The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.

Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.

Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.