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.
I found this in the Net, and I will quote it fully including the quotes by Antoine Saint Exupery the author of The Little Prince. The Little Prince and The…
I was in Malaga in Andalucia and my destination was Quiberon, Bretagne. I always liked Nantes as a place to change from an intra European flight to the train that…
21 december 2021 Winter Solstice Yalda celebrated in Iran Iran is 8 1/2 hours time zones away from Miami. So i was able to enjoy the feasts and getting together…
Who has not heard of Easter Island and the legendary Moai there? Because of the extreme isolation of the island, travel there is not easy. I have been lucky enough…
Bem conchê ess terra morena Ondê que cada criola é um serena Bem, q’ês nos céu tambê é de anil Êss nos terra piquinina É um padacinho di brasil Brasil,…
Today is the Day of Mourning for the Native Americans. I wanted to be alone. The roads were empty. I went to Ricky's cafe and sat under a photograph of…
I felt that the year 2019 was an extraordinarily good year for travel . COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2019 MANY TIMES USA CUBA FRANCE MEXICO COLOMBIA BRASIL ARGENTINA URUGUAY CHILE EASTER…
Today is November 15, 2021 and flights to Cuba will commence after a very long shut down. But checking at the airfares to Havana from Miami, you would notice that…
I have visited various Jewish cemeteries around the world where only memories linger on in the streets where Jewish people lived and died for hundreds of years. Penang, Malaysia Cochin,…
While growing up, one of the more interesting person, a truly erudite person, that I met was Erwin F. I do not remember meeting him more than two or three…
From The National Geographic: Florida Keys A key is a small, low-lying coral island. The Florida Keys are probably the most famous keys in the world. A 205 kilometer (127…
LAN is a pan Asian fusion restaurant here in Miami. It is owned by a Filipino Chinese chef who has built a reputation for tasty, healthy food based on recipes…
No need for me to add a commentary. Al Jazeera reporting from Havana, Cuba. Not the usual vitriol from Miami. Just a small comparison La Habana is a centre of…
I had a chance to study at the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine, twice during my professional formation as a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology. I was there…
While looking for evidence of some jewish connection to Tipu Sultan of Mysore, I came across the name of Isaac the Jew. His name appears in multiple documents, in Dutch…
Bhutan is a mountainous kingdom nestling in the Himalayas, where most of the people live in remote villages, most of which are not accessible easily. In some cases, you may…
Cuban Revolution, considered to be a classical example of People's uprising against tyranny and Imperialism, happened in 1959. The Giant to the north so used to the kowtowing of the…
One of the simple pleasures in life is to sip a cup of Cuban Coffee. I walk to the nearest cafe, and order a Cortadito which is a Cuban style…
