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I had discovered that I had not packed as many pants\/trousers as I had thought, so I decided to try to buy some in Cairns. So, soon after we returned from the Daintree Rainforest, I set out for the Cairns Central Shopping Centre. Fortunately, a fellow traveller had rented a cab, and she shared it with me to the center. From there, we went our separate ways, as we had different goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out that the Cairns Central Shopping Centre was what I would have called a mall, and a pretty conventional one, at that \u2014 but pretty large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked advice as to where I might find trousers of the sort I was looking for, and was told either K-mart or Target. They have both of those over here? It turned out that neither of them had what I wanted (the nylon pants that I wear year around, because they\u2019re so comfortable). Then I was pointed to a store called Lowes. No, it\u2019s not a hardware store. It\u2019s a store that focuses on menswear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There, I found what I was looking for, but they (the nylon pants) suffered from the same failing of most of those in the US: while they offer different waist sizes, they seem to think that all men have the same leg length. Why? I tried them on, but they looked ridiculous on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I noticed that Lowes sold more conventional trousers, that specified waist side, and came in \u2018S\u2019 (for short). I tried them on, and, while they were still too long (I have short legs), they were acceptable. I had grown tired of encountering this problem, so I bought two pairs of those trousers. The exchange rate between the US and Aussie dollar was advantageous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, I decided to walk back to the hotel, which was a pretty long walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My legs were suffering from long periods standing around listening to Skip at the Mossman Gorge (I have few problems walking, but I don\u2019t do standing around very well). So, the walk back to the hotel was more of a wincing trudge than a real walk. I had to sit down on a bench once, but I made it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mission accomplished!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had discovered that I had not packed as many pants\/trousers as I had thought, so I decided to try to buy some in Cairns. So, soon after we returned from the Daintree Rainforest, I set out for the Cairns Central Shopping Centre. 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