On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers,… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation. — 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
“As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while;… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“The last thing we wanted was for the Machiguenga to be sad again. Sadness appeared to bring out their violence.” — Tahir Shah 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 sense of… — Tahir Shah 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 tradition at… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“Inscribed on it was a verse from the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, the eleventh-century Persian mystic. Reading the words aloud I prepared for a… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Prideep pointed to the flames of paraffin lamps as they came alive in the distance and cackled in awe at the experience. (…) I… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways. — Tahir Shah 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 Copy Share Image
“In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.” — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling over the… — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
