Thanks, JDiver. I look forward to a report when you return. I'd like to do one of these trips. I think I'd be one of the few US expats in Costa Rica to visit Cuba legally.

The cutbacks of all the flights by Avianca are a major source of resentment here. A business group is trying to start up a new airline which they will call TicosAir, with flights to MIA and JFK. I'll believe that when I see it.