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I'd love to go. I like the fact that it's not too touristed. And I love places that have that decayed-former grandeur look.



There are incredible things to see amid the grinding poverty, away from the tourist spots. One highlight is the museum of the Ministry of the Interior, which houses all the items the CIA tried to kill Castro with (the poisoned cigar, briefcases with hidden rifles, etc.) I was pretty much tossed out of there by a female soldier ten years ago.

I never had hot water and the hotels went from new to nasty, so you have to know a little to get the good stuff. You can also get a little hungry eating where the citizens eat after a while. I used to sneak off to a tourist hotel with a few locals for hamburgers when the going got tough. Havana's getting better by the day and the prices are going up too, thanks to European investment. It'll be a very different place in a few years.