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Cuba

Cuba Food Guide: Traditional Dishes to Try

Explore traditional Cuban dishes like Ropa Vieja, Moros y Cristianos, and Lechón Asado, understanding their ingredients, preparation, and cultural significance.

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 6 min read

Cuba

Best Beaches in Cuba for Travelers

Cuba offers a diverse coastline, featuring beaches that cater to a wide spectrum of traveler preferences.

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 15 min read

Cuba

Things to Do in Havana

Discover Havana's vibrant culture, historic sites, and unique experiences, from Old Havana's colonial charm to the iconic Malecón and classic car tours.

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 6 min read

Cuba

Cuba Travel Guide for First-Time Visitors

Prepare for your first trip to Cuba with this comprehensive guide, covering visas, currency, accommodation, transportation, and cultural insights for a smooth.

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 6 min read

Havana Days

On the Woman at the Corner of San Lázaro and Galiano Who Sells Peanuts

I have walked past her perhaps eight hundred times. I have bought peanuts from her perhaps two hundred times. We have a…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read

Havana Days

The Cuba I Cannot Photograph: On the Specific Things My Camera Has Never Captured

I have taken approximately fourteen thousand photographs in Cuba over the years. The pictures that matter most to me are mostly pictures…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read

Film & Television

On Watching Cuban Television in the Diaspora — What the Streaming Era Has and Has Not Done

I watch more Cuban television in Miami than I did when I lived in Havana. The pattern is not unusual in the…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 8 min read

Food & Casas

The Casa Particular Economy, and What It Has Done to Cuban Hosting

The casa particular system has become the principal accommodation infrastructure for visitors to Cuba over the past three decades. I have stayed…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 8 min read

Outside Havana

The Trinidad Sunday Afternoon, and What Tourism Has and Has Not Changed

Trinidad is the most visited small city in Cuba and the one most often described as a museum. I spent three Sundays…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 8 min read

The Diaspora

The Diaspora Phone Call: What Cubans Abroad Actually Say to the People Who Stayed

My mother calls her sister in Havana every Sunday at six in the evening Miami time. I have listened to a thousand…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 8 min read

Outside Havana

A Week in Santiago de Cuba, and Why It Is Not the Havana You Have Already Read About

I spent a week in Santiago de Cuba in March. The eastern capital is its own city, with its own music, its…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read

Music & Dance

The Carlos Acosta Generation: On Cuban Dancers Who Came Back

The Cuban ballet diaspora is one of the great underwritten cultural exports of the past forty years. Some of the dancers came…

Yanet Ferrer May 11, 2026 9 min read