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.The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
long before the new Hamad International Airport at Doha, Qatar opened, I was on my first flight aboard Qatar Airways QR. I remember it very clearly. I was flying from…
UNSUNG HEROES OF QATAR AIRWAYS DOHA BUSINESS CLASS LOUNGE When one talks about service aboard a flight on long haul journeys, one is not talking about USA based airlines or…
QATAR AIRWAYS CHANGING THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL AVIATION I just had a chance to fly Qatar Airways from CGK to DOH, use their Premium Terminal there and carry on to…
This was my first journey with Qatar Airways and I can assure you that it wont be the last. I am so very impressed with the service, the quality of…
A travel note from Cochin to Miami, moving through cancellations, airports, and the calm of a familiar route home.
A note written in concern and solidarity for friends in Iran during a time of silence, fear, and resilience.
A year-end travel reflection on movement, memory, and the places that shaped the year.
A personal reflection on travel as a life priority, offered as one person’s path rather than advice for everyone.
A travel note from Casablanca to Miami, assessing the ordinary realities of a long Royal Air Maroc flight.
Treat others with respect, and respect will come your way. During my recent visits to the East, two incidents notably stood out, echoing the words of my dear psychologist friend…
Since the post-pandemic rush to travel took us to busier airports and congested aircrafts, the idea of having a preferred status has come into focus and also to learn about…
I am very lucky with Innkeepers around the world many of whom become friends and i make a point of furthering those friendships with additional visits .. Rajesh Rajan from…
My journey began today at the AF Lounge at Terminal 2 E at Paris CDG Charles de Gaulle Airport. I was a little peckish but did not wish to spoil…
Tonight is 21 december .. it is the night of Yalda .. It is the longest night, full of darkness and this morning when young women went to their universities…
The watch on the wrist makes a ping noise, BBC notification: The football great PELE has died, aged 82 and the Israelite Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paolo, Brasil. Most…
My UmonHon Indian teacher, Pierre said to me, appropriately after I had hurried to the Clinic of the tribe, without much attention to the blue skies, and an eagle following…
I have always been fond of reading, the habit of looking through second hand bookstores and bouquinistes have followed me in my travels ..Powell's of Portland.. River Seine.. Tokyo.. Carlton…
I am absolutely in love with my language, once i realized its intricacies, nuances as well as its analytical nature and the abundance of words. There is word for it,…
