Serendipity is a word that means "an occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way" or - in other words -- tripping over something you didn't expect to find. "Serendipity" is what happens when you turn the pages of a newspaper and find yourself pulled into an article by a headline or a photo. And it's what happens when you get your news from a news aggregator like Yahoo News. This morning I tripped over Bankrupt paradise on my Yahoo desktop. Thumbnail photo showed an alluring beach with palm tree and the teaser copy read, "World's most indebted nation...This island playground for the rich has incurred enough debt to equal its entire economy." I had to click on the link to satisfy my curiosity.
The story was written for Fortune , an American financial magazine and not one that I usually see. So thanks to the serendipity of Yahoo News, I tripped over it in cyberspace.
Do you know where the Seychelles are? Do you know anyone who has ever vacationed there? Why do you think the information in this story might be useful to someone in Abu Dhabi?
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According to Wikipedia , Seychelles is an archipelago nation of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west, Mauritius and Réunion to the south, Comoros and Mayotte to the southwest, and the Suvadives of the Maldives to the northeast. Seychelles has the smallest population of any state in Africa.
But i do know why it is useful to someone in Abu Dhabi.
Maybe this info is useful to someone in Abu Dhabi because people here might be interested in vacationing there. It seems the prices have dropped, and that you can a good deal if you go now.
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