Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  Continuing the good times with Frank in Havana. We always had  good fun and … Good cigars. Good food. Good & plentiful rum. Good friends. Good experiences. That was Havana. Today is a special day for Frank. My personal wish today : Enjoy your Birthday today, Frank ! Have a great Day !! Nino

  No trip to Havana is free of fake cigars. While walking around the city I took Frank to the place behind the Partagas factory where I was offered fake cigars last November. Caught unawares by our visit the selection wasn’t great, but we were promised much more stuff and many more boxes should we Read more…

  I am very grateful to Stephan for arranging this fantastic dinner, to John for organizing it and for their invitation to join their group at this very hard to get-in Paladar which I still consider to be number one in Cuba. So much I enjoy the place that we arrived more than an hour Read more…

  Another of those places in Havana, like the Colon necropolis, that I have passed by numerous times but had never visited before. Honey, our Cuban family friend, had a day off from medical university and offered to guide me. A nice walk in the shade by the main artery leading to the Plaza de Read more…

  Miramar – quiet neighbourhood, residential area. Close to Hotels, restaurants and Casas del Habano. A beautiful house built in 1954 with hardly any changes in the interior design. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living space, smoking area, large garden. Perfect for 2 persons. Full privacy, no barking dogs. We loved it and so did all Read more…

  While I have to thank my friend Adrian for the printing of the bands – he organized it in northern Spain and brought the bands over to Havana – I am also very thankful to Andres, another northerner who kindly let us use his existing printing design on our anillas. I put some of Read more…

  Ok, so he doesn’t really seem to be impressed to be in Havana at all. In pictures we look sort of like Walther Matthau and Jack Lemmon. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the cigar show. He actually likes to be on his own, and to him getting a feel of reality is Read more…