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If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.
Simon Van Booy
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Simon Van Booy
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
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