Mar 15, 2019
A WEEKEND IN MIAMI TO REST AFTER A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP
I had left my dual homes of Miami and Havana at the end of January for a trip that took me to a lot of places Brussels London Easter Island…
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Mar 15, 2019
ET TU, FRANCE…FASCISTS ISLAMISTS AND ANTISEMITISM
WHEN A BLACK RAPPER AND A FASCIST SHARE A TABLE TO DENOUNCE THE JEWS AS WELL AS THE ISLAMISTS HIJACKING POPULAR PROTEST THE YELLOW VESTS...ANTI SEMITISM IS WELL AND ALIVE…
Mar 15, 2019
Sule Shangri-la Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
So much has happened in the five years since my last visit to Yangon in Myanmar! The surprise of this visit was my stay at Sule Shangril-la right in the…
Mar 15, 2019
LEAVING RANGOON/YANGON FOR MIAMI, FLORIDA . 48 HOURS
Not a normal route but journey made pleasant by Malaysian Airlines Yangon to Kuala Lumpur Mingalar Sky Lounge at Mingaladon Airport in Yangon Malaysian Airlines Premium Lounge at Satellite, KLIA…
Mar 15, 2019
THE NIGHT HAS FALLEN OUTSIDE AND ALL OF US ARE THE SAME
The Malaysian Airline Lounge at KLIA 1 is an excellent place to wind down. I am sitting in their dining room, looking outside, where I can make out the skeletons…
Mar 15, 2019
A DELIGHTFUL VISIT TO MYANMAR TO END MY TWO MONTH LONG JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
I am sitting at the Mingalar Sky Lounge at the Mingaladon Rangoon RGN Yangon Myanmar International Airport. For the past three months, I have been on the road and this…
Mar 15, 2019
THE MAGNIFICENT SCHWEDAGON PAGODA OF YANGON IN MYANMAR
If you visited just one site in all of Myanmar, it has to be the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda. Each visit reveals something else of the mystery of this ancient and…
Mar 15, 2019
A TRADITIONAL MYANMAR MEAL.. ENJOYED IN THE COMPANY OF MY BURMESE FRIENDS
During my three day stay here in Yangon, I had been offered all sorts of Asian meals. I enjoy Asian food, particularly if they have a local twist to it.…
Mar 15, 2019
A MESSAGE ARRIVED FROM MY UMONHON INDIAN BROTHER
and gratefully received I am in Rangoon/Yangon; Birmanie/Myanmar.. here is his message Good morning brother! Off to work this morning and the sunrise is a beautiful purple and pink color.…
Mar 15, 2019
THE TOLERANT MULTICULTURALISM OF YANGON MYANMAR
Rangoon 2019 Pablo Neruda was posted as Chilean Consul to Burma in 1927 Neruda wrote evocatively of Myanmar’s bustling, multiethnic colonial capital: “The street became my religion. The Burmese street,…
Mar 15, 2019
PABLO NERUDA AND RANGOON … E MEU SAUDADE PRA MINHA JOSIE BLISS
Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winning poet of Chile but celebrated throughout Latin America, was already famous in his country, at an young age. As was customary, he was rewarded…
Feb 15, 2019
DAY 1 OF A CRAZY ITINERARY OF TRAVEL TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD
DAY 1 Brussels European Quartier Brussels Airport Diamond Lounge at Terminal A To Madrid on Iberia Rush to catch the connecting flight to London Comfortable ride to London Chaos at…