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'''Cuba''' is an island nation in the [[Caribbean]].
In '''Cuba''' there may be more hitchhikers than cars. Private cars are very rare and consequently almost everyone hitchhikes. You will see hitchhikers at nearly every crossing, bridge or highway junction. Cuban hitchhikers never use a [[signs|sign]].
If you look like a western tourist everybody want to work as a private taxi for you (which can be expensive). Therefore, before you enter a car, either agree on a price with the driver or tell him that you cannot pay. Your chances of getting a free ride are low especially if don't speak good Spanish. In fact, there is not much traffic in Cuba and there are also a lot of other hitchers on the road, which can make waiting times long. Furthermore hitchers will often be picked up on the back of trucks (together with many other people). The trucks go slow and the roads are sometimes in a bad state.
== Weather ==
Cuba has a tropical climate with a dry season from october to april and a humid season between may and september. In summer it will be between 30°C 30 °C and 37°C 37 °C at daytime but with very high humidity which really makes you sweat. During summer the sun is strong so do something to protect yourself (woman sometimes take an umbrella, on the road people often wait under bridges or in small bus stop houses). Also heavy tropical rainfalls with local flooding can occur at any time, be prepared. Also carry enough water with you.
== Eat and Drink ==
* [[Santa Clara]]
== Hitchhiking a [[hitchhiking a boat|boat]] out of Cuba ==
You can search at the ''Marina Hemingway'' (Tel: 204 5088 from La Habana) in Jamanitas, [[La Habana]].
* [http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2006_264/news/12261-1.html Hitchhiking My Way Around Cuba]: Cubans are required to pick up hitchhikers, August 31, 2006
* [http://blogs.hitchwiki.org/fabzgy/2008/08/27/merida-mexico/ Hitch a Boat from Cuba to Mexico]: [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]]'s experience in 2008.
* Waiting On A Deserted Road For Whatever Comes Next [http://glimpse.org/stories/view/waiting-on-a-deserted-road-for-whatever-comes-next/]
[[Category:Cuba]]
