Nov 15, 2020
WHAT BROUGHT THE MAGIC OF TRAVEL TO ME ?
En Akaba dejó la huella de su mano en la pared de los abrevaderos. En Gdynia se lamentó por haber perdido sus papeles en una riña de taberna, pero no…
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Nov 15, 2020
AS WE BEGIN TO TRAVEL, IT IS GOOD TO AVOID PLACES WHICH ARE POLLUTED AND GO TO PLACES WHICH ARE LESS POLLUTED
The majority of the polluted CITIES in this world are either in INDIA, CHINA or PAKISTAN . That does not mean all of CHINA and INDIA are polluted. Of the…
Nov 15, 2020
NOVEMBER 2, 2020 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS. TOUSSAINT EN FRANCE. REMEMBERING DEAR DEPARTED ONES IN CUBA BRASIL
From the BBC: Three ideas for how to live a fuller life By Roman Krznaric 28th October 2020 By reimagining our relationship with time – and coming to terms with…
Oct 15, 2020
TOSKA IN RUSSIAN, COULD IT BE SAUDADE ?
Writing about one of the earliest short stories of Anton Chekhov, the author writes: The title of this story-the Russian word toska -has no exact English equivalent, but it is…
Oct 15, 2020
PSYCHOLOGICAL PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 18. DIA DO MEDICO. BRASIL AND REMEMBERING THE GREAT CUBAN PHYSICIAN CARLOS FINLAY
Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro lit up to pay homage to Dia do Medico on October 18th, 2020. I received this message from Brasil. [08:20, 18/10/2020] :…
Oct 15, 2020
WELCOME ECO PASSENGER TUK TUK HAVANA WITH ITS ALL FEMALE CREW
Este lunes inició en La Habana la puesta en marcha del proyecto de triciclos eléctricos los cuales circularán en recorrido de dos rutas: desde la Terminal de Ómnibus hasta la…
Oct 15, 2020
LIFE HAS BECOME NORMAL TO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD AND THEY CAN THINK OF THEIR SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT
We in the West, whether USA or the countries in the Americas or Europe or the Middle East tend to forget that there are countries where the life has continued…
Oct 15, 2020
DURING THESE TIMES, WHAT WE LOSE WHEN WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…
Oct 15, 2020
GO FORTH WITH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE WINDS, DEAR FRIEND AND TEACHER, MAY KNOWLEDGE COME TO YOU
I am very busy, is a refrain one often hears, then i wonder what are they busy with ? I can imagine you are running a big corporation or a…
Oct 15, 2020
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS: LESSONS FROM MALAYSIA WITH GRATITUDE TO MY FRIENDS IN KUALA LUMPUR
IDENTITIES WITHOUT BORDERS Borders is what we create so that we can cocoon inside it and then feel comfortable in them with our fellow travelers. Currently I am reading a…
Oct 15, 2020
OH. INDIA. WHO CAN KNOW THEE? NOT EVEN “INDIANS”. THE WONDER OF THE PAST
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…