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Old 04-30-2018, 1:50pm   #176
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and not visiting a beach resort or a fancy hotel in a 3rd world country, get out there where the people live and spend a few days/nights living with them like they do.

When we stay at my in-laws there are rats that run through the room at night (over you) while sleeping, open sewage running down the side of the road because some people don't have indoor plumbing. It is humbling.
But in the Philippines they are still happy people living they way they do, I was surprised to see how little her family had and was willing to make food and share with me, and was happy I was there in their house with them.
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