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Person of Colour I do not understand Who is a person of Colour? A term very popular in the USA Arabs are considered White Persians are considered White Majority of…
when I learned about Kleishas or Structural defects of the minds (in KL in 2009), I thought of the wonderful times I had spent in the most Buddhist country on…
Lots of nice things have happened to me in Oman during my various visits and this visit (today I leave for Paris on my way to Miami and then Havana)…
First of all the context: I remember overhearing a tourist planning his day: one hour of massage, then two hours sightseeing in Mattancherry and then one hour bus ride for…
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…
I look forward to my flights with Qatar Airways QR.. and this one was no exception .. I got to the airport in time to check out the Lounge which…
I like my stopovers in Doha on my way from Asia to either Europe or USA.. I have met people from all over the world, who are temporarily resident in…
I have just returned to Miami after a 10 day trip to Europe in which I discovered a lovely part of Austria and also ventured into the mountainous parts of…
I have stolen the epithet the feast that never ends from Hemingway when he described his life in Paris. Living in La Habana I can understand the euphoria of being…
Many a travel writer would like to offer the differences in attitudes and behaviour of a tourist in comparison to a traveller and there are lists of differences that one…
I have been travelling for a few weeks since my departure from Havana and which took me to various continents, so this visit was special to be able to enjoy…
It is perhaps our eurocentric leanings that we tend to emphasize the european-christian new year (distinct even from the orthodox new year celebrated in certain slavic countries). Today is April…