Cigars, anyone?
An interesting side trip while in the Dominican was a local cigar factory. We were able to see the process from pressing the moisture out of the tobacco, tying it up to dry, chopping, rolling and storing in the walk-in humidors. It was quite interesting. The owner of this facility was a woman, the only woman cigar factory owner in the D.R. She only exports them, though, they were not for sale. However she did pass out a few samples. There were many flavored cigars, vanilla, cherry, sambuca...
What I really wanted was a box. The boxes were all very attractive. There were solid wooden boxes, inlaid wooden boxes, tin boxes with scenes from Carnival, which is very popular in the islands.
So, don't ask me to send you any cigars. I only got a few, and I have already shared them with my cohorts at work. Maybe next year...