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…
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.
May 15, 2019
GLOBAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST . DOES THAT EXIST ?
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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…
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
Sule Shangri-la Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
So much has happened in the five years since my last visit to Yangon in Myanmar! The surprise of this visit was my stay at Sule Shangril-la right in the…
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…
Mar 15, 2019
DOUBLE TREE KUALA LUMPUR . WHAT A LOVELY PLACE TO COME HOME TO ..
It seems an apt commentary of a lifestyle of a traveller that you become familiar with ambiance attached to transient places in your life: in this case the Executive Lounge…
Feb 15, 2019
THE NEW ICON . FRIDA KAHLO
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Jan 15, 2019
I AM DOING MY LITTLE BIT FOR CUBA
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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…
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
2018 A GOOD YEAR OF TRAVELS AMERICAS EUROPE MIDDLE EAST ASIA
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Nov 15, 2018
HOW INDIA SAVED MY BURMESE BROTHER KO MMMT
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Nov 15, 2018
A GREAT HONOUR TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEMORY OF THE GREATEST ADMIRAL OF THE SEVEN SEAS CHENG HO/ZHENG HE
I cannot remember when I first heard about Cheng HO, the greatest navigator who travelled the realms of the Ming dynasty over the course of many journeys, as far as…
Oct 15, 2018
JAPANESE ARE LUCKY, THEIR PASSPORT IS BEST FOR TRAVEL VISA FREE, SINGAPORE IS A CLOSE SECOND
Japanese nationals seem to be the luckiest ones, having far more countries to visit without bothering with VISA.. The second one is also no surprise, Singapore, which allows almost every…
Aug 15, 2018
POOR COMPLICATED STATE OF DIABETES CARE IN THE USA : DRUG COMPANIES AND PROFESSOR PAWNS
Despite the enormous amount of money poured into the system, the diabetes care outcome in the Unites States remain dramatically UNCHANGED over the years. There has been an onslaught of…