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SPIRITUALITY AND TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS As part of a continuing education for our patients who suffer from Type 2 Diabetes, we offer an hour plus long discussion…
COCHIN has a new International Terminal and the Earth Lodge to go with it. Nice to see the airports in India getting decent lounges. Good Bye Kerala Good Bye Idli…
Because of the generosity of my middle brother, Eliyahu, I will be flying to SE Asia in style, in accordance with our Sefardi traditions. Flight Departs Arrives Flight 1 of…
Arrival at Doha is always pleasant. The immigration and customs are a breeze and soon after an Uber driver appears who brings you to your destination. At the hotel you…
Within the course of one month: I was in Iquitos in Peru, Manaus in Brasil and Leticia in Colombia. Every where I went I met and made friends with the…
INDIAN CHEFS AND OWNER FROM THE INTERIOR: EL CIELO RESTAURANT IN LETICIA, COLOMBIAN AMAZONIA I had discovered El Cielo, the Amazonian fusion resto, during my first visit to Leticia, and…
What is the nationality of this man, who is saying his Shabbat Brachas in a Moslem country with a glass of wine (sorry it was a white wine from South…
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Leticia in the Colombian bit of the Amazon River was left out of the riches of the Rubber Boom that made Iquitos in Peru and Manaus and Belem in Brasil…
Arriving in a city after midnight brings with it exhilaration as well as trepidation, especially if it is Manaus in the Brasilian Amazonia. Brasil does not have a reputation for…
It is a Sunday afternoon, I arrived at Miami airport as usual a little earlier to enjoy the ambience of being in the liminal world of travel and enjoy the…
It is 5 pm on this Friday evening, 10 November 2017. The sun has eased its strength and squalls and the rain seemed to have left for elsewhere. I am…