Discussion: U.S. Loosens Rules On Cuba Travel Ahead Of Obama's Historic Trip

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Sanity comes creeping in using tiny steps.

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have the rules been changed vis-a-vis cigars and rum yet?

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I’ll be furthering my education in the areas of rum and cigars. Continuing ed, really.

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Sort of. For the most part there never was a problem ( other than forfeiture ) if you did not deny you had the stuff. I don’t smoke but my friends do and I’ve brought many Cuban’s back home. I usually stick them in my photo bag and say nothing unless asked. If asked I tell them what I have. Rarely do they take them. Lie and you are in deep shit. Avoid the big asshole custom’s guy in Atlanta though…he’s a problem. I’ve never had Rum taken even if US Customs left a note in the bag the bottles were in.

But it’s Cuba man! The place is spectacularly beautiful, dirt cheap and fun. Perhaps the biggest con job every laid on the American people. Drink and smoke there…it’s a must.

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I dunno about cheap anymore. I’ve been going there [legally] since 1999 and it’s been pretty expensive in Havana the last few times.

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I am so pumped! Can’t wait to pack my cameras and go! A fellow photographer friend just got back a couple weeks ago, wonderful photographs, I’m so jealous!!! The architecture, the colors, the wonderful art, those great old American cars, the handsome people and beautiful landscapes & tropical flora! I hear the surfing is some of the best in the world.
Woot Woot!!

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I admire this President’s out of the box thinking. Rather than continuing with the same well-worn, sclerotic policies of the past - failed policies at that - he’s put us in a new path with both opportunities and also some risks.

I’m in agreement with his overtures to Cuba and Iran, and hope they’ll bear fruit long term.

I’m also a fan of his reassessment of putative allies such as Saudi Arabia, Qudar, Pakistan, and even Israel. I think this is long overdue and is something the establishment foreign policy bureaucracy has been unwilling to do.

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Canadians and Icelanders are saying, DAMMIT! There goes the last nice beach not overrun with loud mouthed, muffin tops!