Dec 15, 2009
I am also a Bumiputra…
Genetic 'map' of Asia's diversity The study indicates that all of Asia was populated through one migration event. Even during a short time period such as one's life time, the…
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Dec 15, 2009
Jamaican American Cuban Hospitality.. in Miami
The flight from CDG to MIA is a little tedious, 9 hours and 30 minutes.. the first few hours goes by quickly and then a couple of hours go slowly..…
Dec 15, 2009
Travel Plans for 2010
Was it March 1993, when this madness began? this continual rotation of travel..London, MIami, Havana, Baracoa, Paris as hubs of my travel? I do remember that trip: London to Bangkok,…
Nov 15, 2009
For No Special Reason, I was thinking of Mexico..
For some reason, I was thinking of Mexico today..nothing precipitated this nostalgia for a country where I used to travel very often during my student days..Since Yucatan is close to…
Nov 15, 2009
Magic of Saudade and the Cruelty of Reality
I have always enjoyed that sweet sensation of Saudade, possibly the one of the more beloved words that i like in any language. a feeling of impending loss and the…
Nov 15, 2009
Petty Principles of Frequent Flying
Confessions of a Frequent Flier One Pass Platinum Star Alliance AND Air France Flying Blue Gold Skyteam Obsession with small luxuries of International Travel Just a couple of days ago…
Nov 15, 2009
Bienvenidos a Miami y Las Playas
What all can happen in a couple of days in Miami? It had been a love at first sight when I arrived in Miami as an undergraduate student, a love…
Oct 15, 2009
Orchestrated Poverty and Good Health
Whenever you come across a situation of Ill Health of a Society, such as Haiti, one can conclude Poverty as a root cause, or at least one of the major…
Oct 15, 2009
Thoughts on Cuba on hearing about a Cuban Art Exhibition in KL
Cuba, whatever its political and economic shortcoming, was at least, for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a moral triumph. It is not Colombia, GGM's birthplace, whose own cachaco military officers plotted to…
Oct 15, 2009
Eats and Flies Part II October 10, 2009 IAH to EWR
EATS AND FLIES PART II IAH TO EWR 2 HOURS 35 MINUTES Very comfortable seats and Attentive Staff.. On Continental Airlines. The aircraft was bound for Bombay from Newark even…
Oct 15, 2009
Barack Obama and Nobel Peace Prize
It was a good news to wake up to.. Barack Obama who in his short tenure has brought so much hope to millions of people around the world and of…
Oct 15, 2009
Welcome to Tijuana.. thus sang ManuChao
WELCOME TO THE USA Global Entry Programme As I have to visit USA on a fairly regular basis,( 13 visits this year to Miami, our Other Cuba) I applied for…