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Terry Lister

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The Honourable Terry Lister is a retired accountant, realtor, politican. Having served in these capacities for many years, in November 2014 he took his final vocation full time-travelling the world. Since that time he has travelled to every country in Central and South America except for one nation. From October 2017 until Covid arrived, he travelled in 22 African countries.
Terry has continually stated that travel provides the best education possible. In his books he shares his experiences in Africa with the view of encouraging others to feel free to go, see, taste and enjoy this part of the world.

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Average rating: 4.49 · 370 ratings · 268 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) 4.24 avg rating — 123 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) 4.64 avg rating — 84 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa 4.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gambia: The Smiling Coast 4.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Go to Gabon, Cameroon, and Namibia (Travels With Terry Book 3) 4.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travels in Senegal: The Land of Peace and Purpose 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Day Dawns: My Solo Journey Into West Africa it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Terry Lister is currently reading Underdog by Anne Joyce	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Terry Lister made a comment in the group Around the World in 80 Books — Authors in the Group? topic " Hi , my name is Terry Lister. I am happy to join with this group. Travel has always been an exciting part of my life. When in retired in 2014 l had be ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Linda’s review of The Gambia: The Smiling Coast " Thank you for your response to my little book. This book has been given the task of being an opener for people just wondering if they should venture i ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Peter Okonkwo’s review of Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa " I am excited when I see that Peter has done a review of one of my books as l know he will be thorough and he will tell readers what he as a neighbour ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Otto Trott’s review of A New Day Dawns (Travels With Terry, #2) " I enjoyed reading Otto's review almost as much as l enjoyed being in the field day after day. My expectations changed as l travelled through some very ...more "
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Terry Lister made a comment on Brian Marshall’s review of Immersed in West Africa: My Solo Journey Across Senegal, Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea and Guinea Bissau (Travels With Terry Book 1) " Thank you, Brian. You have it right. And boy ,did l enjoy myself. In the end it was not difficult to stick to my task of writing about my experiences ...more "
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“The very basic core of man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endless changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

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