Cuban cigar rolling in Vinales Valley
Luis Angel, a cuban tobacco Farmer rolling a cigar and explain the whole process
Cuba Vlog - First Impressions
I went on a People to People tour of Cuba as this is one of the 12 ways Americans are allowed to visit the country. I was invited by the tour operator Posh Adventures on a 9 days/ 8 nights trip called the Flavor of Cuba.
Places Visited:
Havana-Guided walking city tour of Old Havana
Havana- Visit to Jaimanitas
Las Terrazas – Visit to eco-village and UNESCO biosphere
Viñales – Guided walking tour through UNESCO site, Viñales Valley
Viñales – Visit to an organic farm
Viñales – Visit to a tobacco farm
Viñales – Cooking class with local chef
Cienfuegos – Guided walking city tour
Trinidad – Guided walking city cultural tour
Trinidad- Visit to an Afro Cuban temple to Yemaya
Trinidad – Salsa Dancing lessons
Trinidad – Hike to waterfalls
Manaca Iznaga – Visit to sugar mill
Santa Clara – Visit to Che Guevara Mausoleum and Museum
Discover the magic and charm of one of the most fascinating capitals in the world, Havana. Explore the scenic Viñales Valley, where the rich aroma of tobacco floats through the air. Stroll the beautiful Parisian-styled boulevard of Cienfuegos. Hear the beat of the music and feel the Salsa rhythm stir your soul along the cobblestoned streets of vibrant Trinidad. Even the sounds of Cuba’s iconic 1950’s cars will be music to your ears. Along the way, you’ll meet extremely friendly and knowledgeable tobacco farmers, expert chefs, local artists, historians and salsa dancers that understand where Cuba came from, where the country is now and where it’s going. This tour is ideal for those looking for a fun, educational and cultural experience in Cuba. We’re sure you won’t want to leave!
* This tour is specially designed to meet US legal travel requirements. People-to-people travel, which exists as part of the educational activities category, allows any American to legally travel to Cuba, provided they engage in a full-time schedule of activities. Travel must be for the purpose of engaging, while in Cuba, in a full-time schedule of activities intended to enhance contact with the Cuban people, support civil society in Cuba, or promote the Cuban people’s independence from Cuban authorities.
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Scuba diving on Cuba with crocodiles and sharks.
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Avais a traveler I met at Hamel hostel in Havana speaks about his travel experiences and how to avoid scams
A Rum do in Cuba
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Organic farming provides fesh food in Cuba
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Cuba's former President Fidel Castro celebrates his 90th birthday today (August 13, 2016).
Things have changed on the island nation since Castro's brother Raul replaced him as president in February 2008.
Cuba's urban organic farms are aiming to supply citizens directly with sustainable fresh food and challenge the reliance on food imported from abroad.
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This is an organoponico or urban organic farm.
Just two kilometres from Havana, the capital city, the Vivero Alamar farm is at the forefront of Cuban organic agriculture.
Cuba has a longstanding culture of organic farming by necessity.
During the Special Period of the 1990s, many private urban plots popped up in Havana amid the austerity that followed the collapse of Cuba's backer, the Soviet Union.
Isis Maria Salcines Milla, an urban organic farming specialist at the Alamar Project, explains.
This transformative model in Cuba was designed to deal with the conditions of the special period (when the economy collapsed after the Soviet Union withdrew financial support of Cuba in 1992) because we went from a conventional agricultural model to a green revolution, from the use of insecticides, pesticides, fertilisers, an unhealthy way of production, to this model. So, when we began this model, we had to become organic, not out of conviction but out of necessity. We either produced this way or we faced death by starvation, she says.
Unlike in the United States, pesticide-free is largely the rule here rather than the exception, mostly due to a lack of supply.
The organic farms are creating a direct link between the producers and the owners of private restaurants in the non-state sector.
A new generation of privately run restaurants known as paladars has breathed life into Cuba's culinary scene.
Ivan Rodriguez Lopez is the owner of a paladar called El Carbon.
In urban organic farming there are no fertilisers. Organic fertilisers are a result of the needs of the farmers. And for me that's an advantage.
Kaski Kosakowski, is a member of Sustainable Summer, a US organisation that prepares teens to become environmental leaders.
Today she is overseeing a group of American teens weeding a row of lettuce at an organic farm.
So we been here for almost two weeks. We leave in a couple of days, looking at cultural sustainability and environment sustainability while the relationship between Cuba and the United States is changing and developing. And we are here today to learn a little bit more about the food system here and particularly take advantage of the cultural project outside of Havana and the history of organoponicos (urban organic farming).
Americans cannot travel as ordinary tourists to Cuba under current US regulations, but they may participate in certain types of trips, including people-to-people trips that foster cultural exchanges.
US interest in Cuba has climbed rapidly since President Barack Obama announced diplomatic ties would be restored on December 17, 2014.
Timothy Smith is another member of the Sustainable Summer project.
Cuba imports a lot of their food, so locally grown food is always a good option. But you just got to get the people to start buying locally and that's all part of what we are learning about doing the sustainable lifestyle, he says.
According to the World Food Programme, Cuba imports 70 to 80 percent of the food it needs from abroad.
Proponents of urban organic farming say it has immense potential to boost domestic production.
But it is unlikely to meet all of Cuba's food needs, and government interference tends to limit organic urban farms' production and distribution.
Lopez says he would rather buy from the organoponico than a government controlled market.
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Cuba Havana - Travel Vlog
Enjoy this travel video of me (Anthony Brown) travelling to Cuba, Havana in a travel vlog seeing the sights. If you really want to know what it is like to visit Cuba, Havana/Varadero then this is the video for you.
Not to mention if want know how to make a travel blog or be a travel blogger/vlogger, this may give you a small incite. Although I do not claim to be an expert. This was my first one attempt. Enjoy ;)
Tips:
* Make sure to carry cash when you are visiting shops outside your holiday resort as most places will not take card.
* Only book a taxi with an official taxi driver with an authentic taxi sign in their car.
* Only buy cigars from official cigar retailers
* You will not be able to receive Wifi unless you purchase a wifi card
* Do not drink tap water and avoid ice in areas that are not equipped for tourism.
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Cuba's east side offers some of the country's most beautiful landscapes away from the crowds. Truly one of the best active eco-adventures offered in Cuba. Explore waterfalls, wild rivers, and remote beaches while travelling by foot, paddle board and kayak. Visit Santiago as well as our personal favourite town called Baracoa. (keep it secret!) Amazing live music, art, dance, culture and CHOCOLATE makes this adventure FULL of variety. Great for small groups and it's family friendly.
A Road Trip Through Cuba’s Tobacco Country | Condé Nast Traveler
Havana is most people’s favorite stop in Cuba, and for good reason, but there’s much more to see if you venture beyond the capital. Here, Condé Nast Traveler’s digital director Brad Rickman takes his family along on a road trip into Pinar del Río, Cuba’s main tobacco-growing region, for a taste of the countryside.
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How to roll a Cuban Cigar at the 6th Latin America Food Festival (Kuala Lumpur)
The cigars were R55 to R65 or $17 to $20 each at the 6th Latin America Food Festival in front of Low Yat Plaza (Kuala Lumpur).
Senora Berta Corzo rolling Cuban cigars
Fresh, hand-rolled beauties at Sautter of Mount Street
The Decent Cigar Emporium
The Decent Cigar Emporium was founded in 1992 and over the years we have built up a collection of pre embargo Habanos and many other rare treats like Cuban Davidoff.
Visitors to the Emporium or Website can avail of our expertise, we offer a consultancy service for both the enthusiast and novice.
Cuban cigar rolling by expert local farmer at tobacco plantation, Pinar del Rio west of Havana Cuba
Local tobacco farmer shows how an expert rolls a Cuban Cigar. 90% of his tobacco crop must go to the Cuban government. He keeps the other 20% of the tobacco to sell himself and to roll his own cigars. Cuban rum keeps his back pain under control. This farmer certainly knows how to roll a cigar!
The humidity on the Cuban island is ideal for both growing and drying of tobacco plants. The outer leaves of Cuban tobacco plants are considered perfect for forming cigars. Harvesting the tobacco leaves at exactly the right time is critical to ensuring they are perfectly moist and pliable to roll the perfect Cuban cigar.
Ernest Hemmingway, Winston Churchill and Fidel Castro all know a good thing. Habana Cigars!
How to roll a premium Cuban cigar
At the 21st annual Habanos Cigar Festival in Havana, visitors were able to take a cigar rolling class given by master tobacco twister Miguel Barzaga.
Barzaga, an expert twister, or 'torcedor', showed the class, step by step, the technique he uses to make premium-quality Cuban cigars.
Places To Go - Cuba (Season 2 Premiere!)
Welcome to season 2 of Places To Go! For our first episode of the season, we're in beautiful Cuba! We spend some time with the awesome folks of ViaHero and get a personal tour of spectacular Havana, Cuba. Join us!
Places we visited:
El ChanChullero (restaurant)
Clandestina (shop)
Topoly (restaurant)
Fabrica de arte (club/art gallery)
Coppelia (ice cream)
Dona Laura (restaurant)
Hotel Nacional
Michifu (bar and restaurant)
Playas del este (beach)
El de frente (bar and restaurant)
And more!
Produced by WorldTourism.com in association with TourismCuba.com, USTourism.com, CaribbeanIslandsTourism.com, NorthAmericaTourism.com, and WestIndiesTourism.com.
Hand Rolled Cuban Cigar
Recorded in a Cigar Bar in Cuba, April 2012
Cuban Cigar Rolling In Havana
Torcedor Cubano hand rolling a fine Cuban Cigar in Havana, Cuba. Watch his finger technique, and his expert use of the chaveta.
How is a hand rolled Cuban cigar made?
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented leaf tobacco which is rolled in a series of types and sizes that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. This lady we saw in the center of Trinidad (Cuba) make a cigar by hand. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in the Vinale Valley in Cuba. Tobacco and other crops are cultivated on the bottom of the valley, mostly by traditional agriculture techniques. The origins of cigar smoking are still unknown. In Guatemala, a ceramic pot dating back to the tenth century features a Mayan smoking tobacco leaves tied together with a string. Sikar, the term for smoking used by the Maya may have inspired the name cigar.
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