Jul 15, 2019
MY LIFE IN HAVANA
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2019/07/my-life-in-havana.html
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Jul 15, 2019
40 HOURS IN LA HABANA
I had made short visits to La Habana previously, notably a 36 hour visit from Buenos Aires, longer journey than sojourn and this time I did a 40 hours visit…
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
A DAY OF CAREFUL THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE .. IN THE LAND OF THE PAGODAS
I had decided to dedicate this day completely praying and thinking of various people in my life. Like Yogic philosophers say, their names would come up to your mind, just…
Jun 15, 2019
NOW TO BOTATAUNG PAGODA TO PRAY FOR LBGS AUSTRALIA FRANCE CUBA
The next person to pray for at various corners and shrines of Botataung Pagoda was LBGS Nats are pre buddhist spirits which are revered in Burma. BO BO GYI is…
Jun 15, 2019
CHAUK HTAT GYI RECLINING BUDDHA TO PRAY FOR BQ MY SISTER IN HAVANA
My little island of Cuba is blessed with wonderful people and I can count many good friends there. BQ is so unselfish and goes out of the way to help…
Jun 15, 2019
SOME IMPORTANT STREET CORNERS IN YANGON/RANGOON FOR ME
In the 1920s, my favourite poet, the Chilean Nobel Prize winner, Pablo Neruda was posted as his country's counsel in Rangoon.. There are lots of poems from this period and…
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…
Jun 15, 2019
DOES SLEEP BRING REST AND HOW TO REST A VIDEO FROM SADHGURU
Yesterday I had a wonderful day in Siem Reap. I was reading and writing and it was close to 1 am when I went to sleep. I fall asleep very…
Jun 15, 2019
ISRAEL A SMALL COUNTRY BUT A TECHNOLOGICAL GIANT
News from Israel always attract attention of people, but there is a bias in reporting about Israel. The good aspects of Israel, such as its helping patients from poorer countries…
Jun 15, 2019
WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN 3 AM AND 4 AM . AN YOGIC AND AN ENDOCRINOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
American Indians consider the earth to be an extension of their bodies and try to coordinate their bodies with the movements of planets and also the rhythm of the seasons.…
Jun 15, 2019
AH SO GOOD TO BE A ROVING AMBASSADOR FOR CUBA . A QUERY FROM ARGENTINA
Just last week I gave a talk at a conference in Havana, Cuba at the annual meeting of the Diabetes Association of Cuba as well as the Association of Latin…
Jun 15, 2019
L’ARTISTE NAIF DE SIEM REAP . STEF DELAPREE . AFTERNOON CHAT IN THE LAND OF GREAT THUNDERS
The rain began falling suddenly and the thunder was deafening, truly and figuratively. Everything was in a swaying motion, leaves falling, rain travelling horizontally. I was sitting at a side…
Jun 15, 2019
EAT THIS AND DIE EARLY AND TAKE MULTIVITAMINS IF YOU WANT TO DIE A LITTLE EARLIER
Two large studies from France and Spain has shown an association between ULTRA PROCESSED food and cardiovascular diseases and early mortality. and chronic diseases such as Cancer and Diabetes We…
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
THE THREE CUBANS OF SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
I am told there are about 15 Cubans in Cambodia, excluding the Ambassador and staff at the Cuban embassy, and most of them are in Phnom Penh in the capita.…
Jun 15, 2019
RESTAURANT POU AND CHEF MORK MENGLY . IN SIEM REAP CAMBODIA
The gastronomy of this small town now a city of about 250 000 inhabitants and about 2 plus million visitors reflect the other geopolitical factors that affect travel to Angkor…
Jun 15, 2019
SADHGURU ON BEING YOUR OWN DIRECTOR OF LIFE . MY COMMENTARY ON THE FOLLOWING BLOG
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