Jan 15, 2019
MADE HOMELESS BY TRAVEL: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING
I am grateful whoever the person was, for introducing me to Moritz Thomsen, a beautiful soul, a peace corps volunteer in the 1960s, trying hard to make the life of…
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.
Jan 15, 2019
SAUDADE DO AMAZONIA THESE PHOTOS TAKEN ONE YEAR AGO 26.1.2018 LETICIA COLOMBIA
Long time ago I had visited Iquitos on the Peruvian Amazon while I was a student in Miami and had been wanting to go to the Amazon: Colombian and Brasilian…
Jan 15, 2019
MICROBIOME AND KIDNEY AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
I was requested to present an Introduction to Microbiome and its effect upon (or vice versa) on the Kidney diseases at a health fair being held at a tribal auditorium…
Dec 15, 2018
MY FIRST TRIP ON GEORGIAN AIRWAYS PARIS TO TBILISI TO TEL AVIV
I do not make my travel plans far in advance and this time of the year is dreadful for spontaneous travel. I wanted to go from Miami to Brussels, spend…
Dec 15, 2018
FIRST TRIP OF 2019 HAS BEGUN THE JOURNEY TO THE EAST
I am waiting to check in to Georgian Airlines counter which does not open for another hour or so at Terminal 2 D, the poor cousin to the other luxurious…
Nov 15, 2018
FLYING AMERICAN AIRLINES : LOYALTY STILL MATTERS
I used to be a loyal Delta Airlines flier and when they changed their Frequent Flier programme, I switched to United Airlines and when they devalued their programme switched to…
Nov 15, 2018
THE MOVEABLE FEAST THAT IS HAVANA
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Nov 15, 2018
BREAKFAST AT HOME IN HAVANA
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Nov 15, 2018
2018 A GOOD YEAR OF TRAVELS AMERICAS EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA
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Nov 15, 2018
I AM IN LOVE WITH ………QATAR AIRWAYS
My first flight with Qatar Airways was in February 2014, I think: IAH DOH CGK DOH BRU. Since then I have made every attempt to fly QR Qatar Airways when…
Nov 15, 2018
HOW INDIA SAVED MY BURMESE BROTHER KO MMMT
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Nov 15, 2018
COMING HOME TO HAVANA
0 0 1 475 2712 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 22 6 3181 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming Home to Havana The flight from…
Oct 15, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR DOUBLE TREE HOTEL BY HILTON: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST HERE MEANS CUISINE FROM VARIOUS CONTINENTS
Average traveller in the USA has become accustomed to accepting poor service (American Airlines staffed by Grandmas, as described by HE Al-Bakr CEO of Qatar Airways, my favoured airline) or…
Oct 15, 2018
QATAR AIRWAYS: THE BEST ALL AROUND SERVICE AND MY FAVOURITE AIRLINE
When I left my home in La Habana, Cuba for Miami, the day before I was to take QR 778 to Doha, I was already full of anticipation, as is…
Oct 15, 2018
PHOTOS OF LIFE IN HAVANA: A PHOTO ESSAY
I am spending a few hours in MIAMI, after having arrived from Havana (left the island with a heavy heart, as usual) and then beginning an exciting Journey to the…
Oct 15, 2018
BEST PLACES CITIES FOR FOODIES AND THE WORST AS WELL USA
Source: WalletHub I am not a great believer in LISTS of any types.. Lists of places to visit, Lists of restaurants.. to each his own. Today I went to eat…
Oct 15, 2018
FALLING IN LOVE WITH CUBA
People fall in love with Cubans, Cubanas or Cubanos, pero, but you have fallen in love with Cuba! said my Cuban mother many years ago. Occasionally in the olden days,…
Oct 15, 2018
HAPPINESS IN HAVANA FOOD OR FRIENDS OR FAVOURITES
Normally my friend and taxista, Yodel, picks me up in a 1958 Chevrolet. This time he surprised me on this very well kempt 1949 Oldsmobile.. remainders/reminders of a glory past..…