26 Mar
Once again I had carried half my suitcase full of Chinese food, condiments, cooking utensils and assorted stuff for my Cuban-Chinese friends at Lung Kong, sent to me courtesy of a friend and cigar collector from Hong Kong. We visited them along with Urs and Thomas Portmann, Yannick, Michel, Luca and “Buddha” Keith who had Read more…
7 Dec
A visit to the Lung Kong society in Havana to add assistance to this charity taking care of elderly Cuban-Chinese which has by now become my Cuban-Chinese help project. We are by now familiar and welcome faces at Lung Kong, especially with Tom dropping in during his frequent Cuba trips. My Canadian friends had Read more…
24 Mar
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…
8 Dec
Just like last year when I was in Guangzhou during Christmas, this time it’s again a story where the main actors are Cantonese and the storyline deeply touches my heart. It certainly is much more important than rolled dry tobacco leaves, even while it plays in Havana/Cuba during a cigar festival …. so this Read more…
