my wife and I were at Superclubs Jibacoa Cuba last year and in 24 days will be in Varadero and we loved it and the people and can,t wait to go back!Just like many,many,many other Canadians!

This post is an old one, look at the date. Too bad, but I just wonder how true it really is...so many, many, many people have had positive trips, or small incidents, nothing on this 'grand' scale.

Perhaps you should stay home next time if you are not able to respect a host country and its people. It sounds to me that you were very rude and abrupt. One more thing spell-check. <BR> <BR>

I'm sorry Alan for your terrible experience - and happy for all those who had a wonderful experience. But as an outsider to this, the argument going on seems ridiculous. Some people claim Cubans are rude, some claim they are the most amiable people in the world. As if there weren't some that were both. It strikes me as being sad how some people on come on here to insult other people - some get very vicious. Can't we just share stories about travel and expect some sort of feedback that won't stomp on our self-esteem?

Alan,<BR>Your calculations about relative housing costs are bizarre. The most common way to obatin a house in Cuba is to swap the one youve got for one that someone else has. There is actually no such thing as a house market in Cuba, as you would understand in Canada. I am just mentioning this because, I think that if you want to criticise a country make the effort to find out how it works, and if youve got a security problem, why not file a police report. There are plenty of police in Cuba, or didnt you notice that either.