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I recently finished reading “Strangers Have the Best Candy”, written by a friend I’ve known for more than twenty years. The book is a fun and thoughtful memoir of her encounters with strangers during her semi-nomadic life traveling the length and breadth of the US and Canada. She make a powerful case for the value we can derive from such interactions, the unexpected worldviews we can discover, as well as the sheer fun that can arise from such random meetings. At the end of the book, she invites the readers to share the stories of their encounters with strangers.
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One of the things my wife and I have discovered in our travels is the value of a city tour when visiting a new city, especially in a country where we don't speak the language. These tours give us a better overview of the city as a whole and help us figure out where things are and what places/things we might want to invest our limited time into exploring in more detail. Consequently, one of the first things we did on our first full day in the city was to arrange for a tour of the city.
( The city tour )
( The city tour )
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The lobby at the Ritz was an open air foyer, and this was the view looking out toward the beach and the bay. The pool was very warm, almost bath temperature, but the coconut palms provided pleasant shade near the pool area. The hotel had a private stretch of beach, with security to keep the vendors from harassing the hotel guests. To the right, just out of the frame is the pool bar, and to the left is the buffet restaurant, snack bar, disco and disco bar, all of which were included in our package.
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