Congratulations Curt. 
Did you take pictures with the Doctor Who figure?
Back from Cuba and Married Page 3
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ May 20 2009, 3:04 PM BSTI think I've been to one nearly every year since I was born.
You've been to quite a few, then?
Quote: PhQnix @ May 20 2009, 3:37 PM BSTCongratulations Curt.
Did you take pictures with the Doctor Who figure?
I brought him all the way to Cuba and didn't take one picture with him.
I totally forgot he was in my pack sack.
Poor Doctor... I guess your distractions were probably legitimate though, getting married is almost a bigger deal than Doctor Who. 
Quote: don rushmore @ May 20 2009, 3:41 PM BSTYou've been to quite a few, then?
Yes.
Congratulations Curt, live long and prosper I hope you'll both very happy together. 
Congratulations. So, tell us a bit about Cuba.
Hooray for Curt Canada and Marxism!
Quote: sootyj @ May 20 2009, 5:43 PM BSTHooray for Curt Canada and Marxism!
Indeed!
Quote: catskillz @ May 20 2009, 5:12 PM BSTCongratulations. So, tell us a bit about Cuba.
Including ourselves our wedding party was 46, they told us it was the largest the hotel had ever done yet they did a great job!
The people: Out of all the southern American destination spots everyone agreed Cubans are the nicest of the nice. Even when off resort they talk with you, point out things you might be interested in and genuinely help you out most of the time without asking for a dime from you. We went to two different cities, once on a tour and once renting a car and going on our own. I'd say (and Fromers says the same thing) Cuba is just as safe and in some cases more safe then most Western countries to visit.
Cuban's Living Conditions: Looking at their homes its poor to low end poor. Everyone lives in the same crappy buildings and some live in crappier ones. The nicest buildings are the schools and hospitals, they're top quality buildings with air conditioning and computers. With that said I couldn't believe how well dressed populous was! Their clothes were often newer and cleaner than ours were. All the Cubans we talked to said basically the same thing, the worst part of living in Cuba was the housing crises. The government literally doesn't have enough materials to build homes.
The wedding: Perfect couldn't have asked for better. They bent over backwards for us, giving us stuff we didn't even ask for or were promised.
Weather; Didn't rain a drop during our first week when all our guests were there. The 2nd week (our honeymoon) it rained a little every night and rain all day on our last day. Not much to complain about.
The other tourists: Ridiculously rude to the workers and it bothered me on a regular basis. While waiting for our bus to the airport Ally (my wife) sneezed and said "Excuse me" and a couple turned around and said "That's the first sign of politeness I hear in a while". It was my first experience surrounded by British people and I sure hope that's not the norm (in fact I'm sure it isn't an accurate representation by all the nice people on this board). They all seemed to have the same accents though. Very drawn out sort of bad accents you hear on some of the characters on Little Britain. Don't know what that means but MY GOD they bothered me to no ends. They just seemed to loved belittling the workers and being generally rude and their children were just little terrors. I saw a lot of Welsh tattoos too (know offence to those who may fall in any of these categories).
Food: Good I don't know what the complaints are about? Almost everything was tasty and fresh.
I'd recommend it to anyone.
Ah, you seem to have come across some chavs. 
Unfortunate.
Quote: zooo @ May 20 2009, 6:24 PM BSTAh, you seem to have come across some chavs.
Unfortunate.
Would chavs go to Cuba?
As for nice people, I haven't travelled a massive amount, but the friendliest people I've ever come across were the Northern Irish, just outside Belfast. I went over there to DJ in a club once, and the people treated me like Royalty.
Quote: Curt @ May 20 2009, 6:06 PM BSTThe other tourists: Ridiculously rude to the workers and it bothered me on a regular basis. While waiting for our bus to the airport Ally (my wife) sneezed and said "Excuse me" and a couple turned around and said "That's the first sign of politeness I hear in a while". It was my first experience surrounded by British people and I sure hope that's not the norm (in fact I'm sure it isn't an accurate representation by all the nice people on this board). They all seemed to have the same accents though. Very drawn out sort of bad accents you hear on some of the characters on Little Britain. Don't know what that means but MY GOD they bothered me to no ends. They just seemed to loved belittling the workers and being generally rude and their children were just little terrors. I saw a lot of Welsh tattoos too (know offence to those who may fall in any of these categories).
Whenever I go on holiday and I hear British accents, I run several miles. Brits abroad are always rude, arrogant and downright ignroant, regardless of social background.
They spend the entire time complaining, never tip and treat people like dirt. No doubt several people on this forum will say 'I'm never like that when I'm abroad', unfortunately, most of them are, they just don't realise it.
Quote: catskillz @ May 20 2009, 6:28 PM BSTWould chavs go to Cuba?
If there was a special £4 cheapo plane ticket offer in The Sun.
They'd go to f**king Guantanamo.
Yea I was assuming they were something like that.
As you all know I watch a lot of British television for a guy from North America and I had to concentrate to understand what they were saying. It was really thrashed and mashed English.
I seem to have acquired the ability to re-create the accent to my friend's amusement.
"oooooooooi said ta'eeeeem Stwaaaabewwwy Daaaaaaqwe Nah' dis banhaaaaan sheh!"
Translation: I said to him Strawberry Daiquiri, none of this banana shit!
*shudder*
Mannnny congrats, Curt!