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Shady cigar deal

April 1, 2016

Amira was wandering around Trinidad and happened upon this cigar factory. She asked if she could take pictures, and they said she could, but only from outside through the window.

So she was taking a few snaps from different windows. When she got to a far corner of the building, some guy approached her from inside the building through the window and asked if she wanted to buy some cigars: 10 smallish cigars for $20 CUCs (about $23). Amira countered with $10 CUCs, and he agreed. The man said "wait there."

A few minutes later, a different man approached Amira on the sidewalk and said: "open your purse." She did, and he produced this bundle of stogies wrapped in newspaper from under his shirt and dropped them into her purse, then took the $10 CUCs she was holding and walked away.

So now I have 10 cigars which, by the way, smell really I good.

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