An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.
Paul TherouxThe people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.
Paul TherouxThe worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.
Paul TherouxPeople write about getting sick, they write about tummy trouble, they write about having to wait for a bus. They write about waiting. They write three pages about how long it took them to get a visa. I'm not interested in the boring parts. Everyone has tummy trouble. Everyone waits in line. I don't want to hear about it.
Paul Theroux