Dec 15, 2010
Airline Food.. I am not complaining
From December 1st to Dec 17th, I went from Paris west to Miami and then across Asia to KL and returning further west to Paris. The Food on this trip,…
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Dec 15, 2010
CUBA AND THE INDIANS may 3, 1903
In a New York Times Article published on May 3, 1903, the headlines read: No representative of the Race that greeted Columbus could be found in Cuba. Just think, how…
Dec 15, 2010
Mah Meri Orang Asli Indigenous Peoples Malaysia
They are one of the 18 groups of Indigenous peoples who inhabited Malaysia before Malays, Chinese and Indians arrived on these shores. Their linguistic connection to Austronesian Languages and MonKhmer…
Dec 15, 2010
Yoga Hypertension Affections Gratitude: My days in KL
I have been here one week. The day begins early, wake up and drink at least two glasses of water and then have a shower and get ready for the…
Dec 15, 2010
Symbolic Healing among the Kickapoo of Mexico
I have a sister, Menacuatucua. Eventhough I do not belong to her tribe (The Traditional Kickapoo who have homes in Eagle Pass, Texas and Nacimiento de los Negros at the…
Nov 15, 2010
MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL OBSERVATION OF WESTERN MEDICINE PRACTICED IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
Western Medicine is practiced without empathy and understanding of the person, in a totally un-holistic way in all the five countries mentioned. The Cardiologist in Miami was friendly, the Cardiologist…
Nov 15, 2010
The Sage of Sioux City, Iowa in the United States
Was it fifteen years ago? That I walked into a Coffee shop in the Midwestern town of Sioux City, a nondescript place with no great intellectual fountains to speak of……
Nov 15, 2010
La Habana, Cuba.. The Moveable Feast
WHAT 3 EUROS WOULD BUY YOU AT THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET IN CUBA 09 NOVEMBER 2010 Three large avacados, two Kg of Bananas, two kilograms of Guava, half a…
Nov 15, 2010
Yoga in Cuba
Meeting with a Remakable Yogi in Havana, Cuba A line from Pablo Neruda’s poem always sticks in my mind when I am in La Habana, Cuba. In it the poet…
Nov 15, 2010
Bienvenidos a Cuba Welcome to Cuba…La Calor Humana
Bienvenidos a Cuba Cuban Hospitality and Cuban sense of Social Responsibility Exactly one month ago, the curator of the National Museum was in Paris and I was proud to show…
Nov 15, 2010
There are Seven Direct Flights a Day Miami to Havana
The Ambassdor from Egypt and an Upgrade to First Class Journeys to Cuba almost border on the surrealistic. The flight was supposed to leave Miami for Havana at 0300 pm…
Nov 15, 2010
La Habana, Cuba… Coincidences are not Casual
Casualidad es no tan Casual It is just you are not intelligent enough to understand it, said my Meskwaki teacher.. We tend to believe that things happen in a random…