I'm from Cuba and I'm currently in Miami taking a course at George t baker, a school for A&P technicians and I just wanted to say that this video and story gave me shivers because It reminded me how messed up my country is.

These american turists are naive, they just met these two locals and said that they had good intentions. These is how turists in other countries get robbed and even murdered for different reasons.

Interesting experience. Thanks for sharing. Please don't think Cuba is a bad place to visit. There are many many hustlers who will approach you as genuinely as possible. Tourists Always fall for this. Then end up out of pocket in the long run. That's the reason for Undercover Police in Havana Vieja (Old Havana). If Cubans want to go to the beach, they and I know that we can get a taxi for 1cuc ($1) direct. (No need to pay more) Communism has little to do with your experience. It's just because the Police are protecting you from Hustlers. And yes, Hustlers in Cuba range from young dudes, to middle aged men and women and also Grandma's. Yes I got hustled by Grandma because she was a really good story teller haha. I live in Cuba and am from London. I hope you visit again but stay for 3 or 4 months to really understand Cuba. All the best.

I'm from Cuba and that types of things of people arrested just because they are talking to foreign persons are very common there. They persecute people they consider are disturbing tourism without asking if you are just having a conversation with people from other country.

James, don't take this the wrong way, but don't discuss communism or politics while in Cuba. Not worth the aggravation or problems which it causes. Also be very careful on any of your postings on the Tube. Mind your P's and Q's.

Has nothing to do with being communist. For your safety they checked their criminal records and sure enough they weren't clean. I've been traveling to Cuba for the past ten years. The safest country hands down. Of course being young and naive makes you rush into conclusions. Safe travels guys!

Those two guys probably have a record, we call them jineteros. The police probably recognized them. To you guys they probably seemed innocent but they police knew they are up to no good.

Ah, I was sitting on those stairs along the Malecon two years ago - this brought back memories! Have a safe trip the rest of the way, if you don't know where to go I loved both Viñales and Cienfuegos (although they're in opposite directions and require half a day of travel each.) Thanks for the excellent videos, please keep them coming!

Your videos are really interesting,. I know nothing about mechanics but I had a pilot's license a went to Cuba about 12 years ago. Pretty interesting place. Nice job

The cops might have saved you from getting robbed.

WOW, YOU TWO BROTHERS SPEAK SPANISH LIKE A LOCAL,,, YOUR FOCUS ON MOTION IS VISUALLY MESMERIZING

I just got back from Cuba and I learned the hustle. Locals befriend tourist and then take them for their money. The police are on top of them because they want to make it safe for people to visit. Locals try to get as much money as they can from tourists...can't blame them....but it can leave you stranded in cuba without cash.

Hey dudes​ not every Friendly face is a friend.Ritered military who's been to Cuba,Havana,and rest of the island about 7x.Semper Fi

James when i first see the title, i taught that you r the one getting arrested, by the way , you v been so brave Sulvians to hangout with strangers and filming all these magic things, i would say the montage this time was perfect, Closed mesuem, Buildings, street, cars and motorcycle, local food, some local innocent guys get arrested, when a nice local women making money selling a drink, just insane juste cooooool keep doing it

I am cuban and i have to say that this has nothing to do with the komunisem. In cuba prostitution is illegal the cuban police don't like to see cubans with tourist because of this. They asked for ther ID because they wanted to see if these locals always are hangig with tourist. And it seems that this is resean why they get in trouble. Pls don't judge me by my inglisch im not living in any inglisch speaking country and not a nativ speaker.

Good Stuff James, keep up the good work

Damn! Lucas is so sketchy looking he gets two locals arrested just for talking to him! Glad you got him out of that one James.

Malecon in my understanding is a building in the beach to destroy biggest waves 🌊 but sometimes the meaning could be different in every country

sweet vid. glad u two didn't get locked up. take some pics of Chevy impala's for me, if u come across any.

Malecon is Sea Wall or Breakwater in Spanish.

You're just a straight up good dude, James.

What is the name of that last song?

I was kinda worried about you two, i checked my email since i have your channel notify me via emails as well when you upload.. That title doesn't sound good and neither the fact that the video was never uploaded/deleted? Any who im glad you guys are fine!

Your BP shirt is Awesome!

Jo. A woman left a tip for $5000. It is S Shugarts. $1 B cocaine in Philly.

Which song did you use for the first upload?

When you gonna bring one of the PC-12's out to Oklahoma?? :D

is that the same bp shirt from 5 yrs ago?

awesome car time lapse....FYI malecon means the walkway along the Beach.

bet you wont smoke a joint there cuz you can get up to 10years for it but i think in some ways the fact that they dont have internet and dont know what drugs are is a great thing man cuz drugs and internet are the root to all problems in the usa if we didnt have that the crime would be cuz by over half

Malecón= Pier

Are you North American or Cuban-American? What about your friend?

Malecon is bayside.

Have you considered for a moment that the cops were protecting you from being scammed ? The more likely out come was one way or another you were going to end up paying for something. The Cuban struggle for money is real. every time I have been approached on the street it has been about money. So much my Cuban friends like to watch when I walk alone ahead to see the scams. I love Cuba and the people but you have accept that life is hard for most people.

That sucks!

Stay away from troublemakers. You guys seem like nice people.

I had 205.00 cuc confiscated ,10 steps before the duty free shop,no cigars and no rum for this boy,they told me it is not permitted to take money out of the country,when I asked her how I could buy somthing in the duty free shop or a coffe in the snack bar she ignored me.....that's Cuba

What Yaque yaque said is not totally true. As long as you are not trying to pull one of those to hurt the turist it you should be ok.

Use discretion when talking politics in Cuba 🇨🇺.

This is the reason guys like these shouldn´t go to Cuba. Just go to Canada and leave the Cubans alone...

I have a crush on the blonde guy even though I’ve been watching the video for 2 minutes. Lol

Unfortunately police officers don t want foreigners to have "bad experience with local s" , that is probably what happened with your supposed friends .That s the way they act naturally , becoming friends with you but at the end they want to get some advantage from tourists it happened to me , that s why I say . We can not blame Cubans they have necessities and the need to make money selling you cigarrets, rom or anything . After that the majority are Great people

its what its some ting simple talking with tourist they look weird bump in cuba james you get arrested film get in trouble also the get crazy police dummy sometimes good video.

Never share a cab, robbing tourists is a thing there

James: the police don't just control the cubans talking to tourist because of petty crime. It's also so that tourists aren't introduced to the real cuba. Where anyone against the regime such as my husband who is a political dicident is arrested, beaten, tortured and disapear some show up dead. The Cuban people living on rations the money you spend on tourism there goes into the pockets of the regime who use it for the castros and families of generals to live the life of luxury while their own citizens are starving, with their houses collapsing on them while sandro castro grandson of fidel filmed himself driving a mercedes something a Cuban citizen will never have. They don't want you to be with cubans so you don't find out what's behind the curtain. Watch the new movie called "plantados" that's the real cuba. If you see something say something never keep walking.

Dude I’m Cuban be careful what you say over there no rights they will throw you in jail for saying anything that offends the government and no you don’t have the right to an attorney

You said you're americans, your dont allow to go to the beach. That's more cruel. Also, in america if you go with total stranger, you migth end up as dead, and i think you will not do that. They are just concerned to both of you group.

Cuba Cuba cuba

Malecon= Pier

So naive this guys. muy inocentes .

La contitucion no silve

bruh that means the f slur

Oficiales no silve

Listen. If i saw you two in cuba i would not hesitate to come up to you and sell you hollywood fresh at 10 bucks a box. In other words im after your money. Thats what i did in cuba. Thats why the pnr did what they did.

the same in china.

Anti-Communist kids running around making accusations.