Feb 15, 2020
CONTENT IN HAVANA . FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2020
I had a trip planned to South East Asia, and anyone who has read the News would admit that this is not the time for frivolous travel to the East.…
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Feb 15, 2020
LOVE OF THE LANGUAGE. ENGLISH! PLEASE NOTE IT IS SO EASY TO SPEAK IT BADLY
ENTOMOLOGY would have been one of the first words in my vocabulary that I could remember as a child. But what was the path to that knowledge? What language did…
Feb 15, 2020
DISEASE. ILLNESS SICKNESS. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE, ASKED A FRIEND
The normally Mediterranean-style climate of La Habana took a turn with the arrival of a cold front, a frente frio, from the North, The temperature dropped to 21C, the change…
Feb 15, 2020
SHABBAT SHALOM FROM LA HABANA, CUBA
I enjoy this surrealistic life in Havana, Cuba . We go to a Pharmacy and the attendant is very warm and helpful, but the answer to: Do you have ...…
Feb 15, 2020
NOT DWELLING ON THE NONCONDITIONED. BUDDHA IN REAL LIFE
NOT DWELLING ON THE NONCONDITIONED I am writing this from my flat in Vedado in La Habana, Cuba. The life here seems almost ideal. I woke up from a blissful…
Jan 15, 2020
ARE THERE ANGELS IN PARADISE? AT BRISTOW BUNGALOW LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL THERE CERTAINLY ARE
I am at the very same place , when a Tibetan Monk walked into the Breakfast room and we had a nice chat. It was October 5,2019. Things began happening…
Jan 15, 2020
EXCITING TIMES FOR AN ENDOCRINE PHYSICIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, which is a specialty which has always been micro-molecular in its outlook and depth. As…
Jan 15, 2020
SO CLOSE TO THE UNITED STATES AND YET SO TRANQUIL . LA HABANA CUBA
I think it was Porfirio Diaz of Mexico who lamented: Oh Mexico, so close to the United States and so far away from God.. today I took the short flight…
Jan 15, 2020
CUBAN STYLE WHOLISTIC MEDICINE: PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL
In this past week, I have witnessed at close quarters, the wonderful wholistic approach to HEALTH in CUBA. Health is not the absence of disease, it is obvious from the…
Jan 15, 2020
GOOD BYE, SULTAN QABOOS MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
There was a time when there were multiple Sultanates in this world, most of which have disappeared or become ornamental, such as Sultan of Ternate or Sultan of Yogyakarta..Only two…
Jan 15, 2020
WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN ONE WEEK . 4TH JAN IN MALA KERALA TO 11TH JANUARY IN MIAMI USA
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami. I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on…
Jan 15, 2020
A NEW FAVOURITE HOTEL TO COME BACK TO : HILTON GARDEN INN IN MUSCAT, OMAN
The sultanate of Oman is without doubt my favourite Muslim country, the friendliest Arab country that I have visited. The Omani people are just friendly open humble and very hospitable.…