A highlight of any trip to Cuba is a horse ride in Viñales, which includes breathtaking scenery, visits to a tobacco farm and a coffee plantation, and lots of fun in the saddle.
The ride was fun, but by the end of the day, I felt like General Duzore Balls.
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When we dropped by a tobacco farm, a local farmer gave us a fragrant education in the fine art of growing the world’s best tobacco in order to make the ultimate cigars.
I keep saying, “No, we’re not going to make a TV show here.” But I have to admit, watching the farmer artfully roll a perfect cigar from raw leaves, all I could think was, “I’d love to share this amazing spectacle with our public television viewers.”
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Our horse ride tour included tourists from Germany, Canada, and Venezuela (that’s where this couple was from). While for Americans, Cuba has long been mysterious and “the forbidden island,” for Europeans, Canadians, and Latin Americans, it’s a leading Caribbean destination.