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Nicholas the Greek from Nafplio

“You are the protagonist of your beloved fairy tales and stories and myths and poems. You are all the heroes you strive to emulate. You are all the lives you collect. Not only are you, but you always have been. You are the forever reappearing Eternal Ragpicker of lives.” (From…

Experiential Travel

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Nicholas the Greek from Nafplio
Nicholas the Greek from Nafplio
Experiential Travel

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Coronavirus IV — Two Worlds

The Plumber and the Electrician My own stats are quite revealing: For every one time you call the electrician, you call the plumber ten! In almost every country I’ve traveled to, in most hotels, apartments, houses I’ve stayed in and called home for weeks or months, the plumber was the…

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus IV — Two Worlds
Coronavirus IV — Two Worlds
Coronavirus

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Jul 7, 2020

Coronavirus III — The Resistance to Change

In one of the most poignant scenes in Francis Ford Coppola’s magnum opus, Apocalypse Now, the protagonist who is traveling through Vietnam during the war falls upon a French colonial family stuck in time. Living on a remote rubber plantation in the Vietnamese jungle, they sit around a long table…

Covid-19

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Coronavirus III — The Resistance to Change
Coronavirus III — The Resistance to Change
Covid-19

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May 12, 2020

Memento Mori

In the Age of the Coronavirus — Shocking daily death tolls around the world serve as a stark reminder that no one is immune to the virus. We are all now forced to face one of the most important realities of Life: that Death may strike at any moment. This older piece of mine couldn’t be more…

Death

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Memento Mori
Memento Mori
Death

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May 5, 2020

Coronavirus II — Our Wealth Is Our Elderly

Something insidious has been happening in the West. At the beginning it was hidden and unexpressed. But it soon came out in full force. In its most generalized and simple form, it goes as follows: “The coronavirus mainly kills old people, who are going to die anyway. …

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus II — Our Wealth Is Our Elderly
Coronavirus II — Our Wealth Is Our Elderly
Coronavirus

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Apr 14, 2020

Coronavirus I — The Arrogance of the West

Check out my latest piece: Coronavirus II — Our Wealth is Our Elderly There is an elephant in the room. In East Asia, where the coronavirus first appeared, taking most countries unawares and a few unprepared, they dealt with it, suppressed its spread, and in just two months have almost…

Coronavirus

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Coronavirus –The Arrogance of the West
Coronavirus –The Arrogance of the West
Coronavirus

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Be Yourself

·Feb 4, 2018

I Am Not Good

My “three angels” ended up being three devils! And Jose Antonio, the most sleazy and cunning crook. For four weeks in 2006, I stayed in a hotel in Santiago while recuperating from my travels in Latin America that had lasted for a year. The three seemingly kind housekeepers, whom I…

Beyourself

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I Am Not Good
I Am Not Good
Beyourself

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Jan 10, 2018

Wilma

I already felt it; the invisible forces that compelled me were beyond my control. — For what the Spirit sees, creates a Truth, and what the soul imagines is made a World — Sri Aurobindo My itinerary said: “20th of October — Travel to Cancun via Chichen Itza.” Cancun: the latest tourist capital of Mexico. Chichen Itza: the first Mayan ruins I was about to…

Travel

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Wilma
Wilma
Travel

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Nicos Hadjicostis

Nicos Hadjicostis

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A writer and world traveler always seeking answers to the universe’s infinite questions. For more essays, visit www.nicoshadjicostis.com.

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