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Originally Posted by Susan Schonfeld

Has anyone recently gone on cruise to Cuba. Just read you can’t use an American charge card or US dollars. If I’m only going for 1 day don’t want to buy pesos or euros from bank. Has anyone converted just a few dollars in Havana. Also, just read you should’t Eat the food or drink the water. Would appreciate anyone answering me. Thank you.

We just got back on Saturday. You can change small amounts. My BF changed $20, got $17. We spent $2 on ice cream. He ended up getting $12 back. There is a 13% charge to change US dollars, just 3% to change other currencies. Neither of us got sick from the ice cream. Once you see Havana, you may realize that the water there may be sketchy. The way around that is to only eat food that has steam (from being heated) coming off of it, fruit you can peel or dry things like bread. Don't eat things that have been washed and not cooked. Don't eat lettuce or other raw things that have been grown with some kind a unknown fertilizer. They have lots of educational talks on the ships to explain EVERYTHING. Don't worry. You will understand most everything before you get there.