Friday, August 19, 2011

My summer vacation shopping results

I've been back from Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba for about a week now and my purchases are resting in the freezer.


Here's a little description and pics of what I bought and a few pics of the LCDH in Cayo Santa Maria. I bought cigars at that LCDH, from my hotel's humidor and at the airport duty free. The majority of my cigars come from the LCDH.




This is the LCDH in the Pueblo La Estrella, within the Barcelo hotel complex :


















I also bought cigarettes, even though I don't smoke them ... but I tried without inhaling and those were the best cigarettes I've ever tasted ! Even if I'm no expert on these, they tasted like a mild-medium cigar and I think will be good to have on hand when smokers come to the house and I want to join them without spending 30 minutes outside after everyone else has gone inside ... The Cohiba's were 1.80 CUC and the rest either 0.60 or 0.75 CUC ! Pretty cheap !






So finally, here's the CIGAR PORN :







Cigar beetle hole in a MAG 46 ... thankfully, it was a tubo, so the rest are ok !

Cigar beetle holes


NO BOX CODES FOR THESE



MONTECRISTO 2 LAG ENE 11
BOLIVAR BELICOSOS FINOS POL OCT 10
HOYO DE MONTERREY HOYO DES DIEUX LAG MAY 10
SANCHO PANZA CORONAS DTF SEP 03
VEGAS ROBAINA CLASICOS BRU SEP 10


PARTAGAS SERIE D ESPECIAL MAY 10
MONTECRISTO GRAND EDMUNDO OCT 10
ROMEO Y JULIETA SHORT CHURCHILL OCT 10
ROMEO Y JULIETA WIDE CHURCHILL ABR 11


PUNCH PUNCH OPA DIC 09
PUNCH ROYAL CORONATION SAG FEB 09


OUT OF TUBES


PUNCH PETIT PUNCH


There were only 4 left , too bad ...



H. UPMANN MAG 48 EL MOA OCT 09
COHIBA MADURO 5 SECRETOS URO NOV 08
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA HABANA EL PRINCIPE URG SEP 10
TRINIDAD REYES MAU NOV 10
HOYO DE MONTERREY HOYO DU MAIRE SOA SEP 08













I picked this sampler box up at the airport and it was 39.00 CUC. I thought it was a good price for something like that. I also bought the VR Famosos for 135 CUC at the same time and two 1 liter bottles of Havana Club 7 years for 15.90 CUC each.












I don't think I'll be buying anything more for a while ...