Nice cultural exchange report! We recently visited Cuba as normal tourists.
Originally Posted by
mpkz
Cool report!
One thing I'd like to set straight though, the restrictions on what you can see were from the US side, not the Cuban side. If you enter Cuba via Mexico or Canada as an American you can travel around freely
This is true. Coming from Europe, a couple in front of us jumped on an orange taxi at Varadero airport along with their backpacks and disappeared to see more of the island.
We did some street walking in Havana ourselves.