Archive for December, 2009
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009I was driven to the Kimdo Royal City Hotel, arriving well after midnight, and through the glass exterior of the lobby I could see all the lights were off. That didn’t stop a sleepy, middle-aged bellhop from shuffling out to meet me our taxi at the sidewalk. He had partially closed a brass-buttoned Beefeater coat [...]
Rangiroa 12-12-09
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Yesterday we were at Rangiroa, the second largest atoll in the world. I was told which atoll was the largest, and where it was, but I’ve forgotten and I’ll just have to happen across it like I did this one. Atolls are rings (mostly) of coral that once surrounded islands where the central land eroded [...]
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