I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, b….

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the v….

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food..

Here I am, safely returned over those peaks from a journey far more beautiful and strange than anything I had hoped for or imagined - how is it that ….

The new French theme park based on Napoleon is named Napoleon's Bivouac, and will honor Napoleon with rides, battle reenactments, and the brutal Marc….

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might ….

The further we travel down the path of enlightenment, the more humble we become. We shouldn't seek to impress others—or allow ourselves to be taken—w….

There is one way to understand another culture. Living it. Move into it, ask to be tolerated as a guest, learn the language..

We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home.

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hope….

Travel is only glamorous in retrospect..

Truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes..

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting yo….

... the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home..

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind..

On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed..

Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't k….

I'm going to Graceland, for reasons I cannot explain. There's some part of me wants to see Graceland. And I may be advised to defend every love, ever….

The traveler's boast, sometimes couched as a complaint, is that of having been an eyewitness, and invariably this experience - shocking though it may….

Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of….

The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming..