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53. I went snorkeling in Jamaica once.

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 04:07 AM

Aug 2012

I'd never seen coral reefs up close and personal and when I dipped my face in the water for the first time I literally gasped. I'd never seen anything so beautiful.

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