Mar 15, 2026
TO MY FRIENDS IN IRAN
I am writing this note, knowing fully well that Internet is down but it will be up, like the hopes and aspirations of the Iranian people. When i left Miami…
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Mar 15, 2026
A NICE JOURNEY FROM PARIS TO MIAMI ON AIR FRANCE
I was in Cochin, the bombings in the middle east had begun and every single flight going west out of Cochin was cancelled. I had a flight to Doha and…
Nov 15, 2021
RIAD58BLU. MY GOOD LUCK WITH LODGINGS ON MY TRAVELS CONTINUE
Things happen for a reason, we are not smart enough to understand it. This was taught to me by an Indian. I am sure others have said it centuries apart.…
Dec 15, 2019
QATAR . QATAR AIRWAYS . DOHA . MARRIOTT MARQUIS HOTEL . FOR ME ..
In this crazy world we are living in at the moment, whether large scale demonstrations in India or mass slaughtering of the protesters in Iran or jihadists knifing non believers…
Dec 15, 2018
FIRST TRIP OF 2019 HAS BEGUN THE JOURNEY TO THE EAST
I am waiting to check in to Georgian Airlines counter which does not open for another hour or so at Terminal 2 D, the poor cousin to the other luxurious…
Aug 15, 2018
FOOD TO BE TASTED IN ITS NATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Whenever I see a LIST of places to visit, hotels to enjoy, or the word BucketList, I think of it as a clue to avoid those places. But not when…
Jul 15, 2017
THE HUMBLE PAROTTA OF COCHIN HAS A COUSIN MSEMEN IN CASABLANCA
I am at Riad Hamdani, a bed and breakfast lodging place, Moroccan style, very comfortable and inspiring near the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. In the morning, facing the…
Mar 15, 2015
44 hours of Journey from North American Indians to Indians of India
It took me forty four hours of travel By car from the Indian Reservation to the airport in Omaha, Nebraska and then a short flight to Chicago. Waited for the…