Belgians In Havana Nr 1 – Fun And Cigars With Reza In Havana

8 Dec

  I had enough fun with Reza in Dublin at the AmiCigar meeting there to last me for a while. I thought. We shared some great cigars but the main memory is the fun we had. He is truly a crazy, warm-hearted guy. Well, mostly. How crazy can you be to drive over from Antwerp, Read more…

Visit To The Lung Kong Society In Havana

7 Dec

  A visit to the Lung Kong society in Havana to add assistance to this charity taking care of elderly Cuban-Chinese which has by now become my Cuban-Chinese help project. We are by now familiar and welcome faces at Lung Kong, especially with Tom dropping in during his frequent Cuba trips. My Canadian friends had Read more…

Harley Davidson Roar At El Laguito

6 Dec

    What a day of thunder !! We happened to arrive at El Laguito early to have a cafecito with Jose, the director, when we became part of the excitement of having 20 Harley Davidson enthusiasts and cigar smokers from Switzerland driving into El Laguito and giving the rollers and staff a joyride on their Read more…

The Perfect Miniature Cigar Factory

6 Dec

    After visiting the Despalillo and having my interest awakened about this extraordinary province manufacturing enterprise, I happily accepted the invitation to visit the nearby cigar factory Capitan San Luis. Located just a few blocks from the Despalillo the first thing we noticed was the cleanliness and dedicated calm that prevailed in this very Read more…

Visiting The Despalillo

5 Dec

How wrong I was about not needing to see another despalillo ( centre stem stripping ) again in Cuba. After all I had seen enough despalillos in the factories to last me forever. Every factory has a despalillo to remove the centre stem from the wrapper ( capa ) leaves – so where was the Read more…

Partagas Humidors Nov. 2014

5 Dec

  I’ll start my posts with a gallery of the special humidors that were shown during the 27-th Encuentro de Amigos de Partagas in Nov. 2014. We happened to be smoking a cigar at the Casa Partagas when the humidors arrived and Grecia, Hamlet and Angel Miranda were so kind to unpack them and let Read more…

Back From Cuba – A Preview

3 Dec

  Reflecting on these memorable two-and-a-half weeks in Havana, which passed too quick as always when you have fun and good company, I am very happy to state that these were the best days and absolutely the best trip I’ve had so far in my ten years of travelling to Cuba since I started “doing Read more…