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BE CAREFUL IN PARADISEWednesday, 19 January: I was sitting in acomfortable chair overlooking the beauty ofChacala Beach when I felt a rush of wind next <strong>to</strong>my head and then a loud thud <strong>to</strong> my right. Alarge, five-pound coconut had just fallen thirtyfeet from the <strong>to</strong>p of a swaying palm tree. If I hadbeen sitting four more inches <strong>to</strong> the right, it wouldhave hit my head. And then it would have beensweet dreams for me, perhaps forever. Later, asI was swimming in the ocean and feeling verycontent and happy, a jellyfish stung me!Danger can lurk in many forms—even inparadise.Chacala Beach