Romance Readers Know
Romance Readers have been training for moments like these.
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We know that
Love and optimism, hope and happiness
Are precious
And we will have to fight to safeguard them.
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Romance Readers know there will be dark moments,
Times when everything good and kind and constant
Appears to be lost.
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Romance Readers know how to navigate these dark moments.
We know it requires change and caring and courage.
We will have to face our deepest, darkest fears.
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Romance Readers also know this change starts with one person,
With us.
But we won’t be able to do this alone.
We know we will have to ask for help.
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Most of all, Romance Readers know how this story ends.
We know
Love wins.
Always.
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Coconut Boats / Basket Boats In Hội An, Vietnam
One of the activities to do in Hội An, Vietnam is to take a coconut boat or, more correctly, a basket boat tour.
The round boats were designed to get around tariffs being levied by the French on boats.
They were traditionally made from woven bamboo, sealed with a waterproof natural resin and were shaped like baskets because, the locals argued, they WERE baskets, not boats.
And since they were clearly baskets, the taxes on boats didn’t apply to them.
(grins)
I thought this tour would be a peaceful paddle around the mangroves, looking at nature, and listening to the birds.
And there was a bit of that.
A TINY bit.
Most of the tour was a very loud, boisterous party. There were hundreds of other people in boats. Music blasted constantly. There were shows on the water. And cheering. And bumping into other boats.
Expect THAT experience and don’t expect to see much nature.
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