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Voodoo is not as scary as I had imagined!

Fifty-some years ago I took a Comparative Religion class in college; Vodun (Voodoo) was not one of those studied. It’s interesting to know that today, of the 60 million followers of this religion, many of them find it compatible with … Continue reading

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2 out of 5 countries this year didn’t have McDonalds!

An update on my five new countries visited in 2017: only 2 of them did not have a McDonald’s ! (Maldives and Haiti) I was surprised to discover that Cuba has one on the Guantanamo Base which is open only to … Continue reading

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Haiti’s Disastrous Deterioration

Before leaving I read an account of how millions of dollars of foreign aid to Haiti, after both the 2010 earthquake and the 2016 hurricane, were not spent wisely so I knew not to expect to see a country in … Continue reading

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