Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.

Buy a house in a foreign country and, it seems, that anything which can go wrong usually does.

The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.

The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.