Diver
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cigars in La Paz?
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DENNIS
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Cigars are against the law in La Paz although if you have your own, you can smoke them in McJesse's dining room. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
Anybody know of a reputable cigar shop in La Paz? |
i think all of the "cuban" cigars in baja are fakes.
most (all?) of the baja cigar sales are targeted at gringo rubes that think they can buy real cubans because they are on holiday outside of USA.
they all taste the same, they all give you the same cancer, even the pricy ones!
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The Goat Gourmet Rating ?
Coming from someone who eats Scheisse and enjoys it, what is a Cigar rating worth ?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
I wasn't asking about cubans.
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Isn't that a sandwich? Bobby Flay says it's a sandwich.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by soulpatch
I thought it was something to repress. |
Anywhere but Miami. 
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I've checked everywhere including those at the wine store on marques de leon and La Perla. they are all low rated cubans- no CAO, La Flour dominica,
no patels, No Nicaraguan, Honduara, or dominican cigars available. City Club has a humidor and the Montecristo are fairly priced for the NO 2 but way
too expensive for a casual smoker. so I've just gone to having any visitors bringing me what i want. The CAO La Traviata, Olivia V's and the CAO
Brasilia are all way better for the cost than any cuban I've bought in BCS. I've asked locals, any one I see smoking a cigar and La paz is a desert
for cigar the smoker. Sorry-- let me know if you find aything-- Norm
Life is too short to drink bad wine
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MrBillM
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CaribCommie Smokes
During 1994-1997 I worked with a number of Cuban Expatriates, most Cigar devotees and one whose father had owned land and produced Cigars in Cuba.
And, being a success after starting as a Fisherman in a small boat, the father (and family) were enemies of the state in the new regime.
He introduced me on numerous occasions to a number of Honduran and DR Cigars that were excellent and, according to him, as good or better than
anything still being produced in Cuba.
Maybe, maybe not, of course. It IS well-documented that the quality went down under Castro and after years of experimentation, the expatriate growers
found the right soil and climatic conditions to produce quality elsewhere.
However, ALL of those expatriates that I worked with were Fanatically Anti-Castro and Anti-Communists (especially the younger one who had escaped at
12) so that probably affected EVERY assessment they made in that regard.
One of the more amusing aspects of those Cigar Sessions I had with the one Cuban was being chided for knocking the ash off the Cigar prematurely. He
emphasized that the LONGER it would hold an ash, the better the quality and they made a point of allowing the ash to fall on its own.
[Edited on 4-29-2011 by MrBillM]
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Dave
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COSTCO sells cigars...Mexican and Cuban and they're boxed and sealed. I don't know whether they have a store in La Paz but I would trust you'll be
getting the real deal.
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BajaBruno
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I'm pretty happy with the Mexican Te-Amo Magnificos in the metal tube, but then, I'm no connoisseur.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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capitolkat
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TE Amo is a fine cigar-- if you can find it. Costco in CSL used to carry cigars in a humidor back by the wine section but not any more. There is a
good cigar store in CAbo- Hemingways- and is a certified cuban dealer-- but again they just aren't that much better for my money than the DR, or
Nicaraguan cigars- so I quit paying the high prices and just get friends to bring them for me when they come from the states. Norm
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