Im Cuban myself and am enlightened that a regular American like yourself had so many nice things to say about my country when most people wouldn't even consider going. Cheers my friend, hope all is well.

It's not 'untouched' by tourists. Canadians and Europeans have been going there for years

This video made me cry. Not a lot of people see the struggles they live in. And noticing someone having such great comments about where im from is definitely appealing. Cuba is great❤️

I’m so glad that finally someone would recognize my culture and visit my home country for me, an experience I have never gone through.

I went to Cuba 2 years ago and absolutely loved it! The people were so friendly and the food was amazing! I would recommend this experience to anyone.

Cuba is THE most beautiful place I have EVER been too! My family grew up there an I went there for my 1st birthday! Everyone there is so bold that...its like no other place! I wish EVERYONE can see how beautiful it is!

Cuba! The food, music, and people are so unique and amazing! 🇨🇺🇨🇺♥️♥️ I'm Cuba and love the thought of being there ♥️

I would love to visit Cuba! I don't know why but when I think about this country I always get like warm and happy feeling.

I loved this video. You did a great job and props to your dad for using his spanish. I want to visit really badly now.

3:02, wow!, getting an offer to go to some random strangers place and not get mugged? THIS PLACE IS AMAZING

I have traveled to Cuba for the last 27 years and tourism is very high from all over the world..Cuba is indeed one of the friendliest countries and its a fun place, good food , entertaining and very, very safe....

I just came back from Cuba last week. I liked Havana but fell in love with Viñales.

My beautiful country ..

My beautiful Island!

Just went there and must say they are the friendliest, most sincere people I've ever met! One person we met went out and bought me departing gifts and my favourite fruit! So kind

Cool I never been to the Western part of Cuba. Only Havana and the East. If you are thinking about going to Cuba. Go now before American businesses show up. It's rather interesting to see a country with very little commerce. No TV or radio commercials. Only a few billboards. It's very different.

I was born there and I'm proud of it🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺

Im Canadian and I visit Cuba every year it is beautiful, like going back in time and very friendly and beautiful people. The poverty makes me a little sad but some people dont know any better! Cuba Libre

Well done. Brings back memories of my own visit there in 2013. Like you I visited Havana and Vinales. Both are amazing cities that give a view of some of the diversity found on the island.

Excellent video, I'm glad you enjoyed! Cuba is definitely on my holiday list! Obviously, the person who wrote that blog at the beginning of the video ("reasons not to visit Cuba") doesn't seem to understand that Cuba is actually a workers' democracy.

LOVED your vid, I went last summer with my father. It was the most beautiful country I've ever been to. And the people, they're so lovely and friendly. I fellt so save there, I lost my heart over there! Need to go back asap!!!

This is by far the most beautiful video i have ever seen, Cuba is the most beautiful island 🇨🇺❤️

Cal, great video! To make that trip with your grandfather was extra special, I’m certain. I did a bicycle tour from Havana to Cienfuegos in April 2018 and nothing looked different. Like you, I love Cuba 🇨🇺!

Loving the positive vibes. Good work

Cuban flag is the best looking flag ive seen yet, great video btw

Love my island! Loved the video too! Hope you visit again soon! 🇨🇺💕

How nice to see so warm relationship between grandpa and grandson! Well done guys! I've been in eastern part its beautiful

Thanks for posting the video I really enjoyed it and watched the whole thing. I really liked the fact you got to go with your grandpa as well and I hope to enjoy my visit and see cuba for myself.

Thank you, beautiful story, beautiful video. Amazing how you went with your grandfather. I have to agree with you, I felt in love with Vinales.

im american and i went to habana y viñales, their culture is so beautiful. my family and i stayed at a hostel because a 5 star hotel wouldn't show you their true culture. the people are so friendly, but it makes you realize how truly blessed you are to have what you have and live where you live. i made a video too!!

Thank you. I love your video. Thanks for sharing your experiences travelling in Cuba with your Grandpa. I was just there and miss it a lot.

I have to agree. Cuba is the best place I've visited in my life. I have been there 3 times in only 9 months ! This is how much I love it.

im from australia and im going to LA 14 hours flight then from LA to mexico then to cuba then to mexico and back home. I got to admit very nervous for mexico but extremely excited for cuna

Literally all my relatives love in cuban I'm cuban and I've visited the best thing is all the kids playing sports on the streets the random drunk lady getting mad for hitting her window

This is fantastic! Thanks so much for posting - love your editing skills.

My partner and I are thinking of going to Cuba this year and this video has been quite insightful - so, thanks! Also, I think you did a really great job producing this video, and managed to keep the character of it all alive. Kudos :)

Viva Cuba libre. I laughed a lot when you said you wanted to go there before the regime changed haha Almost cried watching the video for my beautiful patria

the moment I heard that intro. I was completely bought. Great vid.

This is so well made! I'm hoping to make a trip to the Caribbean when I graduate university. I'm definitely going to Cuba!

Seen the video when it first came out, I've been following the channel ever since and really in enjoy its content, easily one of the best i've seen on Cuba.

it is true that the embargo santion is only coming from the us but it doesnt mean cuba can easily trade with other countres companies from other countries are discouraged by the us from trading with cuba

It looks so beautiful, the people look so happy and full of life. Thank you for sharing.

Hey, congrats man! Awesome video, i'm heading this week to Havana and thats upscale material. You rock. Greetings from Brazil.

Your video was so beautiful, human, simple and honest. I'm going to Cuba in over a year so very excited!

Nailed it! 🇨🇺

has anyone seen 2pac there? 😂

We've been to Cuba 14 xs to different areas and love it all! We've eaten at stranger's homes ... nothing to fear ... it's a different mentality and a good one at that. We've encountered the most friendly people with the most fabulous sense of humour. Really hope that doesn't change. Can't wait to return.

Very nice movie! Love the edit you have done, keep up the good work!

Never see the real world could we unless we take off all the assumptions we make and learn, politically, ideologically and religiously. Like your videos very much!!! I'm from China and wish you a good life

Most realistic video I have seen so far on Cuba. Thank you. Too bad I am 2yrs finding this : Castro is dead, Obama has visited and the wet foot/dry foot policy has been rescinded (smile). I need to visit b4 the Ritz Carlton sets up shop.

What a great vlog of your trip to Cuba. I think it's really cool you got to go with your dad. Great experience for sure. I learned some stuff about Cuba that I didn't know. Thx:)

Leaving for Cuba in a few hours. Your video just made me even more excited... Great job!

I miss it so much. You should have gone to Varadero ( beautifull beach). I used to live in La Havana Miramar. Cuba is a beautiful country bet the "Castro" family messed it up; before that dictatorship, it would have been "Las Vegas del Caribe" (Las Vegas of the carabian). Nice video, enjoyed it very much.

Your VO content is good.

I'm going to Cuba in March and I'm VERY excited. This video gave me a great understanding of what to expect when I go. Thank you for sharing this with us. You're very creative :)

Thank you for doing this video and making people realize Cuba isn't actually that bad. I lived in Cuba for a while too and tbh is exactly like going back in time. Everything IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT. THANK YOU, lots for doing this.

Hey my name is Karla and I'm from Cuba 👋

Going back home to Cuba in a week!!!

Nice work, Cal It is now 4 years since you made this video. Love to see another.

Thanks for sharing! I'll be going out there in August. Looking forward to it. 😎👍

its less that its stepping back in time... its more a nation reacting to profoundly deep adjustments in its relationship with the rest of the world.

fact check: cuba's economic failure was due to the collapsed of the USSR. Not the trade embargo with the U.S.

I travelled to Cuba in 2017, and it was one of the best trips I have ever done so far. I am an Australian person who is lucky enough to come from one of the freest and most stable democracies in the world, so to experience the restrictive culture of Cuba was an eye-opener. My admiration for the average Cuban and their inate optimism was, for me, a lesson in humility. The beauty of the country is breathtaking, a trip that will forever be in my heart, special.

Woah the old cars are pretty cool. luv ur videos btw keep making more!

@2:51 "Called the most friendly people in the world" By who? Every country seems to love claiming this title

this nation could be one of the greatest if US let them be...

Nice video! Good balance between narration and scenery.

Nice work man, really enjoyed the vid!

I would never go back again if the US moved their McDee's, Burger King, etc., into Cuba. They will ruin it again. Americans can fly up to Toronto and take a direct flight to Cuba. We don't place restrictions on visitors to Cuba. They love Canuks there and Americans too.

🇵🇷🇵🇷🇨🇺🇨🇺even the flags lol

hey man I really apreciate your work im cuban born and raced there but ive being in US 3 years thanks man you rock

We need more travel vids like this, this channel needs to grow!

As a Dominican-American it pains me to see Cuba like this,Cuba has so much potential to be great

Hispanic countries and European countries are very rich in culture and hospitality. they are very very colorful and eye-catching unlike our Country the US

I was in Cuba for 2 days in April 2019 and I loved it. I’m going back again to Habana.

Cuba is an interesting place to go visit someday. It looks beautiful on the Caribbean island

Thanks for sharing your video. My only hope is that the US respect the island and its cultures and try not to commercialise it too much that it looses its authenticity.

Will it be hard to be vegan in Cuba. I'm going on a school trip and I'm vegan.

Wow such an amazing video!! Im going in 3 weeks!! And watching videos to know places to go and what to do in cuba!!

Awesome video man it brings back memory's

Cuba is beautiful, and it's true that its people are friendly (I was born there). Being in Cuba is a beautiful experience, but only as a tourist. Living there is a completely different story. Pray not to get sick, other wise you will experience what free healthcare is like. Tourist find everything cheap in cuba e.g. With $20 dollar two or three people can eat at a "paladar" but remember that's the salary of a Doctor for a month. I encourage people to go to Cuba but I will like them to stop for five minutes while there and think about the necessities that those people have due to a repressive and socialist government.

Check Out Puerto Rico its the same but with a touch of The USA PR and Cuba are the same exept PR is not behind 50 years

Fantastic video, thanks for posting. Reminds me very much of the DR. Viñales looks beautiful. I want to climb there someday.

Fantastic video - thanks for sharing your trip and views.

What about all devastation and ruins and poverty? Did you just miss all of that?

Report on North Korea next.

One of the best videos I've seen from Americans traveling to Cuba! Also, really smart and nice to bring you grandpa with you :)

cubas music is awesome bro and the people seem super chill

Just returned after a two week trip. The video itself is an accurate depiction, but the discussion of the reason why Cuba is so poor is not. Cal, this problem didn't start with the American embargo, it started with the dictatorial rule of the Castros. They immediately took over hotels, such as the grand Havana Libre, they discouraged tourism, and literally turned Cuba into what it is today. True, the American embargo was no help, but you can't blame the Americans for this one. There was great potential for tourists from every other country, but with poorly-run government controlled hotels, with crumbling infrastructure, with the Communist government discouraging tourism, and with extreme poverty where the average person makes $60 per month, you will not get a vibrant country. There is virtually no internet access for the locals; in the city we were in, there were 10 computers connected to the internet...and the people had to pay 2 CUC to use them...that's 2 dollars, which is a fortune to the average Cuban. The typical Cuban knows little of the outside world...one person we met never heard of Israel! Another had no idea of what is happening with Islamic terrorism. Cuba is the product of almost 60 years of a Communist repressive regime...nothing more, nothing less. So don't blame the present state of this country on the American embargo...that just isn't the case.

If you like it soo much why you don't go and live there? Easy to say cuba is nice when you are a tourist.

I loved it! I went to the exact same places in 2015 and actually recognised some of the houses in Viñales. Wonderful! I wish everyone visited Cuba the same way you and I did. Instead of a 5 star hotel in Varadero - casas particulares and bikes. I travelled with a backpack and moved across the island in the back of the trucks, just like all the locals do. I loved every minute of it. Thanks for this video! It made my day

Wow, you're lucky to have a dad like that. Great memories!

I enjoyed this video, glad you enjoyed it. I also went to visit there once and it has been a great experience.

It’s great how you don’t show how good or bad Cuba is like most people, you just show Cuba. Amazing video

Great! thank you very much for show us how Cuba is like I WANT to go already!

I can smell the humid air just by seeing this video. I miss my parents and friends.

I'm going to Cuba on a mission trip this June, now I'm looking for to it even more! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing, hope to be able to visit one day.

Amazing 😍, thanks for sharing the journey