Moses Dreams of Reversing Jewish Exodus in Burma
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Curious Travel
Caretaker of Rangoon’s only synagogue dares to dream. Will his children go forth and multiply? RANGOON, Burma “Ah, you want to see Moses Samuels,” says R., the front desk manager at a Rangoon guest house. “He’s an old school friend. He’s a Jew and I’m a Moslem, but we all got along just fine. Give […]
Read MoreSearching for Orwell
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Curious Travel
A backwater town in Upper Burma was the site for Orwell’s Burmese Days, a book that takes no prisoners KATHA, Burma There are worse travel strategies than to visit places with evocative names. There’s Timbuktu, Congo and Okavango in Africa; and Salvador de Bahia, Darien and Patagonia in Latin America, names which purr with history […]
Read MoreBurma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Articles, Curious Travel
Burma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support Trying to restore some of the good vibes that come with rare pale pachyderms RANGOON, Burma Most new national capitals feature monumental architecture, statues to independence heroes, broad boulevards, cultural centers and shopping malls. Burma’s new, deliberately-isolated and rarely-visited capital, Naypyidaw (which means “royal capital” in Burmese), […]
Read MoreThe Skies are Alive in Lanka
Posted on 30. May, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Curious Travel
Sri Lanka is Ground Zero for hard-to-explain aerial phenomena ANGULLUGAHA, Galle, Sri Lanka I was swimming, just after sunset one night, with my friends Dhanapala and his daughter Vidhisha. One of us, I forget who, pointed to the clear sky and said: “Is that a plane?” No, it seemed, it wasn’t. Nor were about ten […]
Read MoreSustainable Golf: Oxymoron or Reality?
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in News and Events
SUSTAINABLE GOLF: OXYMORON OR REALITY? April 9, 2011 Luncheon speaker at CIMB ASEAN Research Institute “Asean Dialogues”, Bali, Indonesia (Private event)
Read MoreTravels in Search of Eco-Dharma
Posted on 02. May, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in LECTURES
An Indian businessman creates a sacred forest in downtown Bangalore. An aging elephant hunter in Vietnam captures 298 wild pachyderms before retiring with a lucrative product endorsement scheme. An elderly woman in northern India is angry at the Hindu god Hanuman for stealing the village’s medicinal plant mountain. A prominent western-educated sultan of Java offers […]
Read MoreBiodiversity – Conservation, Research
Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by Paul Sochaczewski in Photos
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