A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.

In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.

Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.

One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.

Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.

The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.