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Cochin is exotic because it is chaotic, has no order and no explanation. One finds in the flow and if you are lucky you make friends like I have done.…
All the Little Pleasures of Life ! I had not expected to receive such a warm welcome at the Executive Lounge at Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The…
Fo-r an airport of this size, BIA has four different Lounges for passengers. I now have visited all the four and enjoyed the facilities Serendib is possibly the best if…
I have had a long association with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. In fact when I go there on my monthly visits, I live in a house within the reservation.…
Arrival in Fort Cochin For a country that prides itself in IT, the public offering of IT is very poor, much poorer than a country like Cambodia. An international airport…
THE ETIHAD LOUNGE AT JFK, ONE OF THE BEST YOU WILL SEE IN THE USA BEING FAITHFUL TO MY GENES: TABBOULEH, BABA GANOUSH, CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA AND RICE ARABIC ICE…
ONE REFUGEE TO ANOTHER... AN EYE OPENER IN HISTORY OR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF SYKES-PICOT MAP I am a Jew, and firmly rooted in the Middle East, not only the history…
MEDICAL WISDOM FROM CUBA: AN EGALITARIAN APPROACH TO WHAT IS GOOD FOR SOCIETY The other day I was having lunch with the Senior Professor of Endocrinology and a Consultant Psychologist…
Nowhere in the world have I felt affections at their sweetest, at their most innocent, so genuine than in my dearest island, and its capital, San Cristobal de la Habana.…
After a long flight to Bogota from Madrid via Cali, I had hoped to rest well at Hilton Bogota, where they had upgraded me to a spacious room on arrival…
SODADE FOR CABO VERDE ON A SNOWY BOSTON MORNING It had been snowing since the morning and it was gaining strength. I had to go from the Hilton Hotel in…
My itinerant life has few things that are stable.. Miami is an exception. It has been continuously present since I first came here as a student.. After the carnage last…