Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  Last evening out in Havana – meeting the Canadian group at the Nacional, having a cigar and rum at my fav lounge and packing my cigars – leaving tomorrow back to cold Germany. Back on Tuesday. have a strong overdose of Rum & cigars – enjoyed great 4 weeks here with many of the Read more…

Back in Havana from a trip to the Vuelta Abajo with Toby, Jose Antonio, Renzo and a group of US friends of Toby. Spent a glorious half day at Hector Luis’ Vega, smoking the very best Cuban tobacco expertly rolled on site by his Tabaquero Miguel and enjoying a first class long Cuban lunch of Read more…

Melia Cohiba Dinner Club de Amigos MC Smoking a cigar with an iconic Cuban Revolution Commander 30.10.2012 Dir.Gen. Hotel MC / Dir HSA Sr Buenaventura Dr Luis Sorinas 1x H.Upmann Connossieur Nr 1 ( Hermoso Nr 4 ) 1x Special custom rolled Habano Themes : 520 yrs discovery of America, Hatuey beer, Bacardi, H.Upmann cigars. Read more…

This year’s Partagas Encuentro de Amigos in November will be without the manager of the Partagas LCDH at the Partagas factory, Abel E. as he has been arrested last week … This has been confirmed to me by multiple local sources from the cigar world. Nino posting from Havana

The perfect Cuban BS experience – Part 1 Renzo and I laughed at the young German couple’s tales of their first day in Havana. They had been accosted by hustlers, plagued by jineteros and finally fell in on a story by a young couple who pretended to know them from their casa particular in Neptuno, Read more…

Tomorrow Friday I’ll be off to Havana for 4 weeks. While there, I’ll be meeting International friends gathering for the Encuentro de Amigos de Partagas 19 to 23 November. I look forward to meet up with Rob Ayala and his Australian mates again, with Art, Marc, Keith and other good Canadians, with Rob, Dara and Read more…

Inge’s new set of wheels – Majestic Very intense day. We flew to Berlin to pick up Inge’s new car. All went absolutely smooth. Bernhard picks us up at 0600 and drives us to FRA. Sunny weather all over Germany. Smooth flight and, because we flew up front, we receive a decent breakfast on this Read more…