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

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.

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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We booked our visa with Cuba Travel Services and paid $900 for a round-trip charter flight with Sun Country Airlines from JFK in New York City to José Martí in Havana.

We noticed a lot of people on our flight brought flat-screen TVs and other large electronics for their Cuban relatives.

We arrived five hours before our flight and needed every minute to pick up our tickets and visas, check in, and go through security. The process, thus far, was quite painless.

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