lol the New York Times is just awful. #nytimes.
"Is your séjour to the west indies worth sickening some local peasants?"
"Is your séjour to the west indies worth sickening some local peasants?"
This article is beautiful. Actual quotes: "Stepping out of an aluminum tube in the dead of winter and into a blanket of tropical humidity is, in my view, one of life’s singular pleasures."
"Everyone I talked to about a post-Covid Caribbean mentioned one thing: a hope that the pandemic might result in a different kind of tourist: a traveler, not necessarily richer in money, but more conscious, more of an explorer and less of a sybarite." 🤣
"One island friend, a divemaster at a major site, who asked that his name not be used for fear of losing his job, told me he has seen increasingly obese, relatively unhealthy American tourists who feel entitled to be squished into neoprene suits and taken to the depths..." 1/2
"...as cruise lines and cheap tours market scuba diving — once reserved for scientists, Navy SEALs and the ultrawealthy and sporty — to all."
Can you BELIEVE it? American poors are spotted on our beaches?
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Can you BELIEVE it? American poors are spotted on our beaches?
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