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Tahir Shah quotes: The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience. The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience.
Tahir Shah quotes: The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade. The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade.
Tahir Shah quotes: The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence. The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.
Tahir Shah quotes: Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.
Tahir Shah quotes: Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship. Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.
Tahir Shah quotes: Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff. Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.
Tahir Shah quotes: But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested. But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.
Tahir Shah quotes: A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation
Tahir Shah quotes: I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas. I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
Tahir Shah quotes: Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead. Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.
Tahir Shah quotes: I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. That point had arrived. I am all for curses and superstition, but there's a point at which they start getting in the way. That point had arrived.
Tahir Shah quotes: Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage. Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage.
Tahir Shah quotes: As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest. As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.
Tahir Shah quotes: There is nothing like a train journey for reflection. There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.
Tahir Shah quotes: In the West we are driven by an extreme form of guilt if you are not seen to be working like a dog, you're perceived as being slothful. In the West we are driven by an extreme form of guilt
if you are not seen to be working like a dog, you're perceived as being slothful.
Tahir Shah quotes: On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
Tahir Shah quotes: I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes. I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.
Tahir Shah quotes: Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship. Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.
Tahir Shah quotes: A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you. A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
Tahir Shah quotes: The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways. The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.
Tahir Shah quotes: What came next was a new experience for for both the fish and me What came next was a new experience for for both the fish and me
Tahir Shah quotes: Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible. Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.
Tahir Shah quotes: [T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. [T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.
Tahir Shah quotes: In India everything has a use and a value. In India everything has a use and a value.
Tahir Shah quotes: We may yearn for rustic detail and old-world charm, but those who have it set their minds on vinyl wallpaper, fitted carpets and all mod cons. We may yearn for rustic detail and old-world charm, but those who have it set their minds on vinyl wallpaper, fitted carpets and all mod cons.
Tahir Shah quotes: In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm. In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.
Tahir Shah quotes: With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything. With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.
Tahir Shah quotes: There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage. There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.
Tahir Shah quotes: I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it. I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.
Tahir Shah quotes: A little imagination goes a long way in Fes. A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.
Tahir Shah quotes: In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it. In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.
Tahir Shah quotes: The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs. The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs.
Tahir Shah quotes: It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid. It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.
Tahir Shah quotes: The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail. The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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. 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense. In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.
Tahir Shah quotes: Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal. Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.
Tahir Shah quotes: Bombay is a city where gossip is treated as a commodity. Bombay is a city where gossip is treated as a commodity.
Tahir Shah quotes: Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat. Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
Tahir Shah quotes: Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession. Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace it. The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace it.
Tahir Shah quotes: Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi. Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.
Tahir Shah quotes: Stories are a communal currency of humanity. Stories are a communal currency of humanity.
Tahir Shah quotes: In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life. In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner could lose his life.
Tahir Shah quotes: Returning to a city that one has known and loved fills you with a delicious sense of warmth. Returning to a city that one has known and loved fills you with a delicious sense of warmth.
Tahir Shah quotes: The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together. The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.
Tahir Shah quotes: As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed. As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.
Tahir Shah quotes: Buy a house in a foreign country and, it seems, that anything which can go wrong usually does. Buy a house in a foreign country and, it seems, that anything which can go wrong usually does.
Tahir Shah quotes: In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell. In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.
Tahir Shah quotes: In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists. In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.
Tahir Shah quotes: Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.
Tahir Shah quotes: For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories. For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.
Tahir Shah quotes: The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up. The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.
Tahir Shah quotes: There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest. There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.
Tahir Shah quotes: Two reeds drink from the same stream. One is hollow, the other is sugarcane. - MOROCCAN PROVERB Two reeds drink from the same stream. One is hollow, the other is sugarcane. - MOROCCAN PROVERB
Tahir Shah quotes: We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic. We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.
Tahir Shah quotes: Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead. Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.
Tahir Shah quotes: As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end. As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.
Tahir Shah quotes: It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa. It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
Tahir Shah quotes: There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information. There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.
Tahir Shah quotes: The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation. The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.
Tahir Shah quotes: On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust. On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.
Tahir Shah quotes: Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives. Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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. 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it. My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it.
Tahir Shah quotes: A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it. A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.
Tahir Shah quotes: The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest. The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path
Tahir Shah quotes: Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach. Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.
Tahir Shah quotes: My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts. My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.
Tahir Shah quotes: Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster. Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.
Tahir Shah quotes: Nothing is what it seems. Favoured Pashtu proverb of Jan Fishan Khan. Nothing is what it seems.
Favoured Pashtu proverb of Jan Fishan Khan.
Tahir Shah quotes: Exploration is a dirty game. Exploration is a dirty game.
Tahir Shah quotes: Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent. Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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. 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: 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. 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.
Tahir Shah quotes: As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code. As far as I was concerned, a little danger of head-shrinking is a small price to pay in return for a people who have remained true to an ancient code.
Tahir Shah quotes: I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it. I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it.
Tahir Shah quotes: My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind. My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.
Tahir Shah quotes: One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene. One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene.
Tahir Shah quotes: There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping. There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.
Tahir Shah quotes: The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end. The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end.
Tahir Shah quotes: Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside. Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
Tahir Shah quotes: For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure. For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.
Tahir Shah quotes: Everyone knows that even the best exorcism has to be renewed once in a while. Everyone knows that even the best exorcism has to be renewed once in a while.
Tahir Shah quotes: In Morocco," said Osman, "word spreads like a fire tearing through the depths of Hell. In Morocco," said Osman, "word spreads like a fire tearing through the depths of Hell.
Tahir Shah quotes: Moroccan traffic isn't like normal traffic. It's armed combat, a war of wills, in which only the very bravest have a chance to survive. Moroccan traffic isn't like normal traffic. It's armed combat, a war of wills, in which only the very bravest have a chance to survive.
Tahir Shah quotes: As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes. As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.

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