Habanos Festival 2016. Some thoughts etc.


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Didn’t make it out to Pinar del Rio this time. Too much I wanted to see and do in Havana. Punch Joe called around on the night I arrived, sporting a beard and looking more Christian Bale than ever, w

More pictures, will get captions up soon. Carlos at the Nacional, best mojitos in Havana. I think. Stehan and Aura had a vintage cigar and port event. 1986 Monte 3. Lovely Rocky meets W

Getting good use out of my cigar traveller. Warming up the potato soup at the Wednesday event. Frangelico Museo Napoleonico with friends Caroline, Rita and Yuni Had to get this picture

Wow. Unbelievable information!! It sounds like it was a great trip. I am hoping the people can keep up with the pace of change, it sounds like they are struggling to keep up now, but I guess thats better than struggling to stay afloat?

Depressing to hear about all the rude tourists (americans in particular) we get a bad rap because the attitude you described is often the default here. I've seen it all over the world, so like you said nothing new unfortunately.

I hope to show them what a true American Gentleman is this November! (during the day, once I'm full of rum I cant promise anything)wink2.gif

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Sarah Saunders WICC event.

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Gala dinner. Romeo Humidor with MariaCarla. The drawers on this were all sticking. Might have been too hot at the event.

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Monte humidor

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Gala dinner

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Happy birthday to MariaCarla

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Malecon that night

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Here's to new friends. Stuart and Rita and dog.

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We extended our night.

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Examining the infamous statue of the governor.

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Gimnasio Rafael Trejo.

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Punch Joe, on my way to the airport

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He told me what kind of car this is. I can't remember. A 1960 something.

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My street and lovely it was.

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Humidor at Habana Libre

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Humidor at Palacio Artesania

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Meeting Rocky with the Hamlet Tabaquero..

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Stocking up. This wasn't all for me. There were parties to go to..

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Alexander Abreu at the opening event.

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Nobuhiro at John da Costa's Cigar Sanctum party

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Stuart and Didi at the Melia Habana party

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A few miscellaneous

Bulgarians and rum on the Malecon.

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Another shot of the Romeo auction humidor.

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Some of the Montes in the Monte auction humidor

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Going fishing.

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Fishing. Some job getting those two back up on the wall. A German chap nearly brained himself.

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Nice quiet time at the VIP salon in the airport going home. The Air-France staff at Jose Marti never change, so they know me now. All good.

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Beautiful, thanks for sharing! peace.gif

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Great write up, thanks for sharing.....looks like it was a great visit.

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Great read. Thanks.

Who is the bald asian guy with the glasses posing with you? We ran into him in January and he seemed to know his stuff and way around...

Cheers!

That's Nobuhiro Nakamura. Extraordinarily nice guy and fun too. Knows more about cigars than any non-Cuban I can think of.

Another picture of me and him at the Cigar Sanctum party.

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What a brilliant write up, Andy. Well done mate.

Great to see those photos with Carlos. I can't wait for my next Piña Colada!

It's a shame about the Gato....but I agree on Tocoroco.... I went there with Jose and Jergen, and it was awesome. Really really cool place.

I really hope the island deals with the touristy problems you mentioned.....without losing it's charm.

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