Jay and I had made arrangements last night to share a cab to the airport, as our flights were departing about 10 mins apart.
The taxi, which took us back from the Fort to Havana Vieja, was supposed to meet me at the Museo de la Revolution at 11.45am, before heading towards Jay’s Casa to pick him up. I waited for about 10mins but the taxi never showed up – I suspected something was off, when the driver quoted us CUC15 for the ride (usual taxi was about CUC20 to 25 to the airport).
Thankfully, Museo de la Revolution is also a taxi waiting point and there were a few taxis, including a really classic blue Chrysler, one of the nicest cars that was in the fleet.
I quickly made arrangements with the driver and secured a classic ride to the airport. Fantastic way to end off a holiday in Cuba!
While at the airport, both Jay and I still had some Cuban currency left. The exchange rate at the airport was absolutely crap, so Jay suggested to find travellers who just arrived into Cuba and change our total combined balance of CUC50 (about USD50).
We asked a couple of travellers from Europe, but they seemed to be concerned and decided against changing with us. We were about to give up and wait in the exchange queue, but decided to give one last try – and we were in luck!
A Mexican man travelling with his family said he will be willing to change Mexican Peso with us, so we agreed to take the mid point of the buying and selling rate offered at the Exchange Counters, and made a change. We still had some balance coins and gave them to the Mexican man, and he was delighted.
Win-Win! Good thinking Jay!
3 hrs flight from Havana to Mexico City!
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