Sep 15, 2019
KINDNESS IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTIES MY LIFE IN HAVANA CUBA
KINDNESS IN THE TIME OF DIFFICULTIES I have always wondered why the Cubans who live in the island are so kind and demonstrate a sense of solidarity that one rarely…
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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.
Sep 15, 2019
A MAGICAL DAY AT THE SLOVENIA-ITALY-AUSTRIA BORDER OF MOUNTAINS AND LAKES
I was visiting my friends BB and D who live in a small village of Sankt Mikael near the small town of Bleiburg along the Austrian alps. Both are natives…
Sep 15, 2019
LAST DAY OF JEWISH YEAR 5779 . WHAT A LOVELY END!
WHAT A LOVELY END Loves have only grown.. CUBA my home, the numerous brothers and sister that I toil for.. a glass of Chenin Blanc from an Indian winery, ah…
Sep 15, 2019
THE FEASTS OF HAVANA CUBA : A GLIMPSE OF LIVES HAPPILY LIVED
After I had delivered a talk at the annual conference of Endocrinology in 2019, an Argentine doctor said she needed an explanation: This is my first visit to Cuba, she…
Sep 15, 2019
A PHYSICIAN-ANTHROPOLOGIST CONSUMES ONLY ORGANIC FOOD FOR FOUR DAYS AND THIS IS HIS REPORT
When my interest began in the additives and chemicals to the food we ingest and the continuing rise of non communicable diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes and non-auto immune…
Jul 15, 2019
DELIGHTFUL MONTH OF TRAVEL. JULY 2019
It is 31 July 2019 and I recollect pleasantly what a wonderful month of travel it has been for me Began the month of July in La Havana being well…
Jun 15, 2019
WHAT DOES A TROPICAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST DO IN SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
MAKE NEW FRIENDS OF COURSE .. The day begins of course with a nice breakfast.. But the time difference between Cuba and Cambodia is 11 hours, so I had to…
Jun 15, 2019
A WONDERFUL RELAXING DAY IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
Most visitors to Siem Reap are here to see the magnificent archeological ruins, Angkor Wat and hundreds of other hindu-buddhist temples dating back to 9th to 11th centuries. I am…
May 15, 2019
DIABETES AS A SOCIAL ILLNESS AND THE DUNBAR NUMBER
A good friend of mine from South Dakota was once visiting Miami and remarked: You are a homeless doctor, but you are always First Class. My brother Eliyahu always prided…
Apr 15, 2019
DINING EXPERIENCE WITH REFUGEES…. IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
As a traveller I am looking for different experiences in countries that i visit and also looking for technology APPS to make it easier. Malaysia is a country close to…
Apr 15, 2019
APRIL 14, 2019 . HAPPY NEW YEAR TO SO MANY PEOPLE IN SO MANY LANDS
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…
Apr 15, 2019
CHETTINAD FOOD IN LONDON AND YET ANOTHER KERALA ENCOUNTER
The night was chilly, but the damp cold of London did not hinder my walking around my most centrally based hotel in London. I was determined to eat South Indian…
Mar 15, 2019
TOP 10 OR MOST POPULAR PLACES TO VISIT . AVOID THEM
WHENEVER I SEE A HEADLINES IN A BLOG OR TRAVEL MAGAZINE Top 10 Travel Destinations In The World For 2019, According To TripAdvisor I quickly make a mental note to…
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…
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
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
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM RANGOON./YANGON
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM RANGOON/YANGON, BURMA/MYANMAR My burmese name is Aung Khant and my father would have called this city where I am now Rangoon and the country with which he…
Mar 15, 2019
KERALA FOLLOWS ME AROUND… LATELY MEETING SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS IN MY TRAVELS
Kerala follows me around ...? I do not travel to INDIA but paradoxically enough once every two months, Manolo the driver from Bristows Bungalow, the only hotel facing the ocean…