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Hi I have a small humidor and after preparing it with a Boveda One Step Humidor Seasoning Pack I have been able to keep the humidity level pretty good with a Heartfelt Humidity Tube. But over the last year I'm having problem maintaining the humidity level in the humidor so at the moment I'm...

Hi My wife and I went to Vietnam and Cambodia during Easter this year. This is the last part of the trip report and this time we have come to Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia. It is not really a main tourist destination and it does not have a number of attractions like some other cities. But...

Hi I'm going to Hong Kong soon and I'm just wondering if anyone knows about any good cigar shops and how the prices are. And if you have been to Hong Kong and have some useful general info for me, feel free to share it :-)

Hi My wife and I spent 6 days in Ho Chi Minh City in April this year and it was fun visiting a new country :-) I have made this trip report that contains photos, videos, maps etc that you can view on http://gardkarlsen.com/Ho_Chi_Minh_City_Vi...trip_report.htm . We only got to see Ho Chi Minh...

In the beginning of 2009 I came across a good offer on Emirates Airlines to Asia and as a colleague and I was going there, we decided to go for it. The price was £1350 per person for a round trip from London to Bangkok and in addition to this I bought tickets from Stavanger to London and Bangkok...

Hi I'm going to Dubai this weekend - I have been there a few years back (see my trip report on http://gardkarlsen.com/dubai.htm ) but back then I was not into cigars. Anyone know what the selection and prices are like at the moment?

Hi Last summer I bought a humidor and I have used a Heartfeld humitity tube to keep the humidity at the correct level. To start with this worked like a charm but when the winter came along I'm struggling to keep the humidity level up. One day when I checked I was down to 55 and the humidity...

Hi I'm breaking in my humidor with 3 packs of Boveda Humidor Seasoning Kit. According to the instructions I should leave them in the humidor for 10 days before I check the humidity level. Should the humidity level be 84% in the humidor at this point? Anyway, I have some cigars that I will put...

Hi I have bought a humidor and I'm breaking it in at the moment with several packs of Boveda Humidor Seasoning Kit. I have also bought a 2 ounce Heartfelt Humidity Tube that I will use in the humidor. But my question is: can I lay this down horisontally in the humidor or should it be kept...

This fits pretty good as I have just posted a trip report from this place :D

Hi Last week my wife went of to Paris for a day. On her way back I sent her a text message on the cell phone and asked her if she could get some wine...and maybe a pack of Montecristo no. 4. She replied back that she was going to buy the wine but not tobacco. She is allergic to tobacco smoke so...

Hi This is off-topic of course :laugh: Last year I went to Bangkok and Samui with my wife. I have now posted a Bangkok trip report on my page http://gardkarlsen.com/Bangkok_trip_report_2007.htm and as you will see it includes pictures, links, a Google map, videos etc. I hope that this can be...

Hi This weekend the Formula1 takes place in Monaco. I went there a couple of weeks back and they were already very busy with the preperations. It was great fun to see (and drive on) some of the race track. I have never, ever seen such a collection of expensive cars in one place by the way...

Hi Bringing cigars/cigarettes into Norway is not that easy as we are only allowed to bring in 250g (about 9 ounces) duty free when we travel...we can bring in more but after the first 9 ounces we have to pay about 10$ per ounce of tobacco. Well, enough with the complaining of Norwegian taxes...

Hi I'm pretty new to cigars and I'm not quite sure where this new interest is coming from :laugh: I live in Norway and there is a lot of focus on health issue due to cigarette smoking here: you have to be 18 to buy cigarettes, the package is clearly marked with slogans such as "Smoking is...

Hi I found a page that lists what's supposed to be the 50 best cigars: http://www.thefiftybest.com/cigars/best_cigars_01.htm . Is there any point in such a list as I assume cigars are like everything else: "different strokes for different folks" :laugh: But will it make sense for me as a...

Hi I'm a real newbie in the cigar field but all of a sudden I have gotten an interest for it so I'm learning slowly :-) But the other day there was an occasion to celebrate so I bought a 3 pack of Montecristo (costing close to 100 USD here in Norway) and I shared this with a couple of friends...

Hi I was looking at cigar prices on two different web sites and I was comparing the prices of e.g. Montecristo cigars. Both were selling Montecristo but the one web site had prices that were a lot cheaper than the other and when looking closer into it, it turns out that the cheaper web site has...

Hi I'm just wondering how much people on this forum smoke. Do you smoke a good cigar every day or just once in a while? The good brand cigars are quite expensive so I'm not sure I would be able to afford to smoke a good cigar every day...but maybe it is just a matter of priority. I know that...

Hi I have looked at a couple of travel humidors. Xikar has one option (see http://xikar.com/product_humidor_travel.asp# ) and it is about 20$. Csonka has a Pocket Humidor that costs about 40$ and it seems to include a hygrometer and a cutter (see...