In the meantime our intrepid Travelers from last month's Postmambo Oriente seminar throughout eastern Cuba -- Haiti, Independence, Revolution, music, culture, spirituality, people and history -- have been emerging from jetlag and exhaustion -- and the need to have returned to work immediately. They are posting photos, sharing music and observations. One of them is even here, having her flight delayed by yesterday's wind and rain storm only . . . five hours . . . .
This morning I discovered we have eleven, yes, 11, bottles of Cuban rum here. I found 5 bottles of Santiago rum I didn't know we had, or had forgotten we had. We thought we had only 2 bottles left of the previous rum brought home. When did these five bottles of Santiago rum come in here? Good thing it's here because due to tourist consumption, or the drought in Oriente these last 12 months, Santiago rum, which we all find to be superior to the vaunted Havana Club branded product, was not available in the Holguín duty free.
HOG Airport |
This despite the HOG airport possessing an enormous liquor tienda and that the Santiago rum is distilled in that region (presumably?). Nor was there any in the Jose Martí duty free either, when el V flew back from there earlier his week.
So Himself did bring back 4 bottles of Havana Club añejo -- which is much better, though still not as good as Santiago añejo -- in our opinions of course.
What will we do with all this rum? Probably our friends are getting tired of it by now! Of course, judging by the weather here, this isn't the season for rum drinks yet, which are so hospitable to refreshing ingredients such as citrus, ice, coconut cream.
I had the very best pina colada one could have ever at el Poeta, a beautiful restaurant in Baracoa, with décimas written on the walls.
The very bar where my gorgeous pina coload was mixed up with all local, fresh ingredients! See the decima on the wall behind the bar. |
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