Jun 15, 2009
Por que yo soy revolucionario/a?
Day 3 La Habana Diaries 23 June 2009 I will tell you why I am a revolutionary I was sitting in a verandah of a colonial house lined with plants,…
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Jun 15, 2009
About the Five Good Friends I had come to see
Day 3 in Havana. Early Morning. As usual, another night of deep sleep. During the week with the Indians, the sleep was so disturbed, waking up at 2 am and…
Jun 15, 2009
Vedado, mi barrio de la Habana
Monday Afternoon, Day 2 in La Habana. 22 June 2009 Is today the Equinox? Whatever day it is, it s a hot day here in La habana. Only people who…
Jun 15, 2009
Thinking about my Brothers Yitzhak and Eliyahu…
Cuba Narrative 2 Today is 22 nd June 2009 On June 14 th 2005, I was in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Hanoi, having requested the receptionist to…
Jun 15, 2009
People come here to fall in love over and over again..
It is not that often in Cuba that I get to converse with tourists who are here for a short while. Every one loves Cuba and the three Spaniards I…
Jun 15, 2009
Cuba Cleans your heart..provides fire for my love for Paris
To Understand the Love for France … while in Cuba One of the things I would like to do on this trip is to find out the relationship, inversely or…
Jun 15, 2009
Welcome to Nuestra Isla Rica.. Mi Cuba
It is searingly hot here in Habana. Unrelenting and burning through to your bones. This morning I left the house of my sister in Miami at 530 am, arriving at…
May 15, 2009
The Humble Man from Pahang
The Humble Man from Pahang The reason I came across this wonderful Malaysian Man was that he had been twice to Cuba on behalf of his government and this gave…
May 15, 2009
Noodle Bar or Nudle Bar?
Is it Noodle Bar or Nudle Bar? Fusion Cuisine or is it blind mimicry? How do cuisines influence each other? Do the imperialists: whether georgraphic or cultural impose their cuisine…
May 15, 2009
Ah Minha Terra Cognita.. First Full Day in Malaisie..
Ah Minha Terra Cognita… If you can manage your sleep, you can enjoy your life even more.. Who sleeps more per day do you think? The French or the Japanese?…
May 15, 2009
A Mi Tierra Natal: Dia 1 Malasia.
Day 1 of a trip to Asia In fact it was more than 24 hours, on this first day of the trip, to get to KL from Paris. I left…
May 15, 2009
MAY 2009 A WONDERFUL MONTH OF TRAVELS
It began with the Continental Airlines upgrading me to B/F on their flight from Houston to Paris, as I had missed their connection to New York. I didn’t mind staying…