The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

I hate hats! Hats just give you really bad hair! I had a hat sometimes. Frankly, you get burnt so much anyway, it's beside the point. And when you're walking into the western sun, no hat in the world is going to save your face and neck from being sizzled.

I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.

Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form.