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While many of the pieces are about the places visited over the years, (China, India, England, America, The Caribbean, among others), many are about the interesting people on those trips.1. MAKING UP TIMEI find a woman's relentless tail-gating unnerving in Brampton, Ontario, c1989.2. THE BAHAMIAN WAYThe people, the language, the place, as noted in my 1990 visit.3. ZIPPERHEAD AND HARPYCharacters encountered at the airport in Mississauga on the way to Guyana in 1991.4. THE TAXI DRIVERMy first night in my 1991 return to Guyana after leaving in 1970, and the man who chauffeured me.5. A LOVERS TRYSTMy last day in Georgetown reveals that few things have changed in 1991, twenty-one years after I left.6. RIDING THE J TRAINSome notes about the startling ads and riders aboard the New York City subway in 1991.7. ON THE BOARDWALKMy return to Coney Island in Brooklyn in 1991 and an encounter with a homeless man.8. OLD, HELPLESS AND IN HOSPITALObservations about patients in hospital in Brampton, Ontario make for interesting reading. Has anything changed? Published in the Globe And Mail in Toronto in 1992.9. A FINANCE CONFERENCEWho said accountants are a boring lot? I find different in a Chicago conference in 1995.10. STRANGER IN MY HOUSEA 1996 observation about my mother in her waning years. Brampton, Ontario.11. A MAN CALLED KENTISHA weed-imbibing taxi driver unloads his troubles and criticism about the government in my visit to Jamaica in 1997.12. THE CONVERSATIONA young lad tells me about his firing from a recent job and an upcoming interview for another, in Brampton, Ontario 2000.13. CHILEAN FJORDSThe vastness, the scenic beauty, the sad and swiftly dwindling ice caps in the fjords of Chile are shown in a photo taken in 2009. Photo published in The Toronto Star Travel Section.14. CRIES FROM CAMBODIAA photograph taken in 2009 shows the unforgettable memorial to half a million Cambodians killed in a dark period in the country's history.15. SHATABHI EXPRESSBefore I board a train to visit the Taj Mahal in 2010, I experience the sights, sounds and smells of the train station. Photograph taken by me is part of this piece.16. ON THE STREETS OF MUMBAIBeing at the right place at the right time-a photographer's dream, facilitated this photograph in Mumbai, 2010.17. QUEUESWaiting to board a bus in Victoria Station, London, England in 2011 makes for interesting observations about the passengers.18. MIDNIGHT COACH TO PENZANCEA woman faces eviction on the bus to Penzance in 2011 and the conductor is adamant that she must leave.19. THE GREAT WALLThe Great Wall of China is everything said and written about it, and more, as I discover in a trip in 2016. Photograph taken by me is part of this piece.20. KAIETEURAs seen through my eyes as a first-time visitor to the wondrous Kaieteur in 2019. Photograph taken by me is part of this piece.
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