It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist who is over certain of his plot.

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.

Now and then in travel, something unexpected happens that transforms the whole nature of the trip and stays with the traveler.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.

The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.