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US charter airlines working their way back into Cuba

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US airlines are slowly starting to wade into the Cuba charter business as the country reduces its travel restrictions in the hopes that one day America will allow tourists to enter the island again.

At the moment American tourism of Cuba is not allowed, but President Barack Obama has opened up some travel opportunities by [...]

Bask in the Cuban sun on the Hicacos Peninsula

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Depending on who you ask Varadero, and the Hicacos Peninsula on which the city is located, either offers the best beaches in the Caribbean, or the entire peninsula is an overbuilt tourist trap, or just about any description combining the two.

There is some truth to both extreme views, but the reality lies somewhere in between [...]

Bicycling in Cuba

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As some of the guidebooks will point out, a large majority of tourists who visit a foreign country only skim the surface of things, often seeing only a few famous sites, eating at ‘recommended’ restaurants and generally staying close to their own comfort zones of language and amenities.  The fortunate and relatively few who venture [...]