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40 years travel, in 30-plus countries; the majority of this/these in Central, and East Asia.
Writing from the heart, without over-editing. The more one sees, the more one has lived.

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Part memoir, part travelogue Gone Today, Here Tomorrow is an intimate tour of both Asia and the author as they were in the 80s and are now: where and what has changed, how and why, for good and often, not so good.
Spanning 26 years and 18 countries where over 250 international borders were crossed {the vast majority voluntarily}, Letourneau has been a commercial exporter, ESL teacher, student of Ch Read more of this blog post »

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