It really is a very small world / myLot

Northampton, England

December 13, 2015 3:32pm CST

Without any sense of going looking for anybody, we just keep bumping into people in Essaouira. We shared a taxi with two guys we met at the airport and had dinner with one of them last night. We bumped into him at the fishing port this afternoon and bumped into the other as we were walking along the beach this afternoon. Whilst chatting in the port, I spotted the Indian father and son that I'd been talking to at Luton airport in the coffee shop. As we stood there, they popped up. In fact the only person I've not yet run into is the slightly bonkers older lady who was sitting next to me on the plane. And I'm guessing that it's only a matter of time until she pops up too. It's a small town but even so it's really funny how we're all falling over each other.

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Joanie

@Freelanzer (10782)

• Canada

14 Dec 15

Seems as though it was meant to be. It is so interesting when you live is touched by strangers

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 15

I hope they are amenable people if you are going to keep bumping into them. Hope you are enjoying it there.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

13 Dec 15

@boiboing Look forward to reading them.

Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

13 Dec 15

Fortunately yes, they're all nice and interesting people. In fact they're probably going to inspire a post or two.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502812)

• Italy

14 Dec 15

I suppose that all the tourists go in the same places, this could be the reason.

Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

13 Dec 15

since she was slightly bonkers I do hope she appears wearing a hilarious hat.

Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

13 Dec 15

I'll probably hear her talking to herself before I see her.

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (98106)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Dec 15

@boiboing Sounds like the times we live in NYC in my mom's apartment building. Most of the apartments were occupied by Latvians and we were like one small community and there was always something going on.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

13 Dec 15

The same sheltering spots, or watering holes, out of the mid-day sun, perhaps?

Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

13 Dec 15

Not really. The first was standing in the fishing port, the second walking along the beach.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382542)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 Dec 15

I think once you run into a person once, it seems to happen again.

Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

16 Dec 15

Indeed it did. The Indian father and son actually transferred to our hotel and my husband looked out of the window and said "Isn't that the guy you were talking to at the airport again?"