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A farmhand looks like he’s about to draw a gun but he was just in a hurry as he walked past a tobacco field in the rural town of Viñales.A farmer gave us a tour of the tobacco farm starting at the air-curing barn.There was no charge for the short tour, but it’s expected you’ll buy something that’s made on the farm.Air-curing is a natural process where tobacco leaves are hung up to dry.You can get a mojito or a strong cup of coffee with a shot of Guavabita del Pinar rum while watching the farmer demonstrate how to roll a cigar.The rum is made with dwarf guava fruit.And with a quick flick of the wrist he finished rolling a cigar.The farmer told us to dip the end of the cigar in honey, explaining that that’s how Che Guevara liked to smoke because the honey was good for his asthma.The Viñales Valley, north of town, has a beautiful prehistoric vibe to it. Behind us is the Viñales Mural de la Prehistoria. It depicts world history up until the age of humans and was painted in 1961 by Leovigildo González Morillo, from the Cuban Academy of Sciences.In Viñales you’ll see many people riding horses. U.S. citizens would probably have no trouble checking into this government-run hotel in the Viñales Valley but they’d be breaking U.S. regulations.
