It takes awhile to get used to things in Cuba, but once you get in the swing of things it really is a great place to monger... only at night though. Tonight I decided not to call the taxi company. Instead I walked to the corner and took a gypsy cab from the bar on the corner. I had done this once before and it worked, and from now on it was my routine. I told the driver to take me to Cafe Cantante and he did.

Cafe Cantante is in the basement of some famous theater in Havana. On my way to the staircase a girl grabbed my arm and told me to take her in. I said no. She said why? I told her she wasn't my type. She sulked off. I went in and decided that tonight I'm going to see a good part of the show, instead of just heading out when its first starting like I have been doing. I paid my 5 CUC cover, turned down a few chicks and found a good spot to people watch.

The hottest chick I saw there was around 6 foot 3. I approached her and introduced myself and she politely let me know that she was with the lead singer... a guy that is maybe 5'6... what an odd couple.

I sat down at a table next to three italian girls (tourists). I started talking to them a little and one asked me to dance with her. We danced for awhile then sat down and drank and talked for a bit. We danced some more and she let me know she would be going home with her friends tonight. I excused myself and went back to scanning the room...

My vacation is too short to waste time on shit like that. I sat down solo and was a revolving door for no less than 12 girls. There are several types of approaches… theres the girl that approaches you, touches your shoulder and tries to talk, theres the girl that just sits herself down next to you and keeps talking until you make it painfully obvious to her that you aren’t interested, then theres the girl who scours the room looking to see whos eyefucking her and then she pounces based on her intel, and finally theres the girl that will just keep walking by seemingly letting you know shes available by throwing you glances until you eventually approach her. My favorite are the latter two, my least favorite are the first two. Anyway the only girl I was interested in out of the 40 or so girls there was a type 4 girl, she just kept letting me know she was available, and even kept her mouth shut when her friend hit on me. I decided I wouldn’t make any moves until I’ve seen some live music, and if she was taken by then, so be it.

The music started at around 1:30 AM and after hearing a few songs I stood up and started to scan the room. I noticed a new blonde girl and she kept walking over to me, hanging out for a bit, then walking away without saying a word. Finally I introduced myself to her and she said her name was Helena. We danced for 20 minutes then negotiated a rate of 80 for 2 pops and we left in separate cabs… since each cab cost 5 CUC, it would have been the same as taking one cab for 10 CUC I guess.

Back at my place Helena was great, and we had a lot of fun together.

Photos: Helena - Cafe Cantante 20 21