Usha's Odyssey

When we went to Sapporo, Hokkaido for the first time for a conference, our new friend from Maizuru had requested a local doctor in this...

We were going to Japan to attend a conference on Echocardiography. The conference was to be held in Sapporo, the largest city on Hokkaido island. Prior to going to Sapporo my husband was invited to teach Cinical Cardiology at a Municipal hospital in a small town called Maizuru on the North Japan sea. At this hospital there was a program to invite doctors to teach bedside clinical Medicine. All the visiting doctors were coming from USA. Our visit was at the recommendation of

Our first visit to Argentina was along with Brazil. After attending the conference in Brazil for 2 days, we left to go to Argentina. The attraction was Iguazu falls, where we wanted to spend 2 nights. Like us another doctor from Japan also took a break from Brazil meeting so as to visit Iguazu falls. Iguazu falls A UNESCO WORLD Heritage site featuring a vast system of nearly 300 water falls along the border with Brazil. We stayed at what is popularly called “the Cataracts hot

We had gone to Brazil and Argentina for cardiology conference way back in 1993. The journey was very long and tiring. Reaching Brazil...

Going to Tatras mountains was an extension of our visit to Budapest. Our trip to Tatras Mountains was a surprise for me. But my husband...