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From my travel journal: Monday 4 April, 7.45 am
Ventura. Happy birthday Mum! The view from my motel room. A small hedge separates the carpark from a multi-lane road, busy with traffic (all going the same direction – right must lead towards work for everyone). That’s not the freeway, though – that lies beyond, a concrete monster towering over the road, I don’t know…
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