Aug 15, 2017
AMERICA THE ANGRY, AMERICA THE UNFRIENDLY, AMERICA THE UNWELCOMING
I have never felt unwelcome in this country and I have been coming in and out of the country with certain regularity for more than twenty years. My reason to…
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Medical Themes: <span>Food Culture</span>
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Aug 15, 2017
CUBA IT IS TIME TO VISIT THE TREASURE OF CUBA: ITS PEOPLE
It is a great pleasure for me to show my favourite country to visiting people. In the last year, I have had multiple visitors including some friends from my university…
Jul 15, 2017
FOURTH OF JULY IN KUALA LUMPUR: NOT A SINGLE AMERICAN FLAG TO BE SEEN
I found myself in Kuala Lumpur on 4th of July 2017. I am aware that it is an important holiday in USA even though I have not been in USA…
Jul 15, 2017
THE HUMBLE PAROTTA OF COCHIN HAS A COUSIN MSEMEN IN CASABLANCA
I am at Riad Hamdani, a bed and breakfast lodging place, Moroccan style, very comfortable and inspiring near the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. In the morning, facing the…
Jul 15, 2017
QATAR A WELCOMING COUNTRY OF A MIXTURE OF HUNDRED NATIONALITIES
I am in Doha to show solidarity with the country, which is facing a diplomatic crisis, forced on them by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, all I suppose stalwarts…
Jun 15, 2017
JL 61 JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO TOKYO
Morning has woken up in Narita, where the major airport of Tokyo is situated. Yesterday I flew the 11 hour flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo. It went so smoothly…
Jun 15, 2017
Voicesfrom Cuba 16 June And Empty
VOICES FROM CUBA 16 JUNE AND THE EMPTY BOTTLE THAT MAKES TOO MUCH NOISE Trump announced some noises to the gracious changes by Obama to the failed Cuba policy of…
Jun 15, 2017
VOICES FROM CUBA JUNE 14 2017 HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMANDANTE CHE GUEVARA
VOICES FROM CUBA: 14 JUNE 2017 Happy Birthday Comandante CHE I left Havana on a night of that familiar downpours where the sky and the landscape become inseparable, my faithful…
Jun 15, 2017
48 HOURS IN HAVANA : DELICIOUS FOOD AND FRIENDS IN JUNE 2017
My luck with good food didnt run out when I arrived in the USA. I was admitted to the Flagship lounge of the American Airlines in Chicago where I could…
Jun 15, 2017
HAVANA THE MOVEABLE FEAST May 2017
My flight had originated in Charlotte and it was strange to be flying over Miami, from where my normal journeys to the moveable city of la Habana begins. It was…
Jun 15, 2017
TRAVELS IN MAY 2017 AN EXTREMELY GOOD MONTH OF TRAVEL USA CUBA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
31 May 2017 The last day of the month of May, a month of excesses. 15 flights all in First Class or Business Class North America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the…
Jun 15, 2017
TRAVELS IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2017 DOHA TO NEW YORK
I HAD ALL BUT LOST MY APETITE WITH SO MUCH GLUTTONY THAT I LIMITED MY INTAKE TO A MINIMUM TO PREPARE MY SELF FOR THE IMPENDING AMERICAN CUISINE CATASTROPHE! THE…