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Schedule of Life in Cuba

by baller
(mountain view CA)

what's the daily schedule like of a typical host family?

ANSWER by Vic Webmaster

It depends a bit on what you want, most Cubans are very kind people and will try to make your stay as pleasant as possible. They will adjust their daily schedule to suit you.
Some guests want maximum privacy. No problem, you will get a key and some casa's have a separate entrance.

If you want maximum contact feel free to show and talk about it.
Say what you want to eat at breakfast and at what time.
Your host can be a great source of information and help and sometimes a little gift can open doors. In some casa's you can become like a family member. Notice that big cities like Havana live on a 24/7 schedule, lots of Cubans work in 48h shifts.
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Mar 01, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		No Privacy Whatsoever in Cubaan casas.
by: Kimberly

In the casas I stayed at I was watched like a hawk.

The elderly owner of my casa in Baracoa would sit up waiting for me to return.
Guests have to sign a register even for a visit. Their ID is noted and recorded.

She would wait up all night if we were so much as chatting on the terrace. She had a series of locks and keys and she would check of the padlock to my seperate entrance and spied on me 24/7,

Her daughters in law fawned all over me, gushing about my 'lovely clothes'. The hints dropped as thick as treacle.

I was annoyed since both women had husbands who earned a lot more than me in good jobs in Miami. They were determined to have the shirt off my back, and used my boyfriend to get round me to leave the clothes which he then sold on to them.

There is absolutely no privacy at casa particulars, most owners operate like jailers. A few were kind, but not in Baracoa where they are only out for your hard earned cash and suffer you as opposed to welcome you their home.

On another occasion also in Baraco the nasty little husband of the casa hostess would sit up until the early hours sneakily spying on me from the cold sidewalk where he sat in the dark to check up that I entered my room alone.

If it's privacy in Cuba you're after, forget it!. You'd have more chance of privacy in Guantanamo Bay prison than a Cuban casa particular.
The sly old shrews are after your money, and every stitch of your clothing they can charm out of you, and you will be watched like a hawk 24/7.

Remark by Vic Webmaster
You're right, there are "different types" of casa owners. Some Casa owners are watching you 24/7 because they are afraid to lose their license, when they are caught with a jinetera in the casa, therefore they are obliged (by the police) to ask
your visitors identity and make them sign a register. If you don't like the casa or the owner, leave and go to another casa. I have met several kind casa owners even offering a free meal to their guests. If you want more privacy you can always search for a casa with a separate entrance. The newest casa regulations allow the casa owners to operate several separate casa's in different buildings, so can have more privacy.

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