Jul 15, 2024
CAMILLE PISSARO IN LONDON
In the early 1870s, an émigré painter watched from a railway footbridge as a steam engine left a station on London’s suburban fringe. His name was Camille Pissarro and he…
Stories
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.
Nov 15, 2021
BRITISH AIRWAYS 207 LONDON TO MIAMI. A GOOD TIME SPENT ON AIR. A PLEASANT JOURNEY OF CIVILIZED SERVICE
I am not in the habit of writing Trip Reports (there are plenty of websites for that), but one thing remains that I do enjoy flying and my own little…
Aug 15, 2019
GOING HOME TO HAVANA. FIRST LEG. AMSTERDAM TO LONDON TO MIAMI
I had arrived at Amsterdam Schipol Airport from Corinthia Corentin region of Austria the day before, four hours by train from its capital Klagenfort to Vienna and a short Austrian…
Apr 15, 2019
TENHO SAUDADE POR LONDRES . I HAVE LONGINGS FOR LONDON
I had a nostalgic day in London. I was not reliving any of the days past but was visiting places and remembering. In fact I did not specifically remember the…
Apr 15, 2019
CHETTINAD FOOD IN LONDON AND YET ANOTHER KERALA ENCOUNTER
The night was chilly, but the damp cold of London did not hinder my walking around my most centrally based hotel in London. I was determined to eat South Indian…
Feb 15, 2019
THIS IS LONDON, UBER EATS DELIVERS MASALA DOSA
The weather was bleaker more than the usual and the cold unbearable when I arrived at the Heathrow Airport from Madrid. I had booked a DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON hotel,…
Mar 15, 2016
A LONELY JEW IN LONDON
A LONELY JEW IN LONDON My first long term visit out of Australia, as a Jew and a teenager was to Sweden. Coming from a traditional Jewish community in Melbourne,…
Jun 15, 2015
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO
LOOKING FORWARD TO MIAMI: BRUSSELS TO MIAMI VIA LONDON JOHANNESBURG ABUDHABI AND SAO PAOLO I have had a long standing love affair with Miami and it is that city in…
Jan 15, 2013
OUR HAIR DRESSER IN LONDON
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE OUR HAIRDRESSER IN KING’S CROSS LONDON One advantage of Loyalty programmes for travellers is that one gets an occasional free flight or…
Sep 15, 2011
Preparing for the Flight to Miami from London
I am fortunate in that i fly to some interesting destinations during the course of the year and I always look forward to my next destination.. today it was Miami,…
Apr 15, 2011
The Best Medical Anthropology Programme. BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON
I was educated both in Medicine and Medical Anthropology and the education that keeps on giving me more and more is the education I received at Brunel University London in…
Mar 15, 2011
Tired of London? No, not for now.
I have not felt so content being in a city, for a long time.. Not this is not my beloved Havana, where I know the nooks and crannies and the…
Jan 15, 2011
London Sunday; Paris Monday;Tuesday in Walthill TOLTEC HEAD
This travel blog photo's source is TravelPod page: Mexico City Part 2 But where is Walthill? 12 January 11 the outside temperature is Minus 18 degrees Centigrade. It is going…
Apr 15, 2026
A Physician-Anthropologist Among Indigenous Peoples
A reflection on medicine, anthropology, and long relationships with Indigenous communities around the world.
Mar 15, 2026
Pranayama, Vagal Stimulation, and Blood Pressure
A physician-anthropologist’s reflection on breath, physiology, and the clinical meaning of contemplative practice.
Dec 15, 2025
Worldliness as Cultural Capital: Notes on International Childhood
A reflection on international childhood, independence, and the early-acquired cultural capital that shapes how children move through the world.
Nov 15, 2025
It Is Easy to Learn to Speak English Poorly
It Is Easy to Learn to Speak English Poorly by Yehuda Kovesh MD (London), FRAI (London) A Frenchman’s Remark A French academician once observed: “English is a language that is…
Jul 15, 2025
My Way of Travel
A personal reflection on travel as a life priority, offered as one person’s path rather than advice for everyone.