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The gastronomy of this small town now a city of about 250 000 inhabitants and about 2 plus million visitors reflect the other geopolitical factors that affect travel to Angkor…
When a statesman of the calibre of Mr Seaga passes away, each of the thousands of people who had come in contact with him throughout his illustrious, long political career,…
I am told there are about 15 Cubans in Cambodia, excluding the Ambassador and staff at the Cuban embassy, and most of them are in Phnom Penh in the capita.…
THE BEST CULTURAL EXPERIENCE IN YANGON, BURMA/MYANMAR Burma as it is now in 2019, convulsed through democratic change whilst the military is in tight control, inviting the world condemnation with…
Many of the indigenous peoples around the world had lived their lives in relative comfort and conditions when OUTSIDERS began to arrive.. it does not matter that it happened 4000-2500…
MAKE NEW FRIENDS OF COURSE .. The day begins of course with a nice breakfast.. But the time difference between Cuba and Cambodia is 11 hours, so I had to…
When my good friend Dr Jim Kerr from South Dakota came to visit me in Miami, he quipped: You are homeless but certainly Upper Class.. he was not thinking of…
Two large studies from France and Spain has shown an association between ULTRA PROCESSED food and cardiovascular diseases and early mortality. and chronic diseases such as Cancer and Diabetes We…
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…
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…
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,…
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…