The nightlife in Cuba is legendary, full of magic and exciting. Cubans love to party. During New years eve, in Havana there are some scenic spots to go to organised parties, mostly expensive. If you want to celebrate this evening with Cubans, be sure that you will stay in a nice Casa Particular with a nice happy family and you will have a fantastic party.
Tradition in Cuba with New Years Eve is to roast a pig, and at 12:00 throw a bucket of water out of the window, to get rid of the bad ghosts. Local restaurants offers good food especially for breakfast- which contains smoked herring in roast bake, flying fish sandwich in fried bake bread and salt fish in homemade bread which they say it really rocks. Other local foods include roti-chicken,beef or goat which is very tasty and sensual.
Hot Shoppes have a nice variety of veggie rotis with mango-fresh juices, fresh coconut water--Veni Mange in town Port of Spain or close to townis quite good for a bit more upscale dining. if you like chicken and chips well they have them there and taste better than here-at the Queen's Park Savanah at night you can get great corn soup with coconut milk.
Liberation Day / Triumph of the Revolution which is held on January 1st, celebrated all over Cuba on New Year's Day, marking the Communist revolution in 1959. New Year's Eve's lively festivities carry over to Liberation Day, another national holiday and a great excuse to keep partying.
After the fun and enriching tour seal the day with 18 EUR in Hostel Lara y Yuda and Hostel Bastida for 18 EUR too.
Make it a special day for it is a start of a new beggining. Happy New Year!
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