Dec 15, 2019
BIENVENIDOS DR DIAZ WELCOME DR DIAZ .
Welcome, Dr. Diaz A former director of the National Institute of Endocrinology and a well respected academic came to my little flat in La Habana for dinner and spend a…
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.
Dec 15, 2019
WHEN I AM EATING, I KNOW I AM EATING…
I have had a few wonderful days here in La Habana. As the city and the country evolves, from one drama to the next, my own life here gets better…
Dec 15, 2019
DECEMBER 5, 2019 TWO MONTH ANNIVERSARY
It was on October 5, 2019 that this buddhist monk appeared at the hotel where I was having a late breakfast, watching the calm Arabian Sea. Just the day before…
Dec 15, 2019
THE PERSON WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY LOVES HIS HOME HAS PEACE
I enjoy walking along the Malecon as the sun sets. At this time of the year in Havana, it sets behind some buildings, not in the open seas, but it…
Dec 15, 2019
THIS IS NOT A BLOG . BUT A RECORD OF MY TRAVELS IN 2019
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE The Year 2019 has been a good year for travel, but then again which year has not been a good one ?…
Dec 15, 2019
THE PRESENCE OF SUPERIOR FORCES : CHANGO 4 DEC 2019 HAVANA
Some had reminded us earlier that Cuba is the only country where the Europeans voluntarily adopted the African religion, while the vice versa (often forced) conversion of African people into…
Dec 15, 2019
PERSONALIZED NUTRITION . MY THOUGHTS AT THIS STAGE
When I began working with the Indigenous people, I noticed that their metabolism of certain foods differed from their fellow countrymen of European origin. At the same time, observations had…
Dec 15, 2019
THE FROZEN ROSE . A POIGNANT SHORT FILM FROM IRAN
How many countries I have fallen in LOVE in all these years of my travels? AUSTRALIA USA JAMAICA ENGLAND CUBA AND HAVE FELT STRONG EMOTIONS FOR MEXICO ARGENTINA FRANCE BELGIUM…
Dec 15, 2019
FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAD TO SAY GOOD BYE
I have just spent a lovely week with some indigenous people. Tomorrow I will get ready to leave for Spain. so I am entering a liminal period when I am…
Dec 15, 2019
BANGKOK . FOOD FEAST AND FAR EAST .. AND FRIENDS OF COURSE
Not even an exaggerated imagination would grant Bangkok the title of a Beautifiul City, but what is present here? that attract millions of visitors per year? When I arrived at…
Dec 15, 2019
A SHORT STAY IN BANGKOK .. EXCELLENT FOOD
Had time only for One breakfast at Double Tree Sukhumvit One breakfast at Qatar Airways Lounge at Souvanabhumi one meal at NARA in Sukhumvit one meal at Tlaling Pling and…
Dec 15, 2019
GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO HELP ANOTHER HUMAN BEING . A STORY FROM CUBA
I was born HOMELESS in that my parents were not in their countries of origin and like my brother Eliyahu ended up in countries that were not in our destiny,…
Dec 15, 2019
IRAN IN MY HEART . AND IT FILLS IT UP OH HAFEZ..
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE October 5, 2019 is not forgotten.. Thinking of M in Qizvin and S in Teheran I have always been fascinated by IRAN…
Dec 15, 2019
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP THE COLLECTOR OF STORIES
I enjoy my visits to Siem Reap. Long gone are the days of looking at the archeological ruins which i have visited numerous times. This year 2019 I think I…
Dec 15, 2019
QATAR . QATAR AIRWAYS . DOHA . MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL . FOR ME ..
In this crazy world we are living in at the moment, whether large scale demonstrations in India or mass slaughtering of the protesters in Iran or jihadists knifing non believers…
Nov 15, 2019
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP . A COLLECTOR OF STORIES
SIX DAYS IN SIEM REAP The collector of Stories In our lives, fewer STORIES come to us than if we were traveling or going in search of them. In six…
Nov 15, 2019
NICE TO HAVE A BROTHER WHO IS A GOOD TRAVEL PARTNER
I usually travel alone but occasionally do share it with someone. I have a brother who lives in USA and we get to travel occasionally and in fact it was…
Nov 15, 2019
KINDNESS OF GENTLE SIMPLE PEOPLE OF SIEM REAP ..I AM OVERWHELMED BY THEIR AFFECTIONS
Vagaries of airline schedules are such that it took me a long time to get to Siem Reap from Quiberon in France. After a rest and waiting out the stormy…