I went to Cuba in January and found it to be a wonderful country to visit. 

If you are single as I am or a married couple and are living by a budget, in my opinion, the best way to visit and see Cuba is to rent a private room in a Cuban house. The prices are very reasonable depending where and which province you are going to. The room I found was $20 US a day including breakfast. Furthermore, if you request other meals can be arranged for a few extra dollars a day. 

    The best way to do that is to go on the internet and write  private rooms in Cuba and you will definitely find many.

They usually have photos of the rooms, and bathrooms with shower. I personally found it to be a very nice and clean place. They also have 120 and 220 volts electrical outlets to plug whatever appliance you have. 

    Cuban people are so friendly and very helpful. If you feel lonely and want to go for a walk, just ask one of the family members to go with you and they will assist you. The family I lived with were very warm and caring specially in my case due to my visual impairment. One of the family members and I visited so many places and shops. One of these was a Cuban bakery in the province of Holguin where I was vacating. It made such a wonderful little pie or cookie like snack called Pastel. That is like two pieces of pastry one on top of the other with a guava fruit jelly in the middle. I actually relish the taste of it and found it to be quite delicious.

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    Finally, a few tips of good advice that I would like to share with you.

 

(1) In Cuba they only want American currency and no other international currencies. However, if you want to have your money go a little further, exchange most of your US dollars for Cuban Pesos.

 

(2) Some people told me that you can not use the Cuban train because it is just for Cuban people. However, I found out that was not true. The only reason they say that is because Cuban trains are not as luxurious as tourist trains. For one, the seats are more like metal chairs with no padding. They are more noisy than the tourist train but are much cheaper. I decided to take one to one just for the fun of it and I liked it. All I have to say is if you do take it, sit in the middle and not at either ends of the train because it shakes a  bit from side to side.

 

(3) You can also go to Cuban bars and restaurants but they are not as nice as the tourist ones. I went to 4 or five of them and liked them however, I was not to happy with the bathrooms or washrooms because of the lack of toilet paper.

 

(3) Finally, if you want to get around at a really good price, I suggest that you rent yourself a car. It so much more affordable than Cuba Taxi. Or for short distance runs, take a horse of cycle taxi ride from someone because they only charge a few pesos.

 

All I have to say now is that I really enjoyed Cuba and that I would go back any day or as some people would say, "IN A FLASH".