when". Open the beer before giving it to her. Make sure she drinks it.
- under no circumstances are you to buy a chica a RED BULL - never! You will appreciate the $4CUC and what it can do for you if redeployed wisely.
- never let a chica arrange things - casa, taxi, food, drink. If you let her do anything, you are in for a scam along the way: paying too much, or her getting a cut, or including a friend as a driver etc....
- NEVER EVER give a chica money for her brother's birthday, sick mother, taxi fare, for make up or whatever. Tell her "no me pides algo" - y que Fidel te da todo. My favorite is when the chica asks for cab fare - how did she think she would get home? - there are 24 hr buses that cost 5 cents - this is her problem! DO NOT BE A GENTLEMAN IN REGARD TO THESE MATTERS.
Be the man - arrange everything. Tell her 'soy el jefe" . Do not let her suggest anything - BE IN CONTROL _ HAVE A PLAN. This is hard to do if you don't speak some Spanish or a first timer in HAV.
- in the bedroom with the chica, put your clothes in a nice pile - have the decoy wallet around. She will be watching for where your cell phone is and pants - where the $ is. She will most likely check your shoe if she can't see the decoy.
- shoreing is very rare in HAV, as such, pay the chica something - commensurate with services received.
Driver
I rolled with a couple of Quebecers my last night in HAV. They had a driver in an old 1951 beat up Ford. We paid his entrance into the bar and paid him dicounted rates for trips. He paid for his own drinks and brought girls over. Going back to the resort he bribed the cops $5
CUC and talked his way past the checkpoint so we could get the Chica in the hotel (yes 3 guys and one chica in the room - a twisted story that I will report on another time). Bottom line - if you are in a group of two or more - get a driver - local knowledge and local knowhow goes a long way
Enough for now. I will have more tips, tricks and tall tales to tell in my next field report. Any questions, comments and observations are welcome.
El gato
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