Dec 15, 2022
TRAVEL GUIDES/COMPANION NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING CITIES .. 2023
Anytime I see a List of places to visit in 2023 or something similar, I know those are the places to avoid. Yahoo Lists are hopeless written by people who…
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Dec 15, 2022
IF WE APPRECIATE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE, OUR HAPPINESS WILL MAKE OTHERS HAPPY
My UmonHon Indian teacher, Pierre said to me, appropriately after I had hurried to the Clinic of the tribe, without much attention to the blue skies, and an eagle following…
Nov 15, 2022
SUNSET, ROYAL PALM, THUNDER AND CHANGO. ALL IN MIAMI IN THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
This is an ancient land and there are people living here whose ancestors had inhabited and fought the invaders who had come from Spain. Cuba was colonized first and the…
Nov 15, 2022
I AM GLAD I HAVE MIAMI IN BETWEEN MY TRAVELS .. always grateful to the NATIVE INDIANS
I just arrived back in Miami from South East Asia .. the drastic change (food and people ) is softened by the fact that Miami is as tropical spot, one…
Nov 15, 2022
GASTRONOMIC JOURNEY FROM COCHIN TO MIAMI IN 36 HOURS .. SPECIAL THANKS TO TRAVANCORE COURT HOTEL IN COCHIN AND QATAR AIRWAYS
I had an intense day in Cochin being with old and new friends both in Ernakulam and Mattancherry. and it was time to leave Cochin to get back to this…
Nov 15, 2022
DOUBLE TREE BY HILTON IN KUALA LUMPUR. THE PLEASURES OF THE EXECUTIVE CLUB ON FLOOR 34
An elderly gentleman, kind and soft spoken with a son in Sydney who is an accountant took me from the airport to the hotel Double Tree by Hilton in Kuala…
Nov 15, 2022
JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVE THE HEAVEN IS ON THIS EARTH.. I HAVE FOUND A PIECE OF IT AT DOUBLE TREE HOTEL IN KUALA LUMPUR
For a western mind, these sonorous names roll off like dew to a pasture Shalinda, Rosana, Ashikin, Jieha, Mustaqim, Zarina, Odelia Najwa, Ameen but these are the names of some…
Nov 15, 2022
TUK TUK DRIVER OF SIEM REAP IN CAMBODIA.. YON SOKUN
One of the more delightful aspects of traveling is the chance to get to know the people who inhabit in their countries and not in the context of a commercial…
Nov 15, 2022
TOMORROW YET TO BE BORN IS A COLLECTION OF TODAYS NOSTALGIA.. AUTUMN LEAVES FOR PENELOPE, VIENTE ANOS ATRAS
I was still at university when I listened to a jazz pianist playing this melody Autumn Leaves Did not realize at that time, many years later I would be listening…
Oct 15, 2022
THE LAST OF THE BUKHARAN JEWS TONIGHT BEGINS THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF SUKKOTH
I always had an interest in knowing the history of ancient jewish communities which for various reasons disappear over the course of time. Since the establishment of the Jewish State…
Oct 15, 2022
THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, SAY THE INDIANS, WE ARE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNDERSTAND
In the last 24 hours my Cuban sister has been involved in intense spiritual healing of an unfortunate, by all accounts a well loved lady in Iran. Me and another…
Oct 15, 2022
EACH DAY IS A CHANCE TO BE REBORN. … CORTADITO AT A CAFE IN MIAMI AND THINKING OF IRAN
Thoughts while drinking Cortadito at Ricky’s Bakery in Miami, after a conversation with a friend in Vila Verde in Brasil Even if you have property (house, car and other intangibles)…