CUBA - guide how to travel cheaply | August Kligys
Thefts country? Cash and Credit Card Šoping'as food Water Transport Hitchhiking Bed People, their life and their problem-mail, telephone and the internet revolution Electric Travel date: 2007 January 18 - February 26
Let's start with the fact that the official Cuban earnings - $ 5-25 per month. But at the same time, every citizen generates monthly income of $ 100-300. In short, the political system is limited by the people, but all revolve as may for the purpose of earning an extra cent. If you work in a shoe underling gamykloj - nufyrina several pairs of shoes in the house, and then sell them on the street. We even cop repeatedly proposed purchase of its Spanish-guide book about Cuba. And so it rotates every citizen. Just be in the system makes. Money
This is probably the first thing about that is worth mention. Double the money circulating in Cuba: Cuban peso, also called "Moneda national" (Engl. A national coin) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC for short - Convertible Peso).
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba has ceased to receive the full support of Russia, which helped to Cuba exist. The country was forced to admit tourists, resulting in tourism today - perhaps Cuba's main cash generating uppercrust source. Initially, foreigners accountable in US dollars. A few years ago, possibly due to the complex Cuban-US relations have been introduced in the convertible peso against the dollar is equal to 1 with the first
CUC early days of its national value was 150 Cuban pesos. Now one CUC is worth 24 pesos. From one to another can change the so-called uppercrust La Cadec - moneychangers. CUC still has the common name "divison" (in Spanish, "currency"). According to the government, they aim to achieve in the future one to one CUC and Cuban Peso ratio.
Tourists are paying for the services or apsipirkinėjant "dollar" stores, often called the convertible peso dollar, but often simply peso. For example, if a taxi is said to pasivėžinimas cost 10 dollars or 10 pesos, they have in mind 10 convertible pesos. "Dollar" stores, where prices are listed convertible pesos, the amount paid by the seller is likely to be called in pesos. For example, a liter of milk costs 2 pesos, that is 2 CUC. At the start of all these names - PESA, kovertuojami pesos, dollars, National Moneda, Divisie - how confusing, but after a few days, assessing the situation, it is easy to select already requested to pay the money.
By the way, although the US dollar exchange rate with the CUC is one to one, but the currency in Cuba applying 10% tax. To tell the truth, I did not like the way they hacked there counts US dollar exchange rate, but the bank than $ 1 will get 0.80 CUC. Meanwhile, one of the euro can be exchanged for CUC ~ 1:15 to 1:17 (depending on the bank).
If you sometimes come up to change your dollars or euros informally on the street (say such changer case), be vigilant for dollars that receive the appropriate amount of convertible pesos, rather than one to one national pesos, worth 24 times less.
True, 3 pesos coin denominations (0.30 Ls value) shall Cuban hero Che Guevara portrait. In my opinion, uppercrust this is a very great and cheap souvenir. The coin in circulation will see a very rare, but it can be exchanged without problems La Cadec offices. By the way, the same coin, watched quietly offers and gift shop for $ 1.
Salaries in Cuba capitalist country standards - lank, about 100 to 700 of the national Cuban pesos per month. Translation of dollars would be from 5 to 30 dollars. For example, an experienced doctor or university professor probably gets about 600-700 pesos (30 USD), a youth organization and computer administrator working guy gets about 16 USD. We were also told that a sweeper started paying a lot of money - 600 pesos for 15 days' work. Not surprisingly, the street in some cities very clean - it is more profitable to be a sweeper than a doctor.
Paradoxically, soap, clothes, shoes and many other items with Cuban pesos earned uppercrust can not buy. In this case, I'm not even talking about the prohibitive prices. The problem is that these items sell only in stores, where settled convertible pesos (CUC). So after getting the national salary in pesos, the creature has to go to the exchange and buy convertible pesos (1 CUC = 25 pesos) and only then it is possible to buy soap.
Cuban working at the University of Vienna received a contract in Mexico. Here it called on the Mexican university to work for two years. Contract salary - 1000 USD per month. Unfortunately, the Cuban state has a poor Cuban measure out 75% of the total earnings. Fortunately, it is home to the University of Mexico in apartments and do not pay for them. Credit Cards
Every town has banks and
Thefts country? Cash and Credit Card Šoping'as food Water Transport Hitchhiking Bed People, their life and their problem-mail, telephone and the internet revolution Electric Travel date: 2007 January 18 - February 26
Let's start with the fact that the official Cuban earnings - $ 5-25 per month. But at the same time, every citizen generates monthly income of $ 100-300. In short, the political system is limited by the people, but all revolve as may for the purpose of earning an extra cent. If you work in a shoe underling gamykloj - nufyrina several pairs of shoes in the house, and then sell them on the street. We even cop repeatedly proposed purchase of its Spanish-guide book about Cuba. And so it rotates every citizen. Just be in the system makes. Money
This is probably the first thing about that is worth mention. Double the money circulating in Cuba: Cuban peso, also called "Moneda national" (Engl. A national coin) and the Cuban convertible peso (CUC for short - Convertible Peso).
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba has ceased to receive the full support of Russia, which helped to Cuba exist. The country was forced to admit tourists, resulting in tourism today - perhaps Cuba's main cash generating uppercrust source. Initially, foreigners accountable in US dollars. A few years ago, possibly due to the complex Cuban-US relations have been introduced in the convertible peso against the dollar is equal to 1 with the first
CUC early days of its national value was 150 Cuban pesos. Now one CUC is worth 24 pesos. From one to another can change the so-called uppercrust La Cadec - moneychangers. CUC still has the common name "divison" (in Spanish, "currency"). According to the government, they aim to achieve in the future one to one CUC and Cuban Peso ratio.
Tourists are paying for the services or apsipirkinėjant "dollar" stores, often called the convertible peso dollar, but often simply peso. For example, if a taxi is said to pasivėžinimas cost 10 dollars or 10 pesos, they have in mind 10 convertible pesos. "Dollar" stores, where prices are listed convertible pesos, the amount paid by the seller is likely to be called in pesos. For example, a liter of milk costs 2 pesos, that is 2 CUC. At the start of all these names - PESA, kovertuojami pesos, dollars, National Moneda, Divisie - how confusing, but after a few days, assessing the situation, it is easy to select already requested to pay the money.
By the way, although the US dollar exchange rate with the CUC is one to one, but the currency in Cuba applying 10% tax. To tell the truth, I did not like the way they hacked there counts US dollar exchange rate, but the bank than $ 1 will get 0.80 CUC. Meanwhile, one of the euro can be exchanged for CUC ~ 1:15 to 1:17 (depending on the bank).
If you sometimes come up to change your dollars or euros informally on the street (say such changer case), be vigilant for dollars that receive the appropriate amount of convertible pesos, rather than one to one national pesos, worth 24 times less.
True, 3 pesos coin denominations (0.30 Ls value) shall Cuban hero Che Guevara portrait. In my opinion, uppercrust this is a very great and cheap souvenir. The coin in circulation will see a very rare, but it can be exchanged without problems La Cadec offices. By the way, the same coin, watched quietly offers and gift shop for $ 1.
Salaries in Cuba capitalist country standards - lank, about 100 to 700 of the national Cuban pesos per month. Translation of dollars would be from 5 to 30 dollars. For example, an experienced doctor or university professor probably gets about 600-700 pesos (30 USD), a youth organization and computer administrator working guy gets about 16 USD. We were also told that a sweeper started paying a lot of money - 600 pesos for 15 days' work. Not surprisingly, the street in some cities very clean - it is more profitable to be a sweeper than a doctor.
Paradoxically, soap, clothes, shoes and many other items with Cuban pesos earned uppercrust can not buy. In this case, I'm not even talking about the prohibitive prices. The problem is that these items sell only in stores, where settled convertible pesos (CUC). So after getting the national salary in pesos, the creature has to go to the exchange and buy convertible pesos (1 CUC = 25 pesos) and only then it is possible to buy soap.
Cuban working at the University of Vienna received a contract in Mexico. Here it called on the Mexican university to work for two years. Contract salary - 1000 USD per month. Unfortunately, the Cuban state has a poor Cuban measure out 75% of the total earnings. Fortunately, it is home to the University of Mexico in apartments and do not pay for them. Credit Cards
Every town has banks and
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