Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  Actually, watching the pictures I selected for this post it should be re-named : Frank & Nino’s happiness & good fortune at being around D. … Guess it’s plainly visible that we truly enjoyed her company – and she, knowing us from last year as being outside the circus, was also happy to have Read more…

  I was missing this Cuban Spanish back & forth banter now for almost 2 weeks and Didier Houvenaghel, the Belgian-Singaporean-Nicaraguan cigar-maker brought it back to me. He is a good socio and enjoys the Cuban language and humour just like me. Right here in the village, at Massimo’s, we had an evening of good Read more…

  Here is Edward’s report on our lunch and smoking cigars with Frank and me in Havana : After visiting the Lung Kong, we had lunch at the Centro Asturiano on Prado. Since it was my first visit to Prado 309, I shared a grilled meat platter with my friend Dave (Wang). Fantastic grilled meat, Read more…

I visited the Lung Kong society for the elderly in Havana’s Barrio Chino several times again during my trip and, together with my friends Edward and David from Canada, we brought donations to his charity for the remaining Cuban-Chinese. I was very happy that this tradition has been kept and expanded since my first visit Read more…

  Sweaty, tired but happy and a bit tipsy, that’s how we arrived shortly before sunset at Los Jazmines, the hotel over-looking the dramatic Viñales valley. Frank had never been here and I wanted to pack all this into his dramatically strike-shrunk agenda. He was sportsman enough to agree not to cancel the planned trip Read more…

   No surprising news to be told about yet another wonderful half day spent at Hector Luis’ farm. As always by now, being at Hector’s is a great way to relax, spend the day in the field, hear first-hand talk about the crop and the harvest quality and feast on home made food and a Read more…

  I met the genial John DeCosta last year at a small and intimate dinner in Havana at La Guarida with Stephan von Schilling, Simon Chase and other good friends. Very interesting background and lifestyle, quite fascinated listening to him and so I was very happy and honoured to recently receive his invitation to the Read more…