Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

It was good to get out of Havana, the heat, the humidity, the masses and the putrid smell of a pony-tailed cigarette chain-smoking fuked-up Obra Completa faked-up “expert” box code YYZ HDP ( now that is for educated cigar smokers to decipher … 😉 The wind was rushing and I was chatting – so I Read more…

One of the reasons for my visit to Havana was to have the lids of my Ramon Allones humidor repaired from some very small imperfections and while I was there also to check on the progress of two new humidors that Frank and I have commissioned. After Pablo picked up the lids the first day, Read more…

Next time I hear the pope is visiting Havana I will cancel my trip there. Too many places were closed due to his visit, like my favourite night-spot Espacios and many others, and we are talking closed for a week, not just for the 2 days the pope spent in Havana. Even the fishermen could Read more…

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…

Our friend Reza was in Havana for a few days and we celebrated his birthday in style there. In fact he and Yannick were the only reasons I returned to Havana from Hector’s farm … First party was at Espacios – the garden area was ours and the birthday cake just finger-licking delicious. A group Read more…

Couldn’t have found a better story for my 1.000-th blog post ! If there’s one thing I regret about this cozy, intimate and high quality paladar is that I didn’t visit it earlier during my trip and had more meals there. An outstanding little new place in Miramar, around the corner from the Casa de 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…