You avoid the overcrowding of tourist locations by traveling in off-season. That is now one of the major rules of smart travel - go when the tourists are NOT there, and even though you may have to don an extra layer of clothing, you will enjoy the sights and the experiences at the destination in the way that they were enjoyed before they became so well-known.

I'm somewhat antagonistic towards these various projects that charge $250,000 per person for the ability to be weightless for 3 minutes after being brought up from earth. I think there are such better uses for that money that i seriously question the ethics of spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on space flights for extremely wealthy people.

I've always found that the best travelers are the very same people who are intensely interested in the history and culture of their own home city.

I regard Paris as a feast for the eyes, the senses and brain. It is a phenomenal city.

I always feel depressed when I go into a country under dictatorial rule.

In general, my advice is to seek out people and new ideas when you travel.

Luckily you cannot get to the Golden Triangle in a bus. You can only access it on your own two feet!