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 | | I was whisked back to the days when, as a kid, I used to pore over maps, wondering what it was like to steam down the Zambezi or visit the iron mountains in the north west of Australia. |
 | | I was one of those annoying childen who knew the capital of Chad (Fort Lamy in those days but now N'djamina) and the colonial name of Malawi. |
 | | In time that developed into the urge to be a globetrotter and for a while war reporting sounded like my idea of fun but by the time I was old enough I concluded that the wars in Beirut and Afghanistan really did not appeal that much. |
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