Would you like a Cigar?

[Mort Hill]

A cigar lover is like the US Postal Service. Neither rain, nor sleet nor snow shall keep us from smoking our stogie!

 

[RLP]

Hello all. I enjoyed reading the thread. I did start smoking cigars at an early age (12) and started with my Uncle Andy's White Owls and Winchesters Hahaha. Over 50 years of smoking as provided some improvements. I favor Dominican cigars over all others and prefer 50 rings. Upmann and Punch can be found in my humidor, but Romeo y Julieta are often my everyday cigar in different sizes and strength. I find them to be very consistent and burn evenly.

My favorite cigar is a Cuban Montecristo #2 torpedo, when I can get them (an afford them), unbelievable strong and consistent.

Warning to others here, while in South Africa I found quality cigars to be very scarce. I would bring a full travel humidor and not expect to replenish while in country.

Roger

 

[Mort Hill]

Hello all. I enjoyed reading the thread. I did start smoking cigars at an early age (12) and started with my Uncle Andy's White Owls and Winchesters Hahaha. Over 50 years of smoking as provided some improvements. I favor Dominican cigars over all others and prefer 50 rings. Upmann and Punch can be found in my humidor, but Romeo y Julieta are often my everyday cigar in different sizes and strength. I find them to be very consistent and burn evenly.

My favorite cigar is a Cuban Montecristo #2 torpedo, when I can get them (an afford them), unbelievable strong and consistent.

Warning to others here, while in South Africa I found quality cigars to be very scarce. I would bring a full travel humidor and not expect to replenish while in country.

Roger

Welcome @RLP. You are certainly a veteran to the stogie smokers group here. I agree on scarcity of good cigars while traveling, especially African hunting destinations. I always travel with cigars as if the apocalypse will happen while I am gone, and I get a lot of grief from folks on the thread about my copious quantities of cigars I carry with me. I have run out of cigars one time in the past 20 years of going to Africa, my second trip, and I wound up smoking a box of 50 Philly Blunts the PH had been gifted. My lips were orange for a week. Never again.

 

[RLP]

@Mort Hill, when I ran out of stogies in South Africa, I went to 2 Cuban restaurants and cleaned out their humidors.

 

[PARA45]

Good to know that Cuban restaurants have cigars. I'm like @Mort Hill, I go in well prepared, not as much as he carries but enough to keep me happy while hunting.

 

[Mort Hill]

@Mort Hill, when I ran out of stogies in South Africa, I went to 2 Cuban restaurants and cleaned out their humidors.

That bit of wisdom just went into my memory banks for future application if required!

 

[DieJager]

go in well prepared, not as much as he carries

I think it was indeed a hunt report of @Mort Hill that he carried a staggering amount of cigars with him. It is fair to say that nobody goes as prepared as him

 

[PARA45]

I think it was indeed a hunt report of @Mort Hill that he carried a staggering amount of cigars with him. It is fair to say that nobody goes as prepared as him

Good point. We are rookies compared to him.

 

[RLP]

@Mort Hill & @PARA45 the restaurants were the "Cubana Havana Lounge" in SA

 

[Mort Hill]

Just boarded the Explora 1 in Istanbul for the second cruise of this vacation from Istanbul to Athens Greece via a number of islands in the Mediterranean. I am in awe of this cigar only lounge on this ship. Enjoying a Cuban Montecristo Edmundo on the fine leather seating, indoors, with some fabulous jazz music. Wife may divorce me, but I may never leave this room!

 

[Wemshie]

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Just boarded the Explora 1 in Istanbul for the second cruise of this vacation from Istanbul to Athens Greece via a number of islands in the Mediterranean. I am in awe of this cigar only lounge on this ship. Enjoying a Cuban Montecristo Edmundo on the fine leather seating, indoors, with some fabulous jazz music. Wife may divorce me, but I may never leave this room!

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Just boarded the Explora 1 in Istanbul for the second cruise of this vacation from Istanbul to Athens Greece via a number of islands in the Mediterranean. I am in awe of this cigar only lounge on this ship. Enjoying a Cuban Montecristo Edmundo on the fine leather seating, indoors, with some fabulous jazz music. Wife may divorce me, but I may never leave this room!

What’s the name of the ship? I need to book something in…

 

[BourbonTrail]

Nice cigar lounge @Mort Hill

Enjoying an end of the day Kentucky Fire Cured MUWAT

 

[PARA45]

I’ve been with a cold, first cigar in four days. I’m trying to smoke the sh*t out of this cold

 

[DieJager]

Nice cigar lounge @Mort Hill

Enjoying an end of the day Kentucky Fire Cured MUWAT

Those are great sticks. Not your everyday smoke but just a few times a year I like to smoke them.

 

[DieJager]

I’m trying to smoke the sh*t out of this cold

Hit the shit out of it. Luck favours the bold

 

[RLP]

Hello all.

 

[Sika98k]

Myself and a friend head to mainland Europe a few times a year for some cigar shopping.
Next week we are visiting Brussels. Anyone got any recommendations for good shops ? Been looking at Cigar Art and Le Roi de Cigar’s websites.
Any good gun shops to visit in the city also ?
@VertigoBE ?

 

[DieJager]

@Sika98k they have some LCDH shops.