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Sat 07 Jul 2009Risk in the lion's den
MAGAN'S WORLD: MANCHÁN MAGAN'stales of a travel addict
UNLIKE ME, the waif wasn’t dressed for the cold (they never are). Fortunately for her, it was 38 degrees at the time, so it was she who was suitably clad. I, on the other hand, was wearing heavy cords and a jumper. I had been a month in the Sonoran Desert at this stage and the afternoon temperature had topped 38 degrees every day, but I had had to purposefully overdress this morning, as I was going see the new Star Trek release in the refrigerated theatre that buttressed the back of the local mall like a hospital mortuary. The only way of not perishing was to wear every inch of clothing I had.
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