On a 112 day cruise I neglected to take enough cigars. (One guy with 14 previous world cruises brought 900 and almost ran out. Smoked a lot more than I did with my 15.) Bought some Royal Barbados at $10 a stick. Last time I was here they were a pretty good smoke.
Attempted to buy cigars in Sydney, Australia. We were in on a Saturday and I attempted to buy some at Nathan's which was right downtown but in a moment of senility didn't realize he was Jewish. Iron gate on the door. Finally got to Bogart's (very difficult to find.) Cigars are expensive, they have an 80% tax on tobacco in Australia. Manage to pick up ten Nicaraguans (brand unknown but nice smokes) for about $30 a stick.
Shipboard Cubans, #3 Fuentes were about $10 a stick. These held me to Hong Kong. Everything supposed to be cheaper there. Nice Habanos smoke shop at the Shoreham in Kowloon with Hoya de Monterrey Churchills and Monticristo #2s going for about $27 a stick.
Next stop Piraeus, Greece and the duty free shop had Monticristo #3s at $7 a stick. While in Madeira, Portugal looked into the duty free shop there and they had Cohibas at$25 a stick. All were great smokes but the lesson was "take enough cigars to last you!"
Next time your carry on will be nothing but vitolas!
What does one do on a 112 day cruise besides smoke cigars?
QuoteHerfin' Chef - 5/31/2012 5:22 PM
What does one do on a 112 day cruise besides smoke cigars?
Was wondering the same thing! :confused:
That's a long trip for me land lover.
There was a guy with 900 cigars?! What do you store them in? :-0
15 cigars? Good g~d, man, what did you do after day three of the cruise?? :-0 :-(
QuoteBrlesq - 5/31/2012 8:53 PM
15 cigars? Good g~d, man, what did you do after day three of the cruise?? :-0 :-(
He was secretly raiding the other guy's stash....
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Yep. That's a long time to be on a boat. I'd think I'd have to have a major stash with me.
BTW...chiefhum is my dad. Being a retired navy chief he's at home on the water. I actually benefitted from some of his aquisitions during his travel overseas with a nice set of cigars! :biggrin:
Thanks again Dad!
-Paul
Well, if I haven't said welcome, then Welcome Paul Sr. :biggrin:
That sounds like a long time to be on a boat, I'd take a ton of cigars with me.
Brother, Gilligan didn't spend that much time on that deserted island with Maryann and Ginger, it's amazing nobody came back pregnant or a lesbian, huh?
I always wanted to do Lovee!
15 Cigars did not last me the 3 day weekend ....
Thanks for the welcome.
Tour, Drink, Eat, Smoke, Read, and .... (Not necessarily in that order.)
Sounds like a good time. Although I sincerely hope you were able to procure more smokes soon after departure.
Do you hang out at the casino or just chill out on the deck?
Welcome to the site!
Welcome to the site, and thats a long time for a cruse. but the thought of eating, smoking, drinking, and touring for that long does sound pretty good.
Welcome aboard, Chief, and thanks for your service!
My longest cruise was a TransAtlantic that visited quite a few ports....as long as you are visiting ports you are fine...it's the time spent at sea with no ports than can make you want to climb the walls. Anything over 2 weeks would drive most people nutts...it's something you acclimate yourself to and work yourself up to longer and longer cruises. We did the Queen Mary 2 for 15 nights and that was a huge ship...but even being at sea that long will give you pause. On a 2 week cruise I bring at least 30 cigars and will buy several more in ports.
Welcome Chief! 112 days at sea equals alot of cigars. A whole suitcase of tupperdors!
Everyone thinks Cubans are plentiful and cheap. In most cases they were half right. With the dollar still low against many currencies you just don't get what you used to get. I used to get H Upmann #2 in Sydney for $8 but now easily two and a half times as much. In Hong Kong where a 500 sq ft flat is a cool half a mil, $27 cigars seem reasonable. Best buy I have found are Bolivars in Europe, especially in places like Crotia. Places like Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore are pricey to live so are the cigars. If you trip takes you to places where the economies are not strong buy then.
At 75 I was one of the younger on the cruise (outside of the crew.) I don't know how many body bags they carry on the cruise but we had to eat a lot of ice cream to make room in the freezers. :biggrin:
Unbelievably I didn't go to the casino except to walk through for dinner. Didn't have the money for the Texas Hold-em and hate slots and blackjack. Just not a big gambler. Always somebody out on the Lido deck aft to have a smoke with or shoot the breeze.
Quotechiefhum - 6/11/2012 9:57 AM
At 75 I was one of the younger on the cruise (outside of the crew.) I don't know how many body bags they carry on the cruise but we had to eat a lot of ice cream to make room in the freezers. :biggrin:
:-0 :lmao: That's terrible!
Welcome Chief, interesting perdiciment you got yourself into....that's a helluva long cruise....sounds awesome though.
welcome and thanks for sharing
QuoteBrlesq - 6/11/2012 10:04 AM
Quotechiefhum - 6/11/2012 9:57 AM
At 75 I was one of the younger on the cruise (outside of the crew.) I don't know how many body bags they carry on the cruise but we had to eat a lot of ice cream to make room in the freezers. :biggrin:
:-0 :lmao: That's terrible!
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