{"id":2165,"date":"2015-03-15T00:31:31","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T05:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/cubas-bay-of-fat-cats\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:14:28","slug":"cubas-bay-of-fat-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/cubas-bay-of-fat-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba&#039;s Bay of Fat Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cuba&#39;s Bay of Fat Cats<\/strong><br \/>\nThankfully, the woman who took my passport reappears about 20 minutes later. She hands me a &#8230; He drops us off at the mouth of Plaza de San Francisco de Asis in Old Havana, and before we walk 15 feet, half a dozen taxistas converge on us. 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