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I am the President/Founder of Flying Doctors of America. This humanitarian volunteer organization has brought teams of physicians/dentists and other medical volunteers to help the poor throughout the world since 1990. Over the past years Flying Doctors of America has brought hope and healing to more than 200,000 children, women and men. In my travels across the globe I have found, throughout hum… Read moreI am the President/Founder of Flying Doctors of America. This humanitarian volunteer organization has brought teams of physicians/dentists and other medical volunteers to help the poor throughout the world since 1990. Over the past years Flying Doctors of America has brought hope and healing to more than 200,000 children, women and men. In my travels across the globe I have found, throughout humanity, a spiritual consciousness that finds its expression in acts of love, compassion and sacrifice. In 2012 I started a company, UcanTucan Amazon Chocolates., that helps save and protect the Amazon while supporting the Amazon's indigenous people by purchasing their cacao/chocolate. Remember: Life is Short. Go Live Now!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I spent a week in Buenos Aires and brought this book with me with the hope that it would introduce me to the uniqueness of this contradictory and culturally rich city - it did not. I have not read a more disjointed, dysfunctional guide than this one. Jason Wilson uses the word 'Babylonic' to describe Buenos Aires, and in a Freudian way, that very word describes how this book reads. Wilson uses the words of endless other writers to express (evidently he cannot) the soul of this city. All the multitude of quotes muddles your mind and the book ends up sounding like babble. Quote after quote assails you from writers you will be sorely pressed to recognize. This book could, maybe,… Read more
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A Concise Short History of Bolivia by Herbert Klein 2003 I read Herbert Klein as I traveled, through Bolivia. The first five chapters (Pre-Columbian through the Creation of a Nation State 1841) enriched my visits to Sucre, Potosi, Oruro, and La Paz. Though the text is not intended for the average tourist, it is valuable to any traveler who has more than a passing curosity about this unusual, provocative country. Herbert Klein is Profossor of Lain American History at Columbia and his writting style reflects this. "A Concise Short History of Bolivia" reads like a college text book, jammed with dates, famous and obsure names, events and the obicucious commentary. It is… Read more
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
It sure seems that the other reviewers (posted below) read a different Gimlette book than I, but I found this book both extraordinary and a "bloody good read". I read the book while I was traveling through South America by car. I had a week to ten days for Paraguay and brought along Gimlette's travelogue/history. John Gimlette's writing is engaging. His grasp of the history of Paraguay is superlative. His dry English humor often gives the absurd and macabre balance. Face it, Paraguay has an egregious history and there is no other way to tell it but explicitly. Gimlette does just that well. John Gimlette is a lawyer practicing law in England who has an infatuation with Paraguay… Read more
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