“So the other night I was driving down the malecón with some friends and this guy came casually cruising alongside his catch. #bringinghomethebacon Cuban style” By photographer and Cuban national @eve_north This photo should win a award! Increíble 👏🏽👏🏽 go follow her for more everyday insights about life in Havana.

Trump Administration has announced it will be implementing more restrictions to the regulations for Cuba travel. HOWEVER — please note that you can STILÑ travel to Cuba under “support for the Cuban people”. The changes for individual travel have been relatively nominal: No more people to people educational travel (this was already restricted last year... but now it’s not just individual but also not for tours). Other things that will be affected: Private aircrafts and boats and cruise ship tours. We repeat: you can still fly to Cuba and travel the country independently. Receipts and full time itineraries still must be kept for up to 5 years in case of an audit. We provide Support for the Cuban People itinerary planning service and sell Cuba itinerary templates and connect you to local Cubans and local businesses to support on the ground (DM us). If you have any questions pertaining to the new regulations, comment below! 👇🏽 👇🏽 📸 Beautiful Photo by: @markchristiephotography

There was an announcement in Florida by John Bolton saying that the Trump Administration plans to restrict non-family travel to Cuba. This has worried a lot of travelers to Cuba, but literally nothing has changed in regards to Cuba travel. Nothing has been put in writing, and saying that they are going to be "restricting Cuba travel" could entail anything. So there is no need to worry about this for now. In the event that they do decide to make some drastic change and you already made travel plans before that, you would very likely be grandfathered in which is what happened the last time this administration made a change to Cuba travel (which was also minor even though it sounded drastic when first announced). The articles that best explain the announcement and changes to lawsuits to Cuba (not related to travel) are on Conde Naste Traveler and NY Times. And they basically both agree. Photo by @nicoleisaacs

Scuba diving in Cuba from Playa Larga to Maria la Gorda to the little keys and islands around the country is a magical experience. Costs start at $25 per dive and go up from there! Beginners can take introductory courses as well. Have you done scuba diving in Cuba? 🏊‍♀️ 📸: @wooddy_01

“The most powerful revolutionary is the one who becomes who they really are” art and words by @blackboxpress HAVANA BIENNIAL 2019 has “kicked off this weekend with works by more than 300 contemporary artists from 52 countries taking over the city’s museums, galleries, and open-air spaces” - Sarah Marsh of Reuters. It runs through May 12, 2019. Who’s going? What are some artists to look out for? This only happens every TWO years. 🙂

“Happy hour” by @yo_soy_ariaan

Soy “40% flores, 40% cafe, y el resto 🇨🇺” @jany_prieta

Sunset over las Terrezas, a small community and eco village complex in the Sierra del Rosario mountains of Cuba; designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1984. Located just an hour outside of Havana, this makes for a wonderful and peaceful day/side trip tour. Stunning shot by: @tol.pi

Classic car rides in Cuba are one of the most popular excursions travelers ask for when visiting the island. Beautiful shot by: @tabea_schultze

“Spain preferred enslaving children; adults were harder to break, psychologically. One such child was a young Nigerian girl they called Carlota Lucumí. Forced to endure the Middle Passage chained in the bowels of a slave ship, she was ‘sold’ into slavery in Cuba and forced to toil at the Triunvirato sugar plantation near the seaside city of Matanzas. Conditions were brutal and beatings were common and notoriously harsh. Somehow, this extraordinary human being refused to be broken. As a young woman, sick of the abuse and injustice, Carlota organized a massive slave rebellion at five plantations, in 1843 and 1844. She was killed in the battle after attacking her overseer's sadistic daughter.” By: @alisavaldes #blackhistorymonth #cubanhistory #afrocubanhistory #vivacuba #cubatravel