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Jun 2025
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S5/E1 Travel Today vs. the Good Old Days...

CHARLIE BAXTER
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📝 ⁠Get FREE Episode Worksheet⁠ 👄 ⁠⁠Improve Your Pronunciation⁠⁠ 🧐 ⁠Test Your Level of English⁠ Charlie chats with Don, a well-travelled Aussie with stories spanning decades of globetrotting, to ask the big question: Has travel got worse? From booking flights at a high street travel agent to navigating airport chaos today, they explore how travel has cha ... Show More
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