So there are two sinks on the blue and pink kitchen island in the middle of the large, square room.

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Medeiros is also a leader of the Rhode Island chapter of Pink Heals, a nonprofit organization of emergency and rescue workers who drive pink fire trucks and pink police cars to raise money for cancer research and support groups.

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Most visitors venture out with operators like Baja Paradise to see the whale sharks who live in the Sea of Cortez year round, or travel to the pink cliffs on the nearby island of Espiritu Santo, home to a colony of sea lions.

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Komodo Island is also distinguished by its pink sand beach, one of only seven in the world.

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When, half an hour later, on the other side of the island, I stepped off the pink-and-blue-painted No. 10, Andrea Wass, a winning thirty-eight-year-old insurance underwriter, was there to escort me down the steep driveway to her charming rented house.

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But other parts of the island look more like California, with throngs of pink-shouldered tourists, strip malls, bulky hotels and clusters of time-shares.

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