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The day of departure from Havana is always sad, I had the feeling that this time around I will miss my Little Island more than the usual for various reasons.…
I noticed some unusual activity on my blog from Poland and wondered why on occasions I have my blogs being read in Poland, Belarus or Russia? A friend of mine…
Gordon and Gaye, two friends from Melbourne wanted to add La Habana to their itinerary of a tour to South America. We had been friends for a long time, having…
MIAMI THE MOST CULTURALLY DIVERSE CITY IN LATIN AMERICA When he was 16, while hitchhiking in his native Chile, he was given a lift, Donde tu vas? Muchacho? said the…
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2016/09/israel-very-small-country-and-its.html
DS SHE HAS JOURNALISM IN HER BLOOD The sweet part of my short visit to Cochin in August 2016 was the reunion with DS, who is in charge of Corporate…
THE PHILOSOPHER DENTIST OF FORT COCHIN or did you know that the familiar name VARGHESE in Christian Kerala is derived from the Portuguese VARGAS? Over the years I had become…
GEORGE THE JOLLY HISTORIAN OF FORT COCHIN As he drove me towards Fort Cochin, after his busy day at work as a dentist, my friend assured me: you will enjoy…
AN UNUSUAL AND IMPRESSIVE ENCOUNTER IN COCHIN, KERALA. Mr. Ansif Ashraf and Cochin Herald. At the beginning of this visit, I had been thinking of Cuba and my new role…
I have been traveling continuously since 1993, when I left the flat in London on a journey to Malaysia, even though I had not lived anywhere permanently since 1986. What…
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2016/07/friendship-in-la-habana.html
If you love a country, you would always want to look at the positive aspects of that country, not criticize it. Criticism arising out of discourse is always welcome but…