A letter from the Aqueduct
Posted onI grew up on the banks of Dniepr, the greatest river of Ukraine, and the question “Where does my water come from?” was one of the most immaterial issues of my youth. As I fast forward a few decades and…
A letter from Anatolia or “Made in Turkey”
Posted on“Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek.” Gus Portokalos, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”. May my Turkish friends forgive the above quote from a film about a charming Greek…
A letter from the City of Lights
Posted onParis, as always, is beautiful, wonderful, elegant, interesting, delicious… and expensive! A taxi ride from CDG airport to the city center will set you back $80, a four-star hotel room – around $400 per night, a simple lunch for two…
A letter from the Wild Kingdom
Posted onThe darkness has fallen rapidly in Botswana’s Chobe National Park and our Land Cruiser is racing toward the exit gates. We are bouncing up and down the bumpy dirt road, yet no one is complaining – our mission is to…
A letter from another edge of the world
Posted onHow many “edges of the world” are there? A whole bunch, if you ask me. I’ve visited a number of them already, but I’ve never been to the end of the world that feels so much like home! Yes, I’m…
Personalized Business Model
Posted onJust 20 years ago we didn’t use such words as “globalization” and very few of us had understood the concept of e-mail, world wide web, blogging, social media, mobile phone and text messaging. A lot has changed during the last…
One in a billion…
Posted onPart 6 of 6: Beijing Notes: June 3 – 9, 2011 Photo Album Usually it is fairly easy to catch a cab in central Beijing. The cabs are always clean, efficient and affordable as long as you can explain to…
A letter from the Imperial Tomb
Posted onPart 5 of 6: Xian Notes: June 1 – 2, 2011 Photo Album Having visited many places around the globe, I must confess that the feeling of excitement of seeing an attraction sometimes looses its intensity. This is one of…
Pondering the news…
Posted onPart 4 of 6. I open my eyes every morning and reach for my iPad, just to check if the world has survived the night without my motherly care. Sure enough, there is trouble brewing in Tibet – a friend…
A letter from the Roof of the World
Posted onPart 3 of 6: Lhasa Notes: 29 – 31 June 2011 Photo Album One of the first things that immediately strikes a visitor from the “mainland” China to Tibet is the bright blue sky with a few picturesque white clouds….