The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.
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But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.
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None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss the opportunity of watching a foreigner make a fool of himself.
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As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.
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In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.
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Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.
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I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.
Tahir ShahThe first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience.
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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.
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The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.
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