Cuba

The 1st thing you need to know about Cuba is their two monetary systems. Old pesos versus Cuba convertible dollars (CUC). The bank exchange rate is 24/25. So sometimes paying dollars they calculate 24 but usually paying 50 peso price with 2 dollars is not an issue.

The government and economy is like soviet union 1991 before it broke down. Nobody owns anything and state runs most of the stuff but quality and supply is questionable. There is defencecy in almost any area. Internet is available only on major hotels with a expensive price 5CUC/h or more. Other electronics and mobiles are the same price but its hard to find original brand names like in all 3rd world countries all china. They fix and use all the old cars so all the taxies are 50+ years old american antique. They call them machina and they go up to suprisingly expensive 25000CUC for fully restaurated. Thats why horse is still main way of transportation in many rular areas.

But they have relatevely cheap camion witch is a truck used as publik transportation.

So if u dont mind beiung sometimes trasported lika an animal, you can go even as low as:

citybus (laguagua) 5km 0.025CUC 1 pieso 0.005$/km

train 1000km 5CUC 125 pieso 0.005$/km

camion 100km 1CUC 15 pieso 0.01$/km

bus laguagua 100km 2CUC 50 pieso 0.02$/km (long distance omnibus - tourist not allwed)

old makina shared 100km 5CUC 125 pieso 0.05$/km

tourist bus 100km 8CUC 200 pieso 0.08$/km

old makina 100km 10cuc 250 pieso 0.1$/km

private taxi 100km 15CUC 375 pieso 0.15$/km

fast horse 1km 1CUC 25 pieso 1$/km :)

                                                

Its just pitty because of politics these people are now pushed and pulled for their cheap labour and in future on low financial level.

There are 330 sunny days in a year witch makes it nice beach tourism magnet but you need visa to go in and dont forget the 25CUC leaving tax on departure. They have one of those traps in Israel too.

And overall it reminds me lot of india without the relogous shit and overpopulation. Its a land of amazing playas and cheap transprtation :)