Cuba Trip #4 
Day 3 (Cigar Story)

So we are heading back to Havana from Varadero Beach....Van full of souvenirs...Wait a stop at the Rum Hut first !! Banos....

The lady who sprained her ankle is now dancing with her husband as we all enjoy the show.
Some humidifiers are bought for our anticipated cigars....lol

We drive into the Back part of Havana in the Dark of the Night.  The Roads are narrow and the buildings seem to be crumbling all around us.  The Real Cuba....not the Walt Disney world of "Old Havana" for the Cruise ship tourist to see.

But then this could be Detroit or parts of LA or any major city in the USA.

Our driver stops at a door and goes in with our Money for Cigars.  He leaves 10 Americans in the running car.  Retired Lawyers, Mayor, Teachers, and other professionals.  All very good bridge players.

I wish i had taped the conversation..."What are WE doing here ?"...."why did HE leave the car running ?"....Jimmy added "what could possibly go Wrong with THIS situation ?"....lol

" HERE COMES A CAR !!" as every ducks into their seats...."we are all going to jail"...and i answer NO WE ARE NOT....you guys are US citizen they will take you to the US Embassy...i am a Cuban born Cuban !!...Cuba does NOT recognize my US citizenship...and i left in 1961 called a Traitor to the Revolution

I am the only one in the van going to jail for 25 yrs !!

one of my good friends says "don't worry Manny, we will NOT leave YOU behind"
The driver back in the car, we drive to another location for the actual cigars....the streets are getting narrower (if that is possible)....the tires hitting the curbs...missing people on the road by inches with our side mirrors.

We pulled up to Stop #2 and are driver disappears again into a door....then all of sudden cigar boxes starting coming through the Van window...and onto MY lap !!!  Wait these are for Everyone...not just me...Jimmy in the back seats says, "Manny put them UNDER the seats !! "

The driver gets back in and instead of going back to the Main road with lights and tourist and cops...we start going Right, then Left, then Right, through the back of Havana

The car STOPS and the ladies are questioning..."WHY ARE WE STOPPING HERE ??"
I tell them "Because we are the Back of the Convent !!"...lets get out

The driver carries the Big Bag of cigars and we all are all talking trash about our adventure
in the lobby of the Convent/Hotel we pass out the Boxes....our little nun who serves us breakfast...says "Oh Manny you have been naughty !!  Buying cigars in the Street"....every one laughs

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