@Dishelveled awesome.
My BIL is getting stationed in Nicaragua as an army attache. I’m holding out hope that I can visit some cigar factories but we’ll see how far the political climate deteriorates. 
Thanks, T!
You should absolutely make the trip if it's safe to do so, esp with a quasi local connection. Super cheap airfare ($800 round trip 1st class in '14 -- SEA to MIA to Managua) and your dollars go very far down there.
Most of the cigar factories are located in the Northen mountain area (Esteli) which is accessed by a slow 2.5hr bus ride. The Drew Estate's 'cigar safari' was very much worth the price of admission, but I wish I had finagled a Padron tour.
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