Nov 15, 2022
TUK TUK DRIVER OF SIEM REAP IN CAMBODIA.. YON SOKUN
One of the more delightful aspects of traveling is the chance to get to know the people who inhabit in their countries and not in the context of a commercial…
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Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Feb 15, 2022
MOVEABLE FEAST OR A FEAST THAT MOVES? PARIS HAVANA AND CAMBODIA
Once you are Paris for a while, you begin to understand what Ernest Hemingway meant by MOVEABLE FEAST Many of the places described in this book still stand and I…
Dec 15, 2020
ANOTHER KUDOS FOR MO PO TSYO THE PEER TO PEER EDUCATOR PROGRAMME IN CAMBODIA RUN BY MY FRIEND MAURITS
I am very proud of my friend Maurits van Pelt and the NGO he heads in Cambodia, MoPoTsyo in which Peer Educators take care of poor people, usually from the…
Nov 15, 2020
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CAMBODIA AND TELL PEOPLE NOT TO EAT RICE… WITHOUT CONTEXT WORDS HAVE NO MEANING (MERLEAU-PONTY)
NUTRITIONAL EXPERTS AND LACK OF CONTEXT I am an Endocrinologist, educated in London, Melbourne and Miami and that doe not mean I would be very successful in Siem Reap, Cambodia…
Jun 15, 2019
RESTAURANT POU AND CHEF MORK MENGLY . IN SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
The gastronomy of this small town now a city of about 250 000 inhabitants and about 2 plus million visitors reflect the other geopolitical factors that affect travel to Angkor…
Jun 15, 2019
THE THREE CUBANS OF SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
I am told there are about 15 Cubans in Cambodia, excluding the Ambassador and staff at the Cuban embassy, and most of them are in Phnom Penh in the capita.…
Jun 15, 2019
WHAT DOES A TROPICAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST DO IN SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
MAKE NEW FRIENDS OF COURSE .. The day begins of course with a nice breakfast.. But the time difference between Cuba and Cambodia is 11 hours, so I had to…
Jun 15, 2019
A WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
Most visitors to Siem Reap are here to see the magnificent archeological ruins, Angkor Wat and hundreds of other hindu-buddhist temples dating back to 9th to 11th centuries. I am…
Dec 15, 2018
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA AND THE END OF THE YEAR 2018
After a disastrous New Years Eve party in the home of a neighbour in Havana in 2016, I ha decided I would choose carefully where I wish to be at…
Mar 15, 2018
SOCIETAL TRAUMA AND HEALTH: RECESSION OF 2008 IN USA , SPECIAL PERIOD OF CUBA AND KHMER ROUGE AND DIABETES IN CAMBODIA
0 0 1 393 2242 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 18 5 2630 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and…
Sep 15, 2017
SIEM REAP IN CAMBODIA : TWO DAYS TO CHILL OUT
Most people come to Siem Reap, to base themselves there for three days to visit the largest archeological ruins in the world, Angkor. I have been to Siem Reap three…
Jun 15, 2014
UPDATE FROM CAMBODIA.. DONE WITH MIXING WITH LOCALS, NEXT TIME NOVOTEL or RAFFLES
I am writing this from Joe to Go Cafe in the centre of the tourist area in Siem Reap, in the relative comfort of an early morning air conditioning, while…
Jun 15, 2014
EXTRAORDINARY EVERY DAY INTERACTIONS IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
THE EXTRAORDINARY NATURE OF EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA These are the lessons brought home to me, during my four day stay in Siem Reap, second time this year…
Jun 15, 2014
CAMBODIA: AN EYEFUL FOR AN ANTHROPOLOGIST
I was recently in Siem Reap and fondly recollected the first visits in 2002 and 2003, when it was but a village with very few amenities. there has been explosion…
Dec 15, 2012
PEER TO PEER EDUCATION IN DIABETES: MOPOTSYO OF CAMBODIA
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE In Praise of Peer to Peer Education Network in Cambodia and its director Maurits van Pelt ( on the third month of…
May 15, 2012
Breakfast in Indonesia; Lunch in Malaysia and Dinner in Cambodia: Thank you Tony Fernandes, an Indian from Kuala Lumpur
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE BREAKFAST AT YOGYA LUNCH AT KUALA LUMPUR DINNER AT PHNOM PENH YOU CAN, THANKS TO TONY FERNANDES AND AIR ASIA The breakfast…
Apr 15, 2012
DIABETES CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: MOPOTSYO.ORG OF CAMBODIA
I have been very lucky to have become involved in International Health at an early stage of my Medial Career. It was not something that was encouraged or looked upon…
Apr 15, 2012
THE SLUMS OF PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA AND WHAT IS A JEWISH ENDOCRINOLOGIST DOING THERE?
I am very lucky to be associated with Maurits and his tireless efforts through Mo Po Tsyo (mopotsyo.org) to control diabetes among the less served and very poor in the…