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Havana, Cuba {2023 Travelogue} - Part I with Film School Road Trip

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I have always been fascinated by Cuba. As the largest island in the Caribbean, known primarily for rum, cigars, and classic cars, I have always wanted to visit but didn’t know where to start.  I had been following Film School Road Trip for a few years, but the Cuba workshop seemed seemed so unattainable. I reached out before to ask for more details and of course it wasn’t cheap. It's an investment, but as someone who has retired from photography, was it really worth it for me to go? I had talked to The Boyfriend about it before, and after meeting Jon IRL, he told Jon that I was definitely interested in going. Next thing I know, Jon reached out to me with more details, and I take the plunge and pay that deposit to save my spot in the workshop. The group sizes are very reasonable, and the expectation is that we all will have one on one time with Jon with any questions we have as well. Travel to Cuba as an American citizen is intimidating and going with a group like this makes it tha
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How To Travel To Cuba As a U.S. Citizen

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So you want to go to Cuba (Travel Guide Based on Feb. 2023) Cuba has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. If you are anything like me, you don't like letting dreams stay amorphous and take action. It's truly intimidating going somewhere you have never been before, and maybe (like me) don't speak the language (Spanish), so hopefully the information I'm providing can help you get there. This is just a guide I've put together based on my experience. I have only been the one time, so I am by no means  an expert. I took notes though with the intention of sharing with others who are interested in visiting Cuba so that hopefully it's less intimidating to make that step and go. If I had not gone with Film School Road Trip, I would have gone with another tour group because it was the one place I wanted to that I found intimidating to go on my own. The US government makes it seem difficult to go to, when in reality, it's not. As with all international
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[San Francisco, CA] - Kusakabe SF

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Hi, Friends! Looks like it's been almost a year again since the last time I tried to update my blog! I have so much to catch up on, and it's overwhelming to think about all of the 2018 Japan/Taiwan posts, let alone the past few years. My last two posts were an attempt to catch up on the trip out to Hawaii January of 2020, while this and the upcoming ones are dining during a pandemic. At the time, we were torn on going out to eat (selfish), and if we should just keep staying home (paranoid). We really couldn't win. In the end, we decided that we should try to eat out and support the restaurants we want to see come out of the pandemic. To do this, we wore masks, and actually kept them on when we were not actively eating. In following various restaurants on Instagram, it is disheartening to see how people refuse to be considerate of others.   In deciding where to go, I took into account how much risk we were willing to take (this was just after having the first dose of Moderna
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