Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

The last three days of our visit were quiet and relaxed, we missed J & T but we did a “copy ‘n paste” of last year’s trip experiences. We would have late breakfast, go to TST for iced tea and cigars at the Sheraton LCDH, have a good foot massage and do the tourist stuff Read more…

Basically this was a happy and exact “copy & paste” to our last year’s trip. Frank drove down early so we could have a few good cigars and a light lunch in my village. It was hot, hot enough to sweat in the terrace when we had some coffee and another cigar making time. A Read more…

Another great culinary discovery and my last post on this trip. Jaime and Tina, my Chinese friends wanted a good Pizza for dinner and I knew Walter had left La Carboncita earlier for a new restaurant so there were not many choices – I decide to call Toby, the man who knows the best places Read more…

I am a great fan of Ivan Justo and his great cuisine and paladar  – the original one on Aguacate opposite the Revolution museum and a solid favourite of mine and many of my friends. We have had some spectacular dinners there – last was with my Canadian friends Paul, Carmen and Simon in March Read more…

A fine rare gem found by chance … Visiting Alejandro at the Comodoro around lunchtime I asked him for a good place to have a light lunch and he suggested La Foresta next to Pabexpo where the Festival Gala dinner takes place in Siboney. La Foresta is like stepping into a perfect oasis – immaculate Read more…

Having been unsuccessful in going to open air club El Sauce for some good live music and some dancing it being closed and Gato Tuerto being a/c and indoors, we decided it was finally time for some music action. Alex, a Cuban friend of ours, proudly told me he had managed to reserve a table Read more…

David and I had agreed on Santy’s as one of the best places in Havana for fresh seafood – if not the best, so what better idea than to pair it with some good Riesling, my friend Jan and good Cuban friends. I brought some bottles from my local winemaker Weinmann and David brought Inniskillin Read more…