One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.

People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think we are an empire any longer after all.

I am certainly very pro-Europe.

It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for me to go there. Book reviewers don't pay for the books they review.

I don't want to sell other people trips! I want to be there!

I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it.