As I sat in the Cairns City Library today reading Bill Bryson's latest I was approached by a well-tanned, rather rugged looking man. "Would it bother you if I sat here? I can't find anywhere else to plug in my laptop." "Sure," I replied. And as I got up intending to leave, I didn't have the opportunity. Within minutes I was immersed in conversation with an American man, who as he says, "Came to Canberra in the '60s and never went back." Travellers, in general, tend to have a more open-minded, liberal way of thinking. Although each traveller is different, they seem to be more willing to let their guard down and more open to really listening to what others have to say. As I listened to this man, I was intrigued and immediately comfortable. For
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