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.
the literate man of sioux city surviving in a non literate city the weekend was upon us, the Americans were celebrating the Mexican equivalent of the Day of the Dead,…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE We look at Doctors as guardians of our health, and expect them to follow what they preach: Eat Well and Exercise. A…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Peer to peer health promotion at work place The humble boss of Bogor An old Indian story talks about a group of…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE REMARKABLE MEN and WOMEN WHO BLESS YOUR LIFE During the month of April, 2013 I was fortunate to travel to the Indian…
SINCE 2008, I have been very lucky to have been visiting Malaysia on a regular basis and since 2012, Indonesia was added to the regular jaunts over there. This year's…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE AGELESS MAN OF KUALA TRENGGANU For those who hide behind their identities and the exteriors of themselves and their skin as…
After weathering the Snow storm while visiting the Lakota Indians, I made up my mind to visit Pak Hendra in Bogor. But as is my routine, I decided to make…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE DR JESUS ALVAREZ OF BARACOA A PASSOVER REMEMBRANCE 15 NISSAN 5773 I knew Jesus Alvarez well. A genial giant of a man…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE EUROPEAN/AMERICAN/AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS TO ASIA SEEN AS BEGGARS Last year an astonishing one billion (nearly one out six humans on this planet) took…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE EAT LESS AND LOVE MORE LIM THE REMARKABLE HORTICULTURALIST OF BANGKOK I have been lucky enough to meet some special people this…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Structural Defect (Kleisha) YOGA and Native American Indian concept of Character Defect One pleasure of learning about YOGA from my friend MC…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LIFESTYLE AND CANCER While the MORTALITY (death) from cancer has declined in the USA (Treatment and Early diagnosis), the incidence (new cases,…
These are six days of culinary delights in Indonesia,all organized by my friend, PJ. I never ate alone and always there were more than four or five sharing lunch or…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A Good Month of News that warms the heart.. I left IAH on 1 August 2012 on Qatar Airways to DOHA and…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ASEAN…a friendly and welcoming environment Ever since I became aware of travel, I have always tried to cover regions. The Pacific was…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE A French academician once put it: English is a language that is relatively EASY to speak POORLY. A language so rich as…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE WHAT IS AMULET EFFECT IN THE CONTEXT OF MEDICAL/HEALTHCARE (dedicated to Dr SB at Pine Ridge Indian Health Services) Health is not…
