121 quotes found
“The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope...”
“Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.”
“I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.”
“Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.”
“Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.”
“When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.”
“Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.”
“Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.”
“The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.”
“For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.”
“On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”
“Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.”
“Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.”
“The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.”
“Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destin...”
“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortabl...”
“My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.”
“For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.”
“At the dealership, I pulled out the sieve and toyed with it threateningly. When the salesman was ready for me, I held it up, told him I was not a tourist and demanded a large discount.”
“On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.”
