“The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.” — Tahir Shah Africa Copy Share Image
Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone… — Tahir Shah Jungle Copy Share Image
If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“Experience has taught me the power of trophies. You may have every knick-knack and useless contraption ever devised, but while they weigh… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
A cross between a foreign legion boot-camp and a secret-society initiation ritual, the ordeals were grounded in pain. One thing was obvious:… — Tahir Shah Agendas Copy Share Image
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 Books Copy Share Image
“In the world of the Machiguenga, sadness could be equated with anger, and anger was a perilous emotion, by which a foreigner… — Tahir Shah Anger Copy Share Image
“Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship. — Tahir Shah Ability Copy Share Image
In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that i will come to… — Tahir Shah Harm Copy Share Image
There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“The ants are bad" The Bear "the ants?"Tahir "Do not be fooled. They look very small, so harm you don't think of… — Tahir Shah Ants Copy Share Image
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And… — Tahir Shah Challenges Copy Share Image
