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Leo Anthony

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Nonfiction, Travel, Biography

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Raised in Zimbabwe, Africa, I have an affinity for the continent and its complexities.

I travelled quite extensively in the last decade which has informed my travel writing. You'll find a particular focus on Turkey, Southern Europe and Africa.

Perhaps as a consequence of being a person of many parts I've struggled to settle down in my adult life. Ironically, as a young man, I never imagined I would want to live anywhere else...

As the great journalistic travel writer Ryszard Kapuscinski points out in his book, Travels with Herodotus,

"A journey does not begin the moment we set off, nor does it end the moment we have reached our doorstep once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running i ...more

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Average rating: 4.54 · 13 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Another Way to Travel: Intuitive Journeys Near and Far: Part I 4.43 avg rating — 7 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
	Revisiting South Africa 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 6 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
	Between Two Worlds: The Account of a Jet-Setting Vagrant it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Another Way to Travel: Intuitive Journeys Near and Far: Part II 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Book Published - Another Way to Travel: Intuitive Journeys Near and Far

Good news for all you avid travel readers, I have something new to chew on. I hope you like the cover and I'm sure you'll enjoy the contents...

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Another Way to Travel: Intuitive Journeys Near and Far Part 1

Journey with the author to places without, and within, going on intuition and good fortune, as he seeks to better understand himself and t Read more of this blog post »

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Published on August 27, 2024 02:44 • Tags: adventure, algeria, antakya, arabic, arabs, camels, nomads, sahara, travelbook, turkey

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