Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  You lose some, you win some, you never know what’s next. That might be the culinary motto in Havana where Paladares will open and close and cooks make a place tall or fall. My greatest disappointment this trip was the down fall of La Moraleja, a paladar that I loved for its atmosphere, the Read more…

One of the friends in the Canadian group I was with in Havana is renowned photographer and fellow cigar smoker Tony Di Lorenzo from Toronto. See : http://www.tdlphoto.ca/ http://www.tonydilorenzo.ca/ I’d like to share, with his permission and copyright, some of the impressive and eye-catching photographs he took during our stay. Nothing like having his perfect Read more…

Another highlight experience of my last trip to Havana was to visit this great artist and human being, a humble man full of passion and dedication and an extraordinary friend. Jose Ernesto Aguilera Reina. http://www.humidorsofhavana.com/ I have known him for the last five years and followed his ascent into the zenith of the best humidor Read more…

  It’s cold, windy, lots of snow, a dark & dead German Sunday – what better moment to sit down to write down and select the pics for these sunny memories. I wholly agree with a Finnish friend’s comment on her FB page : Many people love snow. I find it an unnecessary freezing of Read more…

  We left Havana early morning, but not before the Australian team stocked up on enough wine to keep us supplied for a week. The drive was long, it took us almost 4 hrs with just a break for beer before reaching Pinar del Rio and then from there a long and winding beautiful mountain Read more…

Back to my Havana/Cuba trip reports. Here’s a picture gallery from my walks through Havana. Mostly side streets from Calle Obispo like Tejadillo, Obrapia, and smaller streets in Habana Vieja or Old Havana. I specially like the barber shop pictures I took on Tejadillo, I stayed with the guys for about an hour and had Read more…

  I am getting the hang of it and actually like it a lot. Flying to Venice and an hour later I’m in Padova, a beautiful old city, Renzo is a great host and hotel owner, I pick up the cigars he kindly brought for me from our last visit and we have a nice Read more…