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Tim Chester

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Places I've been

Palm Springs, Flayosc, Reykjavik, Beijing, Malawi, San Francisco, Ibiza, Barcelona, St Lucia, Turkey, Greece, Barbados, Dominica, Tortola, Sint Maarten, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Costa Rica, Florida, Los Angeles, Tijuana Municipality, New York, Antigua and Barbuda, Austin, Istanbul

Places I'd like to visit

Brazil, Shanghai, Burma, New Orleans

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