{"id":74,"date":"2021-01-26T10:22:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T10:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/?p=74"},"modified":"2021-01-26T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T10:23:56","slug":"cuba-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/01\/26\/cuba-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cuba has to be close to the top of the list of places to visit once we can travel again.\u00a0 Thanks to US sanctions it is caught in a partial time warp.\u00a0 Cuba is one of the few places in the world that you still can\u2019t buy a McDonalds, unless you are serving or detained at Guantanamo Bay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/havana-4050218_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Havana Cuba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So you need to visit before it all changes. Unlike former Communist Central and East European countries where almost all vestiges of socialist ideologies have disappeared there are plenty of reminders around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside of Havana where you must visit UNESCO listed the Old town and its impressive colonial buildings, you can access some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean, with crystal clear waters and fine sandy beaches that are not overrun with tourists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you need any more reasons to visit, did we mention the old cars, the cheap beer and rum and world renowned cigars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/travellogs.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cuba-3838271_1920-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\" Old Cars Cuba\" class=\"wp-image-620\"\/><figcaption>Old Cars Cuba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba has to be close to the top of the list of places to visit once we can travel again.\u00a0 Thanks to US sanctions it is caught in a partial time warp.\u00a0 Cuba is one of the few places in the world that you still can\u2019t buy a McDonalds, unless you are serving or detained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,10,23,91,92,12],"tags":[45,3,27,93,94,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}