Oct 15, 2019
HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET SOMEONE FROM . BHUTAN?
I like my stopovers in Doha on my way from Asia to either Europe or USA.. I have met people from all over the world, who are temporarily resident in…
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Oct 15, 2019
CUBA EN MI CORAZON . LIKE THEY SAY APPLE OF MY EYE
I received this photograph from the Middle East. I was overjoyed to see a geographical impression of our America imposed upon the open eyes.. and behold CUBA is right there…
Oct 15, 2019
LEAVING BRISTOW’S LIGHTHOUSE BUNGALOW IN FORT COCHIN, KERALA, INDIA
I had a delightful 10 day stay at the only hotel facing the Arabian Sea at the historic town of Fort Cochin, near the Indian city of Ernakulum in Kerala,…
Oct 15, 2019
HUMAN BEINGS OF THIS PLANET MY FRIEND TONY
We had become friends when we were still medical students. and shared the same hospital when we were training to become specialist physicians. It was not Medicine that brought us…
Oct 15, 2019
LONGINGS ANORANSA SAUDADE FOR IRAN
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE SAUDADE FOR IRAN Saudade is my favourite Portuguese word, which has been translated into many forms of nostalgia, anoransa en Spanish, longings…
Oct 15, 2019
LONG BEFORE OCTOBER RETURNS… A POEM BY EMILY BRONTE
I have already quoted the poem in another blog.. but today is 29 October and tomorrow 30 October.. Both pleasant days of October Especially this October which has been more…
Oct 15, 2019
CASUALIDAD NO ES TAN CASUAL . COINCIDENCES DO NOT EXIST A STORY FROM FORT COCHIN KERALA
I am not sure when I first heard the phrase, Coincidences do not exist but much sonorous in Spanish, Casualidad no es tan Casual..but one thing for sure. It was…
Oct 15, 2019
THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE --> THE MAGIC OCTOBER CONTINUES Today is 26 th October 2019 On 26 th September I was in Lisbon, Portugal catching a…
Oct 15, 2019
QR QATAR AIRWAYS NEVER DISAPPOINTS
Am I off key to anticipate my flights on QR Qatar Airways? I look forward to my QR flights and on this morning, Madrid to Doha and then on to…
Oct 15, 2019
OH MIAMI SO CLOSE TO US IN CUBA BUT SO FAR AWAY IN YOUR UNHAPPY WORLD
Porfirio Diaz the Mexican Dictator seemed to have implied; Pobre Mexico, tan circa de Estados Unidos y tan lejos de Dios We, in Cuba, has something to offer the poor…
Oct 15, 2019
ARAB OR ARABESQUE FOOD IN COCHIN KERALA
ARABIC STYLE FOOD IN COCHIN, KERALA The name of the restaurant was attractive enough, ZATAAR, the herb mentioned in the Jewish scriptures, which in Israel one uses in abundance. Mr…
Oct 15, 2019
CUBA FOLLOWS YOU …. MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE CUBA FOLLOWS YOU .. I arrived at the Miami International Airport and very quickly I was at the curbside waiting for the…