Jul 15, 2010
False Indians of Cuba .. the so called Tainos
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Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Jul 15, 2010
Yet another Adios
Get Your Own Map View Larger Map Another lover of Cuba, the great Poet Pablo Neruda.. had written Se sabe que el que vuelve no se fue, y asi la…
Jun 15, 2010
Antiquities from the Kingdom of Gandhara
Gandhara was a kingdom which flourished from the 1st to the 6th centuries of the common era near the present day Peshawar (sanskrit name Purushapura mentioned in the chinese chronicles…
Jun 15, 2010
What a Lovely Time in Miami Florida
Miami never disappoints me... not this time nor at the many times i have been here.. Friends from UmonHon were visiting, so seeing them, showing them around a bit was…
Jun 15, 2010
CDG TO ZRH TO MIA 9 JUIN 2010
A fascination with new possibilitis shanghai.. no interest when you say that to me, despite the Expo. But mention Sao Paolo or Tokyo, my heart just jumps.. just to see…
Jun 15, 2010
Food Insecurity in the Land of Plenty
It is not in every one's fate to think in advance about Food on the day of their trans atlantic flight..But on my 45th transatlantic flight since September 2006, i…
Jun 15, 2010
Saturday Afternoon in South Miami
Visit to a Catholic Church to say Thanks.. American Indians always say that people pray and when they are rewarded, they forget to thank the people responsible for it. After…
Jun 15, 2010
Miami, the future Capital of the Americas.. Champagne and Asian Fusion Food!
Filipino Chinese Chef, Peruvian Student from Lima, LAN Pan Asian Restaurant It is time to celebrate, dear friends! What ingredients do we need? Good News! Of course, lately we have…
Jun 15, 2010
The Origins of Obesity in America
We can offer a thousand explanations, but one thing is clear, Americans are overweight and Obese.. and the trend is not reversing itself.... As an Endocrinologist and a person interested…
Jun 15, 2010
La Casualidad no es tan Casual BY CHANCE?
Chance, Casualidad..we often wonder. . Does chance exist? or is it accidental and a fragment of ones imagination? We can always go to the Philosophers, the indigenous ones with thousands…
Jun 15, 2010
I love visiting USA but the Food?
Comparing to the food on Sunday Lunch in Miami (pictures below) to the simple dinner on Monday Night in Paris (photos attached, ) makes me realize that the quality and…
May 15, 2010
Photos from La Habana, Cuba
Two wonderful weeks in San Cristobal de la Habana.. a moveable feast indeed! Such good friends and so pure interactions.. and intellectually very few cities in the Americas (BA and…
May 15, 2010
One Week of ETHNIC eating in Paris
It is a pleasure to contemplate about eating in Paris. The choices are so great that one has the pleasure of thinking about it and choosing. There is no anxiety…
May 15, 2010
ETADAKIMASAI… looking to eat japanese food in paris
Since arriving in Paris from Cuba a few days ago, I have been discovering Paris using the Bus System, I have nearly mastered the major routes. Yesterday, I wanted to…
May 15, 2010
Memories of a Collective Past.. weekend in Normandie
We who are from the New World, with an easy going lifestyle and an outward friendliness, find ourselves so comfortable in other new world countries.. for e,g., I am an…
May 15, 2010
Photos from La Habana, Cuba
Hope my friends can see these photographs taken recently in Nuestra Ciudad San Cristobal de la HABANA, Cuba..
May 15, 2010
THE BARBER OF PORT VILA
I have to thank FeiWen, the hair stylist at A Cut Above at Bangsar in KL, for this chance meeting with the Barber of Port Vila. My best friend in…
May 15, 2010
WELCOME TO THE STATES SAYS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER
For Frequent Fliers to the USA, I strongly recommend the programme Global Entry. I entered the Immigration Hall and it took me no more than sixty seconds to get cleared,…