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PS PLEASE DO NOT MAKE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT CUBANS LIVING IN THE ISLAND BY YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH CUBAN EXPATRIATES IN MIAMI. Cubans (I always mean the Cubans who live…
When did Maqroll enter my life? When did Maqroll become me ? the always about to sink steamer Halcyon and the absent minded owner from the Levant Abdur Bashur and…
One of the pleasures of being back in Miami is to enjoy this vista each morning, while sipping on a good cuban coffee.This view is from the house of Youssef,…
COCHIN, especially Fort Cochin has always had a special place in my heart. In the Pre-pandemic days of yore, you would find me often, enjoying the breeze from the Arabian…
In the early part of the years 2000s, I visited and stayed in the beautiful village of Baracoa in Cuba .. so much so that i was never away more…
It was our turn to drop in on the neighbours. A short ride to a nearby village of Kerniscob (village of the Bishop in Breton), it was a happy moment…
FRENCH PARADOX EXPLAINED: IN ACTION IN NANTES, FRANCE AT RESTAURANT LA LOCA For people who are QUANTITATIVELY minded, they compare numbers to numbers and never about what makes the numbers…
Ahmad Shamloo's poetry was introduced to me an Iranian friend and I was immediately attracted to it: I saw both Pablo Neruda and Ananda Pramoedya Toer in his words. The…
I have visited the teeming city of Madras (now called Chennai) on many occasions and had the pleasure of living in Kingston, Jamaica for a short while. While searching for…
I have always identified myself as a Jewish Boy from Melbourne, even though I have lived in other places and other countries. Learning to speak Spanish, I am fairly proficient…
It has been an extraordinary day.. My friends in Iran prepared and started celebrating NOWRUZ the Persian New year, remembering a time long when Zoroastrianism was the creed of the…
Top 10 Beaches in the World for 2022 Grace Bay Beach – Grace Bay , Turks and Caicos Varadero Beach – Varadero, Cuba Turquoise Bay – Exmouth, Australia Quarta Praia…