We sent 3 reporters to Cuba for a week, and it was a surreal adventure from the moment they arrived

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Trying out a Cuban cigar with a local in Habana Vieja.

On Tuesday, the US agreed to authorize nearly 110 daily commercial flights to Havana and nine other destinations on the communist island - a historic move that restores commercial air travel for the first time in nearly 50 years.

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While political and economic negotiations are underway to end the stiff US-Cuba relationship, the world is flocking to Cuba to experience the surreal time warp of this tropical nation.

Business Insider decided to do the same and sent three reporters in June to Cuba's capital, Havana.

Here's an overview of our Cuban adventure.

Graham Flanagan and Tyler Greenfield contributed to this report.

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