XVI Habanos Festival (link to my pictures)

[RickMG]

For those of you with Facebook, this link is to the pictures I posted there (quite a lot of pictures). Most of these have descriptions and tags of who the people are. Note that Andrew Ryan is Ryan on this forum and I believe Yiorgos is also a member. These are from Monday, Feb. 24th thru Friday, Feb. 18th.

https://www.facebook.com/RickMGA/media_set?set=a.10152241462710513.1073741826.516485512&type=1

Here is a link to the same photos on Picasa but have not gotten around to adding names and descriptions yet.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1102441...CigarGroup2014 (you can just hit slideshow and they'll go by at 3 seconds each.

My Facebook description of the album:
I'm posting these photos of our trip to Havana, Cuba. These are the photos of us with our cigar friends attending different events held during the week for the 16th Habano Festival. I cannot say enough to our friends from Ireland and England for their hospitality. I'm sorry, I don't have words to say that can express how much Chris I appreciate their friendship.

I especially want to thank Robert Fox and Stuart Fox for everything they did to arrange us to be able to attend all the events as if we were part of their organization. Again, words can't explain our feelings toward you two. More wonderful people don't exist. And cannot thank Andrew Ryan enough for all his planning and hard work arranging that everything was done exactly as it should have been. You know how we feel about you I'm sure.

A lot of pictures, sorry.

[Trickle]

I was going to ask how a normal non affiliated guy can go, but you answered it in your thank yous!

[Trickle]

Because I am interested on going one day.

[RickMG]

I was going to ask how a normal non affiliated guy can go, but you answered it in your thank yous!

Hey...I was NEVER accused of being normal.

Also, please note that I DID pay for the tickets to the events, the festival is not inexpensive by any means.

[beemers]

Oh, I really need to go to Cuba. Those prices are much better then here.

Nice photo's, I enjoyed watching them.

[butternutsquashpie]

you lucky ol' bastard!! but nonetheless, thanks for sharing!

how was your take on the Cohiba SuperHugeAssThickMonstrous LE?

[peanutpete]

thanks for the photos Rick,good to see lots of familiar faces enjoying themselves

[RickMG]

you lucky ol' bastard!! but nonetheless, thanks for sharing!

how was your take on the Cohiba SuperHugeAssThickMonstrous LE?

I know I am lucky. I actually didn't smoke any of the show cigars. I gave my show cigars to Andy (Ryan here) and Dara (a friend in Ireland) as I'm really not an aficionado so they would be wasted on me. We were thrown more cigars than I could smoke as it was at all the events so I was very happy. Being used to only NC cigars I'm not one whose review you would want to consider.

I did ask someone about a 72 ring gauge cigar I heard was being made but nobody knew what I was talking about. Sorry, I'm sure Ryan will write a review when he returns. The entire London and Irish crew leave this afternoon for their overnight flights.

[cigarmo]

Thank for a very interesting set of pictures it was like being there

[Simon Bolivar]

Hi Rick,
Congrat's an a great trip, wish I could attend one one day.

[RickMG]

you lucky ol' bastard!! but nonetheless, thanks for sharing!

how was your take on the Cohiba SuperHugeAssThickMonstrous LE?

Well, I now know what you're talking about. No, I didn't see one but I'm sure the Fox's crew did because they were at the Trinidad dinner. I just saw that David Savona of Cigar Aficionado wrote on his blog about the cigar you're talking about. It's a 58 ring gauge, which to me isn't that big since my daily smoke is a 60 ring gauge. Here's a link to his write-up.

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/blogs/show/id/17495

[Sean]

Sounds like you Had a good time mate one ill get out there

[ValeTudoGuy]

I would love to go.... But I suspect it's far beyond my means.

[Ryan]

Great pictures Rick, lovely spending time with you and Chris as always.
Great trip this year, met some great people, old and new friends. At this point, for me, the cigars we get there are merely a bonus.
I'm still getting over that flu that was going around the end of the week, I hope you didn't get that.
Talk to you soon.

[RickMG]

Haven't gotten the flu yet Andy. Sure hope you feel better soon.