Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  A short tribute to Frank who managed to fly to Havana despite losing half of his planned week due to a strike in Frankfurt. So his “vacation” shrank dramatically to a “city trip” – but still he enjoyed the trip, the fun and the cigars. We managed to get all the items on his Read more…

  Where else can you sit by the Malecon and enjoy great food and service with the added bonus that you will be disconnected in the true sense of the word ? Your mobile will not work here, right in the centre of Havana, as the place is located in a nice old house that Read more…

  Not much to report here. Some memorable family dinners with our Cuban friends in the privacy of their home, enjoying good home made food, rum, cigars, friendship and laughter. To Frank and me much better affairs than all the circus. To my friends R & M a good start into their Cuban vacation. They Read more…

  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…

  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…

  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…