The Expeditioner Travel Magazine » cuba http://www.theexpeditioner.com The Expeditioner is a travel magazine for the avid traveler. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A Case For The Cuba Outside Of Havana [Video] http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/11/20/a-case-for-the-cuba-outside-of-havana-video/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2012/11/20/a-case-for-the-cuba-outside-of-havana-video/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:21:42 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=18361 Most videos and articles about Cuba seem to center on Havana with its classic American cars and pickup street baseball games, but the countryside seems to be often overlooked. A shame, considering this, to many, is the heart of the country itself — where the island’s culture fermented over its [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/10/04/cuban-scents/feed/ 0 Going To Cuba For A Little R&R: Rest And Revolution http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/24/going-to-cuba-for-a-little-rr-rest-and-revolution/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/24/going-to-cuba-for-a-little-rr-rest-and-revolution/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:54:54 +0000 Brit Weaver http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=6194 It’s funny how life weaves experiences and occurrences together so seamlessly. Just the other day I was talking with my ex-pat roommate about his imminent return to the U.S. He left home nearly 3 months ago and, using Buenos Aires as his base, went on a little spin around Latin [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2010/03/24/going-to-cuba-for-a-little-rr-rest-and-revolution/feed/ 0 Frommer’s (Almost) Top Ten Destinations for 2010 http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/22/frommers-almost-top-ten-destinations-for-2010/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/22/frommers-almost-top-ten-destinations-for-2010/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:41:53 +0000 Jon Wick http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=4707 The ‘09 is wrapping up, a phenomenal year for TheExpeditioner and, well, travel in general (when is it not?). I think my eyes are actually welling up. Reflection aside, we look to the future. Where are your top spots you’d like to get to in 2010? Frommer’s offers their top [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/12/22/frommers-almost-top-ten-destinations-for-2010/feed/ 0 Ecotourism Sprouting in Cuba http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/09/22/ecotourism-sprouting-in-cuba/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/09/22/ecotourism-sprouting-in-cuba/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:57:28 +0000 Jon Wick http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=3672 In fifty years, the U.S. travel ban to Cuba has been next to ineffective in promoting democracy there. In fact, there have been many efforts cropping up, one featured here in Matt’s post, to abolish this. Yet, despite being nearly completely closed to the awaiting masses sitting just beyond the [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/09/22/ecotourism-sprouting-in-cuba/feed/ 0 Heard About The Online Petition To Open Travel To Cuba? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/08/14/heard-about-the-online-petition-to-open-travel-to-cuba/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/08/14/heard-about-the-online-petition-to-open-travel-to-cuba/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:53:58 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=3113 It’s amazing the looks of incredulousness that Americans get when they tell others about the U.S.’s now 50-year-old ban on travel to Cuba. This is America, land of the free that’s restricting travel to its own citizens? Doesn’t the ban just hurt poor, low-income Cubans who benefit most from tourism? [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/08/14/heard-about-the-online-petition-to-open-travel-to-cuba/feed/ 1 Cuba’s Port Of Hope http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/06/28/cubas-port-of-hope/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/06/28/cubas-port-of-hope/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:30:29 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=2733 How much about Cuba can you discover by traveling through the Viñales Valley on a bike? Turns out, quite a lot. By Luke Armstrong Moments before my plane touched down in Havana, an Australian had turned to me to ask me why I was going to Cuba. I guess I [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/06/28/cubas-port-of-hope/feed/ 4 This Just In: Senate To Introduce Bill To Lift Cuba Travel Ban http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/03/31/this-just-in-senate-to-introduce-bill-to-lift-cuba-travel-ban/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/03/31/this-just-in-senate-to-introduce-bill-to-lift-cuba-travel-ban/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:41:43 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/?p=1744 Per CNN, the U.S. Senate is introducing a bill into the Senate to lift the 47 year-old ban on travel to Cuba. Given the Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate, many see this latest effort to ban the ban to be the most viable in years. Per Senator [...]

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]]> http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/03/31/this-just-in-senate-to-introduce-bill-to-lift-cuba-travel-ban/feed/ 0 America To Drop Travel Ban To Cuba? http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/02/11/america-to-drop-travel-ban-to-cuba/ http://www.theexpeditioner.com/2009/02/11/america-to-drop-travel-ban-to-cuba/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:57:32 +0000 Matt Stabile http://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/?p=1264 I just started hearing about the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (or H.R. 874) which would drop travel restrictions for Americans heading to Cuba. Curiously enough, the bill includes an exception that would restrict travel if the U.S. were to go to war with Cuba: good news for those [...]

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