How to Backpack on a Budget in Cuba

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What makes Cuba such a great travel destination? Obviously, it has white-sand Caribbean beaches, charming cities with columned colonial-era verandas, and beautiful tobacco regions dotted with pokey karst mountains, just to name a few.

But that’s just what’s on the surface.

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There is clearly something else that makes Cuba so appealing to travellers. After all, where else can you enter such a microcosm that’s been largely isolated from our globalised world (for better or for worse)? Travelling in Cuba is a fascinating and educational experience, especially when you venture beyond the tourist enclaves of Habana Vieja or the resort town of Varadero—and especially when you use every chance to engage with the friendly Cubanos.

Cuba’s history and future are both uniquely complicated. It’s long been said that you should “see it before it changes”, and I highly recommend taking the opportunity as well. Do keep in mind that travelling in Cuba can be…