In December 2010, I visited Cuba with my wife and kids. We were excited to revisit our family. We stayed in December 2009 but left with a feeling we need to spend more time with them. After so many years apart seven days, the first time was not enough when my immediate family comprises well over 70 people, yes I took guayaberas for all of them! .
I had my Cuban passport ready from the year before. I’m a naturalized American citizen, but Cuba requires me to have a Cuban passport because I left Cuba after 1971, which by the way, the Cuban passport it’s costly.
My wife left Cuba in 1970. She is allowed to visit Cuba with her American password with a unique Cuban permit. These are regulations from Cuba not the US. We are seeing our family, so under the current US law, we can do so. Our US-born kids can travel with a tourist visa issued by the travel agency.
Our tickets to Cuba were like $550 each, costly considering it took only 40 to 50 minutes from Miami to Havana in a modern Boeing 767 aircraft.
he plane was full. I think it was approximate 200 people on that plane. They must be making a killing. I told my wife about it 200 * $500 = $100,000.00 for a one hour trip.
This picture below shows you the trip track the plane took from Miami to Havana.
Tip: If you want to track flights yourself, visit: http://flightaware.com/live/
The trip was really lovely. The flight attendant gave us half a sandwich and a soda. After eating my sandwich, I noticed people have already seen Cuba on their window. It was an uneventful fast flight.
We arrived in Havana around 5:30 pm on December 21, 2010.
