Jun 15, 2019
QATAR AIRWAYS THE BEST AIRLINE IN THE WORLD WITHOUT ANY DOUBT
I look forward to my flights with Qatar Airways.. On this RTW trip in June 2019, I flew QR Qatar Airways from Kuala Lumpur KUL to Doha DOH and then…
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Jun 15, 2019
L’ARTISTE NAIF DE SIEM REAP . STEF DELAPREE . AFTERNOON CHAT IN THE LAND OF GREAT THUNDERS
The rain began falling suddenly and the thunder was deafening, truly and figuratively. Everything was in a swaying motion, leaves falling, rain travelling horizontally. I was sitting at a side…
Jun 15, 2019
MALAYSIAN AIRLINES CLUB AT THE SATELLITE TERMINAL . LOVELY PRE FLIGHT DINNER
As usual I was flying out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport 1 (2 is where Air Asia flies out of). I try to arrive a little early, the check in,…
Jun 15, 2019
AH SO GOOD TO BE A ROVING AMBASSADOR FOR CUBA . A QUERY FROM ARGENTINA
Just last week I gave a talk at a conference in Havana, Cuba at the annual meeting of the Diabetes Association of Cuba as well as the Association of Latin…
May 15, 2019
RETURNING TO HAVANA FULL OF EXPECTATIONS MAY 2019
I was ready to return to Cuba after a longer than usual stay in Miami. I always want to get to the airport at Miami earlier than necessary so that…
May 15, 2019
A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN MIAMI
I am spending a few days in Miami. and it feels strange, as I am not used to being here as a person who lives here (which I did as…
May 15, 2019
MEMORIES OF DAYS IN RAPA NUI EASTER ISLAND ISLA DE PASCUA
I am very grateful that I have visited Rapa Nui four times so far and with each time my connection with the land and the people have increased. this last…
May 15, 2019
TOURIST VS TRAVELLER WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
Many a travel writer would like to offer the differences in attitudes and behaviour of a tourist in comparison to a traveller and there are lists of differences that one…
May 15, 2019
SLOW BOAT TO MANAUS
I wanted to spend a day exploring the small towns along the Amazon with my Tikuna Indian friends. We set off after breakfast from Leticia, Colombia I had been offered…
May 15, 2019
THE LITTLE BOATMAN OF THE AMAZON
I was at the wharf at Leticia in the Colombian Amazon when I saw a lonely little kayak barely out of the water being rowed by a boy no more…
May 15, 2019
LETICIA, THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
I think with delight how these various cities or towns enter my life, as the time progresses. Suva, Fiji Thursday Island Kingston, Jamaica Baracoa, Cuba La Habana, Cuba Muzquiz, Coahuila,…
May 15, 2019
HAPPY 71ST BIRTHDAY . ISRAEL . AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ECONOMIC MIRACLES
Le succès économique le plus frappant d’Israël Un article de Libération. « Présenter Israël comme un triomphe économique et technologique a un avantage : c’est une vérité indéniable. Au bord…