Our local guide in Hwange, Dixon, stays behind in the vehicle and scans the horizon with binoculars as Christensen and I walk toward the pool of water.

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Features include a walk-in closet, laundry room and pool.

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On the morning after that pool-deck encounter in Florida I headed out for a walk, and in the parking lot of the hotel I saw one of the Tokens loading his stage clothes into his car.

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Ideas for new dishes "always come to me from outside the kitchen, in a museum, a walk in the woods, by the side of the pool, " Ms. Crenn said.

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First-floor rooms are also a short walk from the elevator that goes directly to the spa and pool.

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They walk back down again to an in-depth program, then to the pool, yoga field and dining room, dragging their invisible suitcases behind.

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The reception area is in the head, they walk up a leg to their bedroom, and they cool off in the swimming pool in the belly.

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And make sure that you walk all the way to the fourth court, with its richly decorated buildings surrounding a serenely beautiful reflective pool.

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