Stories tagged “tourist”
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The Grand Tour
As a young man, I determined that I would travel the world and see the wonders she held. I set forth from my home and traveled the tourist routes that crisscrossed the globe. I saw the Pyramids, the Parthenon, the Great Wall, and the Grand Canyon. I wa...
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Hymn and Hers
The city of Se Lai was filled with music! Chorals and choruses, day and night. Everyone sang, no matter what their talent, or their voice. However, I was mute with embarrassment. I knew that my frog croaking would bring me shame and ruin the joy that f...
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Everyplace
In my travels I came to the city of Güzel Kitaplar. Every home a library, every library a home. “What manner of place is this?” I asked. “This place is everyplace,” the people said. And it was. In their books were minarets and ...
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Death and Rebirth
There was another funeral procession today in Cozmel. Some forty mourners, at least two weeping brides, and the recently deceased. He was sitting proudly in his sedan chair carried on the shoulders of four young men. I had met him earlier when I first ...
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Cultorama
The cruise ship tender was late in arriving, so you walk down the high street in a huff. The audacity of those cruise people, blaming the lateness on the weather! But you showed them, and at least the manager gave you a complimentary voucher for the sp...
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Clean Up Time
“Counsel’s not going to like this,” Graves muttered as he kicked a shell towards the water. His companion grunted and returned to raking the sand. A rotund tourist in an ill fitting of trunks ambled past, offering a blue popsicle ting...