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In this tropical region along India’s western edge, coconut trees line the beaches and hills roll inland from the coast. The slopes are thick with vegetation – jackfruit trees laden with enormous fruit, mangoes hanging from heavy branches. Amidst all this greenery, you’ll see flashes of yellow as ripe cashew apples peak from behind leafy screens
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As you browse the stalls of Ho Chi Minh City’s markets, you’ll find the sort of wares once whispered about by the merchant ship captains who plied the waters of the Far East. There are delicate balls of dried tea that, once dropped in hot water, unfold to reveal brilliant flowers. There are lacquered serving trays covered with gold leaf and wooden chopsticks inlaid with jade. There are, too, rows of fruit grown in the hot climates of Southeast Asia, spiked and oddly shaped, wild specimens of an exotic world.
Marseilles is undoubtedly a port city, with quays that stretch into the waters of the Mediterranean and fishing boats anchored in the harbor. Waterfront restaurants offer sea urchins fished from the depths and just-opened oysters still steeped in salty brine. Marseilles’ seaport is the product of far-flung worlds brought together, of shipping routes that date to the Phoenicians in the 6th century B.C.
The Dongcheng District of Beijing is well known for its historical sites such as Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City. By day, these sites, seemingly frozen in time, attract tourists and sightseers from across the world. But as night falls, the streets around Dongcheng spring to life as vibrant street markets set up shop. The largest of these markets is the Donghuamen Night Market, where red and white stalls stretch down the darkened streets, illuminating the night with an inviting warm glow. As you approach the market you are greeted by the cacophony of droves of competing merchants, each loudly promoting the delicacies on sale at their individual booths.
Most of us are wary of strangers. We avoid speaking to people whom we do not know, a lesson taught and learned early in life. While abroad we attempt to stay street savvy and wise while longing to meet people from the places we visit. We experience an internal conflict while traveling, our mother’s adages ringing in our ears: “don’t talk to strangers!”
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