Meeting someone thousands of miles away connected to you
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When I travelled to India, knowing only one person and not being an Indian, I made a friend whose father worked with a cousin of a cousin of my godmother, who I did not know lived there. I met my Indian friend by chance queueing for the Ladies toilet at the university!
Date submitted:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:44:53 +0000Coincidence ID:5566
