Haha, love the Pico Iyer vibe-I've got that book on my nomad reading list now! I dipped into Havana for a month last year as a remote dev, and yeah, the internet's a mixed bag but doable if you're prepared. Reliability's hit-or-miss: official ETECSA hotspots (buy a Tourist SIM or Nauta card) get you 3-5 Mbps on a good day, enough for Zoom if you schedule around peak hours (avoid evenings when everyone's streaming telenovelas). Power outages are real, so a portable hotspot and UPS battery saved my sanity. Pro tip: Use a VPN like ExpressVPN to skirt restrictions, but keep it low-key-nothing too subversive. No mustache required, but blending in with a rum in hand during blackouts? Priceless. Who's got recent updates from Varadero or Trinidad? I'm itching for round two!