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My recent trip to
Nicaragua.
These
photos are from my recent trip to Nicaragua. Most of the photos were
taken in Esteli and Jalapa. Esteli is where most of the cigars from
Nicaragua are made, and is also a tobacco growing region. Jalapa is
mainly an area where most of the tobacco is grown. For the history
buff, Esteli was the stronghold of the Sandinistas during the
Nicaraguan Revolution of the late 1970's through the early 1990's.
Nicaragua is a beautiful country, somewhat reminiscent of parts of
California, and the people are wonderful. The tobacco barns were built
by some of the first Cuban ex-patriots to come to Nicaragua in 1961
and are still in use today. This trip was sponsored by Tabacalera
Tropical, an up and coming cigar manufacturer that also grows and
processes it's own tobacco and makes it's own cigar brands. This is an
unusual combination in the cigar industry and is done by only a
handful of companies. I have the utmost respect for the great task
they are doing because each facet of these processes is in itself
tremendously difficult. I had a wonderful time and will be returning
soon. Being in the factories reminds me of what it used to look like
in Ybor City when I was a young lad. Don Barco January, 2005
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