Big Nila, thats just the picture I quickly found. If you look closely the tile and door frame actually appear the same. There is also the same coloured tile leading into the shower and a similar toilet paper location. I don't know if I posted the right one but I do think tenerife is correct.
Either way, a few things made me think the post was very suspect.
1) that place he stayed is exceptionally nice for cuba. By exceptional I mean exceptional. Take this as a comparison, this is seen as the highest end casa particular in Cuba. Note: there are 2 penthouses above which have private pools that rent for a 1000 a night. But this is a better comparison. This place rents for $700 a night and would be roughly 2800 feet on the Ocean. A four bedroom in that same building is currently listed for $1.3 million.
http://www.cubaccommodation.com/properti...hotel=2280
Yea it's better than OP's place and in Havana. But at the claimed price it is exceptionally cheap. In Cuba you typically pay by the room unless its a Villa or exclusive apartment building at which case the price is far higher in general. At that price during that time of season if a place was that nice and that cheap it would have some guy shacked up for 6+ months snow birding. So the time of year in which he was able to get access to a place like that is very suspect.
The claimed place of stay by OP in a place like Baracoa if it were there I would guesstimate goes for actually in the 2000 or so range monthly. Perhaps 14-1500 over a long term stay of say 6+ months but both these estimates are generous.
2) The car rental. He claimed $20 a day for a car rental. That is absolutely impossible. He also mentioned the name of the company that rented it to him. A quick look at their offers and the car he rented during that time is atleast $66 / day and likely higher as it probably wouldn't be considered an "economic". That puts his car rental at 2000+
3) I can't see why someone would lie about the car rental price and the condo rental price.
4) he suggested Cuban girls dress well. In Cuba girls don't have much money. Some dress well but you'll also see a lot of poorly dressed people. Sure the hookers dress great but the average girl no way.
5) He talked about how they have great access to cosmetics and are as done up as the girls at places like LIV in Miami. Anyone whose spent 10 minutes in Cuba would see this isn't true.
6) He was bringing tons of girls to the same place in the provinces. I haven't been to Baracoa but in every place other than Havana they are strict about this. He would need them to register, it's not as though he can bring back a variety of girls to the "same place." He has pictures with 3 different girls in the same place. The exception to this is if it's an unlicensed casa which is typically cheaper...and lower quality. But take a look at that place, that ain't the type of place that needs to cut corners and not have a license. That would probably be the best place in Baracoa for rent if it were actually in Baracoa.
7) Look at the post title "White man's paradise", I don't think a serious poster would actually post something like that. It has a rather racial undertone.
8) His numbers don't add up. He went to Havana said he struggled. He spent 14 days there. That means he spent roughly 16-20 in the provinces. If he got 4 notches in Havana. That leaves him 20 days to get 16 notches. He then mentions how he could've easily had 1 a day but spent a lot of time with 2 girls.
9) He mentions tons of Canadians being in Havana...Havana is where the Europeans go. Canadians are all loaded up on all inclusives to Guadalavaca, the Cayos and Varadero. In Canada it's actually cheaper to get an All inclusive + airfare than airfare + apartment rental. Outside of parque central I honestly can't recall ever meeting a Canadian in Havana.
10) You can live great in Cuba just you can't live as OP did at anywhere near the prices he suggested. If you want to live like OP did in Cuba with car rental, equivalent accommodation, + money for all the partying and chicks, you are probably in the 6-10k a month type budget with 6 being rather tight. Drop the vehicle + great accommodations and you could live really well in the provinces on 3000 or so a month.
11) Everyone was accepting Canadian dollars? He paid his rent and car rental in it. I've never paid for anything in Canadian dollars in Cuba. Car rental prepaid online is possible I'd assume but he said he negotiated which suggests he did it in person. The government car rental people aren't negotiating in Canadian dollars.
I personally was very surprised reading through the first time and didn't criticize the OP too much originally because I didn't want to cause a scene if I was missing something and it wasn't true. However, my first thought was it seemed fishy.
If OP provides contrary evidence, I'll apologize and not post in another Cuba thread again ever.
It seems to me though he's having fun, trying to send all us guys to Baracoa. I do believe the OP has actually been to Cuba as he knew some things that someone who hadn't been or been told by someone in the know wouldn't know. For example the 20 dollar a day chauffeur in lada / moskvitch cars. That is true in the provinces.