If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

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.

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

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.