Feb 15, 2023
ISHMAEL NORDINE THE BEST CONCIERGE IN ANY RIAD IN MARRAKECH
I had written earlier that I have very good luck when it comes to owners of Boutique hotels around the world. The same luck follows me when it comes to…
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Feb 15, 2023
THE EXECUTIVE LOUNGE AT DOUBLETREE BY HILTON IN KUALA LUMPUR
I have been extremely pleased with this stay at the Executive Lounge with an associated stay at a room nearby. I had arrived in KL from Havana/Miami with no specific…
Feb 15, 2023
KUALA LUMPUR. 50 % EATING AND 50% SHOPPING
I have never been to a city where every single available public place is crammed with either tables and stalls set up to sell a wide variety of things or…
Feb 15, 2023
A SLOW JOURNEY TO A JOYFUL DESTINATION. MIAMI TO KL VIA NEW YORK CITY AND TOKIO (AND JAKARTA)
Once you taste the benefits of higher levels of Frequent Flier Status, retaining it becomes a type of obsession. You begin to dream of impractical voyages and excuciating journeys and…
Feb 15, 2023
RABBI HAIM PINTO HAKATAN 1865 ESSOUIRA -1937 CASABLANCA GRANDSON OF THE RABBI HAIM PINTO OF MOGADOR
For people interested in Moroccan Jewry, the name Haim Pinto would ring a bell.. the revered Rabbi Haim Pinto lived in Essouira and is buried there. His grandson was also…
Feb 15, 2023
A MOST PLEASANT 14 FEBRUARY. DIA DE LA AMISTAD AS WE SAY IN CUBA. A DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
Today has turned out to be a very pleasant day.. I do not pay much attention to the Valentine's Day hype in the West but in Cuba this day is…
Feb 15, 2023
REMNANTS OF THE JEWISH MELLAH OF AZEMOUR , MAROC/MARRUECOS/MOROCCO
AZEMMOUR , city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. In the 15 th century Azemmour was a free city with 20,000 inhabitants, of whom 2,500 were Jews, mainly occupied as…
Feb 15, 2023
ESTABANICO OF AZEMOUR MOROCCO AND THE INDIANS OF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.. A FULL CIRCLE
I have been very fortunate to be associated with the Native peoples of the USA which is often referred to as Turtle Island. During my conversations with knowledgeable elders, they…
Jan 15, 2023
ALVARO MUTIS, THE TRAMP STEAMER’S LAST PORT OF CALL, MAQROLL EL GAVIERO JUDIO, SOY YO
I am writing this at a largely faded but glorious suite of a hotel built in 1914 in the French Art Nouveaux style in the city of Tunis which once…
Jan 15, 2023
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR AND IGNORE THE LISTS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. .. CHUCK AWAY YOUR NEW YEAR LISTS, BUCKET LISTS ETC
One of the favourite pastimes in the western world is to predict the weather or repeat the drastic prediction made by slender, flimsily clad "certified meterologists" (whatever that is ).…
Jan 15, 2023
DID THE ISRAELI DELEGATION EAT HERE IN AUGUST 2020? MY TAHER RESTO NEAR DJEM AL FINA MARRAKECH
I go past this restaurant every day usually more than once and always greet the gentleman at the front. I had eaten at this place on a previous occasion. On…
Jan 15, 2023
CAFE CORSE ON LENIN STREET IN THE CENTRE OF TUNIS NOT FAR FROM AVE HABIB BOURGUIBA
As soon as I was ready to leave the hotel, my first destinatinm in Tunis was Cafe Corse on rue Lénine... Each time I am in Tunis, I make a…