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…
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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.
May 15, 2019
THE BEGINNINGS OF A WONDERFUL DAY IN RANGOON BURMA YANGON/MYANMAR . BIRMANIE BIRMANIA
Eithwe and I have been friends for more than a decade and I am glad to have played a small role in advancing the career of this young woman in…
May 15, 2019
SAVE A CHILD’S HEART ISRAEL TREATS FREE OF CHARGE 5000 CHILDREN FROM POORER COUNTRIES
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May 15, 2019
A DINNER PARTY IN HAVANA… PRECIOUS RELATIONSHIPS FRIENDSHIPS SANS FRONTIERES
My week in Havana was so delightful, friends, talks, preparations for a talk, coffee and cakes, and always every one helping every body else.. This is my Cuba, the Cuba…
May 15, 2019
RETURNING TO HAVANA FULL OF EXPECTATIONS MAY 2019
I was ready to return to Cuba after a longer than usual stay in Miami. I always want to get to the airport at Miami earlier than necessary so that…
May 15, 2019
A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN MIAMI
I am spending a few days in Miami. and it feels strange, as I am not used to being here as a person who lives here (which I did as…
May 15, 2019
SLOW BOAT TO MANAUS
I wanted to spend a day exploring the small towns along the Amazon with my Tikuna Indian friends. We set off after breakfast from Leticia, Colombia I had been offered…
May 15, 2019
LETICIA, THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
I think with delight how these various cities or towns enter my life, as the time progresses. Suva, Fiji Thursday Island Kingston, Jamaica Baracoa, Cuba La Habana, Cuba Muzquiz, Coahuila,…
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
VITAMIN AND MINERALS SUPPLEMENTED TAKEN INDISCRIMINATELY MAY HARM YOU
0 0 1 1909 10884 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 90 25 12768 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I am an Endocrinologist, a medical doctor…
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
HAPPY SECOND BIRTHDAY TO MY LATEST PASSPORT .. TIME TO RENEW
I began travelling alone earlier in life than most people. I had always had the travel sensation imbedded in my heart even when I was in school. I began travelling…
Apr 15, 2019
World is angry and stressed, Gallup report says . from the BBC
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Apr 15, 2019
OH POBRE MEXICO . SO FAR FROM GOD AND SO CLOSE TO UNITED STATES .
Lamented the late dictator Porfirio Diaz who ruled Mexico for over forty years in the beginning of 20th Century. Being so close to USA has the advantage for travellers who…
Apr 15, 2019
THE MAGIC OF MEXICO … WITH THE ADDED PLEASURE OF A MESSAGE FROM JIDDU KRISHNAMURTHY
I had fallen in love with Mexico, while I was a student in Miami, and that has continued to this day. I had extended my stay in Mexico for another…
Apr 15, 2019
CHANCE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND . CASUALIDAD ES NO TAN CASUAL SAY THE INDIANS
0 0 1 358 2044 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 17 4 2398 14.0 Normal 0 false false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I am travelling. In Mexico, a…
Apr 15, 2019
WONDERFUL TIME IN HAVANA . THE MAGIC NEVER ENDS
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…
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…