Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

To end my series of posts on my recent Cuba trip here is a picture gallery. From lunch at Santy’s, a short day trip to Varadero, Mary the housemaid who’d smoke a cigar with me at breakfast, humidors at Partagas, smoking with friends, a cafecito with Carlos at Robainas farm, smoking at Club Habana with Read more…

  Again the morning was filled with silence and the only sounds were the natural sounds of a farm. After breakfast that included the very rich and tasty Mamey, life started, staff came slowly into view and the daily routine began around mid-day. Miguel would start rolling, the bar would be prepared and visitors would Read more…

Quiet overcast and humid Sunday on the farm, so I decided to take a tour with Osmany, one of Hector’s staff and father of the young lady tendering the bar, a very friendly man as all of Hector’s staff and most guajiros I know are. We left with no hurry and drove to nearby San Read more…

A good night’s sleep and up with the roosters wake-up call, that’s how I started day two. The farm was quiet in the early morning, only the roosters, chicken and other animals could be heard as I sat having a cafecito before breakfast. Really idyllic and just as I had imagined it to be. It Read more…

Although I was in regular contact with Hector Luis and knew about his horse riding accident where he broke a leg, I hadn’t considered it too grave to be overly worried. It was not until I had the chance to meet him briefly in Havana after he had been to the Frank Pais hospital there Read more…

Almost exactly a week after landing from Havana I was back on the road in a cigar mission … Frank had invited a few close friends to a cigar BBQ party at his house in Tielt near Leuven. The day he had chosen turned out to be the hottest day in weather-recorded history, temperatures hitting Read more…

  Back from a very relaxing, intense and highly interesting trip to Havana and Cuba. All went better than expected and I was able to combine the more productive aspects of the trip in Havana with soothing days at the beach and the tobacco fields of San Juan y Martinez. It was such a great Read more…