Trip to Jamaica booked...

[icehog3]

Randy...I have stayed at the Sandals....ALL those cigars are fakes.

Had some fresh rolled cigars at the Sandals in Nassau...definitely worth a try, what have you got to lose except a couple bucks? It is a novelty at worst, and maybe a decent cigar at best. A cool experience regardless.

I definitely would say forget about Cubans...oh, you will see them...and be offered them. And I would bet a year's pay they will all be fake. Nassau, Cancun, Acapulco, every resort town I have been to has scores of places selling Cuban cigars...and the only place I have seen real ones have been an LCdH.

[coach]

Tom, RIU really does deal with SAHabanos. The Corp is based out of Portugal and I ?'d them on their selections. The GM of their Playa DeCarmen Property took me into his office and we talked smokes. He then offered me a selection from his humi...took a HDM Churchill and we had a great time. He assured me that the selections in the gift shops @ RIU are "legit".

as for sandals, they were next door to the RIU in MB and their "Naked Resort" was just across the bay......

Originally Posted by icehog3

Randy...I have stayed at the Sandals....ALL those cigars are fakes.

Had some fresh rolled cigars at the Sandals in Nassau...definitely worth a try, what have you got to lose except a couple bucks? It is a novelty at worst, and maybe a decent cigar at best. A cool experience regardless.

I definitely would say forget about Cubans...oh, you will see them...and be offered them. And I would bet a year's pay they will all be fake. Nassau, Cancun, Acapulco, every resort town I have been to has scores of places selling Cuban cigars...and the only place I have seen real ones have been an LCdH.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by coach

Tom, RIU really does deal with SAHabanos. The Corp is based out of Portugal and I ?'d them on their selections. The GM of their Playa DeCarmen Property took me into his office and we talked smokes. He then offered me a selection from his humi...took a HDM Churchill and we had a great time. He assured me that the selections in the gift shops @ RIU are "legit".

as for sandals, they were next door to the RIU in MB and their "Naked Resort" was just across the bay......

You believe whatever you wanna believe, Randy.

[alexa071]

Okay... maybe the cigars I had at the sandals were fake. That being said, they were my first cigars and they were really good. I also distinctly remember pulling multiple out of tubes and telling them I didn't want them because they were moldy. Of course, I remember the "mold" very clearly and it looked more like plume than mold in hindsight. So, I have no clue... I'll just make sure I have some good sticks with me and see where the trip leads me Also... I'll be sure to try the onsite handrolled... if nothing else I've never seen a cigar rolled in person before. Maybe he'll even let me try my hand at it... that would be a story in and of itself!

Randy