The mayor will be advertising for chica hunters for sosua. I wonder if the cruise ship will be coming to puerto plata now. Bring it on sweet willie.
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Obama announces new relations with Cuba
The mayor will be advertising for chica hunters for sosua. I wonder if the cruise ship will be coming to puerto plata now. Bring it on sweet willie.
Article in NY times about Cuban cigars, and how cigars from other countries, including DR, may be as good or better:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/u...icmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/u...icmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000&_r=0
I'm wondering out loud what it will take for the DR to make serious improvements to its' tourism infrastructure.
The collective business mindset doesn't seem amenable to appeals to quality generated from competition, so I doubt the opening of Cuba will have any affect whatsoever.
The collective business mindset doesn't seem amenable to appeals to quality generated from competition, so I doubt the opening of Cuba will have any affect whatsoever.
Dominican cigars have all but put Cuban cigars out of the leader spots for years now but the Nicaraguan sticks have snuck up on both of them to take their place in the leadership of fine smoke manufacture.
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That Rocky Patel has only been in business for a couple decades and has carved out one heck of a success story for his brand. One of my prized possessions is a box of Decades that he autographed for me on the USS Sequoia at the release party.
There are only a few Cuban cigars that are worth the expense to me but bang-for-the-buck is led by Nicaragua and the D.R. and it is ridiculous that a decent Dominican cigar costs me less in the USA than it does in the D.R.
I remember coming through US Customs upon return from the D.R. and being asked about the few cigars I had with me "Are they Cuban?" to which I replied "These are Dominican cigars which are among the world's best, why would I pay twice as much for a Cuban cigar that's half as good?".
Buying a Cuban Cigar in Cuba is a tricky business.
There are no end of people who can roll a ?professional? cigar.
When you buy Cigars on the street you pay extra for the box, the stamp, the hologram, the ?official? receipt. And (of course) if your a novice you just over pay.
I have met people who work at Government run Cigar stores. They bring in boxes of locally rolled cigar dressed up to look real.
Tourist have no idea what they are buying.
It is really, really, really hard to buy a REAL high end Cigar, in Cuba.
When I am there I do one of two things.
1) I go to a Cousin-in-Law and describe the Cigar I want (as long as a pencil but thicker) and tell him I want his best tobacco, no box, to stamps, just wrapped in paper.
or
2) I buy the Cigars, the Government sells, and real Cubans actually smoke. They are about 6? long and 3/4? thick. They costs $1 for 25cigars (yes, 4 cents each). I used to buy 50 cigars and take them home for my Son (in University) to sell to other Students for $10 each. My Son was always happy when I got back from Cuba.
I am positive Cuba sells the best Cigars, but good luck finding one.
There are no end of people who can roll a ?professional? cigar.
When you buy Cigars on the street you pay extra for the box, the stamp, the hologram, the ?official? receipt. And (of course) if your a novice you just over pay.
I have met people who work at Government run Cigar stores. They bring in boxes of locally rolled cigar dressed up to look real.
Tourist have no idea what they are buying.
It is really, really, really hard to buy a REAL high end Cigar, in Cuba.
When I am there I do one of two things.
1) I go to a Cousin-in-Law and describe the Cigar I want (as long as a pencil but thicker) and tell him I want his best tobacco, no box, to stamps, just wrapped in paper.
or
2) I buy the Cigars, the Government sells, and real Cubans actually smoke. They are about 6? long and 3/4? thick. They costs $1 for 25cigars (yes, 4 cents each). I used to buy 50 cigars and take them home for my Son (in University) to sell to other Students for $10 each. My Son was always happy when I got back from Cuba.
I am positive Cuba sells the best Cigars, but good luck finding one.
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You prefer open economies with 7% annual growth with a 10% increase in poverty...correct?
Better to have an open election with those with an education throwing frozen chickens for votes to those many who have not...correct?
I spent an afternoon in a Cuban hospital far away from the tourist zones after falling from a motorcycle...I was impressed at the level of professionalism and competency..as well as cleanliness (although not to the level of the hotels (hospitals as we call them) back on the mainland. It was not just me that i base this observation on, but others who were there. Given the choice, I would far rather have to visit a Cuban hospital than most Dominican hospitals. This is coming from a 29 time visitor with the longest time on the island being 4 months.
Barbaro...as a Canadian who does not require a week's worth of food on his plate (just got back from Florida and ate at 5 restaurants that grossly overloaded plates with food), Cuban food is fine! When was the last time YOU...were in Cuba???
It's not that it's a good economy like g20 and g8 it's because it's stable and has growth over projected numbers in the last decade and that's what investors like,it's a small economy but in our class were at the top with growth
there is a lot of that going on here. guys who rail about human rights abuses in Cuba, but have no problems with worse abuses in Singapore and Saudi Arabia, and others.
I am quite happy with Cuba's government. The US has crushed their economy. It is long past time for the US to change.
especially since the people they are trying to hurt are still living large. 54 years of the same policies, with nothing to show for it beside hurting the common man, is nonsense beyond belief.
I stayed at Sandals in Varadero and it is no where near the quality of other Sandals. I was told when there it was owned by the govt. Who knows though?!
I would say I prefer Cuba over the DR, more culture by far and who doesn't
love those cars?! Lol Damn those beaches are awesome as well!!
Some are commenting on people not commenting on Saudi Arabia...etc. Simply a red herring and totally irrelevant. This thread is about Cuba/DR not Saudi Arabia...etc. Cuba's government is terrible, repressive and not democratic in any way, but somehow freedom lovers like Myers like the Cuban government...go figure.