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5/19/2012 7:34:00 PM
I’ve not written for a while - the main reason is that I was travelling a little - the first time I went 'home' in 7 years. It was a strange and surreal experience on so many levels - seeing family, re-meeting friends, catching up with old emotions in old locations.
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5/15/2012 10:01:00 PM
Summer 1975. Our group was getting ready to board a Canadian made Buffalo plane from the Brazilian Air Force and head to the Green Wonder, the Amazon. We were students of Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary, Nursing and also students of Pharmacy and Medical technicians. We were in great mood, very happy and positive, singing popular songs and playing guitar getting ready for an experience that would last a life time.
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3/18/2012 6:53:40 AM
Don’t forget your passport! A friend of mine – we will protect his identity by calling him "Big Idiot" – booked a flight from San Francisco to Bangkok via Tokyo, and in his happiness didn’t notice that the last employee at San Francisco International to handle his passport had somehow failed to give it back to him.
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2/22/2012 2:17:17 PM
Which is the greatest city in the world? Greatest for what? For walking! For having Fun! I asked my dog this very question. With a few wags of his tail he made it clear the answer is a toss up between Bangkok and Paris. Not Seoul or Hanoi, because there they would cook and eat him.
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2/2/2012 9:31:43 PM
I receive a newsletter called The Daily Reckoning which is put out by a company that researches and recommends international investments. I'm not really in the league of true "international investors" but I find that stuff strangely interesting, especially when the information is coming from a source that is a little on the rebel side.
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1/27/2012 4:29:13 AM
Hey, I’m down with Islam… great architecture, great poetry, great teachings, and breathtakingly beautiful women. What more can you ask of a world religion? Ever since I hitchhiked through North Africa I’ve been enamored of this truly great global religion. And in Southeast Asia I’ve been the grateful recipient of dependable Islamic warmth and hospitality. Not to mention their restaurants are sparkling clean.
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1/19/2012 3:26:50 AM
Bali! Possibly the most perfect island in the world! Should you go? When’s the best time for your visit?
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1/14/2012 10:33:50 PM
This New Year holiday I went to Los Angeles for vacation. It was a good treat to myself after a year of searching-but-no-love. Well, the weird part is I was not planning to visit anyone from CLM, nor on the intention to meet someone. It would have been a big waste under usual circumstances. But now when I am sitting in my cold room thinking about the California sunshine, this trip gave me a lot and made me think more.
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