Jun 15, 2009
Unexpecteed Pleasures…
Unexpected Pleasures La Habana, 27 th June 2009 Two important conversations, both related to my work in Anthropology and also the future of my work here in La Habana. One…
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Jun 15, 2009
Shabbat Shalom and Kaddish for Cecil Helman
Shabbat Shalom from San Cristobal de la Habana 26 th June 2009 I have missed lighting the shabbat candles, this past Friday I was at a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska;…
Jun 15, 2009
Por que yo soy revolucionario/a?
Day 3 La Habana Diaries 23 June 2009 I will tell you why I am a revolutionary I was sitting in a verandah of a colonial house lined with plants,…
Jun 15, 2009
Cuba Cleans your heart..provides fire for my love for Paris
To Understand the Love for France … while in Cuba One of the things I would like to do on this trip is to find out the relationship, inversely or…
Jun 15, 2009
A Quiet Sunday afternoon at an Indian Reservation
It is very pleasant, this solitude, being alone in the house, surrounded by silence and all windows open and it is verdant all around, with large trees standing guard. sundays…
May 15, 2009
Ah Minha Terra Cognita.. First Full Day in Malaisie..
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…
May 15, 2009
A Mi Tierra Natal: Dia 1 Malasia.
Day 1 of a trip to Asia In fact it was more than 24 hours, on this first day of the trip, to get to KL from Paris. I left…
May 15, 2009
You Listen Carefully, You will learn..say the Indians
I asked an Indian lady, whom I respect as an Educator among her people. Do you at times feel you are living in two different worlds? I was thinking of…
May 15, 2009
To Myanmar with Love.. Indeed
An Unusual Tale of Love in the time of Cyclones, Monks and Masters Myanmar is a mysterious country. Politically speaking, which I rather not do, it has been stuck in…
May 15, 2009
Magical Days in Malaysia.. becoming my third Home
Meeting with Remarkable People Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Yangon/Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma This was a short visit: A Friendship visit, with the possibility of meeting up with a professor of Diabetes in Yangon…
May 15, 2009
Indulgences in Kuala Lumpur..
Facial at KLCC, KL, Malaisie.. One of the sheer pleasures of visiting KL (this is my fourth visit in one year, a lot considering I live 12 000 km away!)..is…
Apr 15, 2009
To Myanmar With Love
To Myanmar with Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur from Things Asian Press in Bangkok will be published this month.. I have two stories in it The Hat Sellers…