After the first week we ran out of food and water and I was able to get them to let us get off the dock for the day but the boats were still "arrested." We were eventually allowed the run of the island and we traveled all around in an old car we rented. Don't forget, this was back in 1990 when the Russians were still controlling the Island. We were told that we were the very first "yacht" that was able to come into Santiago sense the revolution because it was a commercial harbor and that Yachts had to enter at Havana's Hemmingway Marina. The fort over looking the entrance had been turned into a museum and it was all very interesting. Especially the Bay of Pigs wing. I have to say that their take on history is slightly different then that of the US.