The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. They’re right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes life richer. You feel more… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“Seeing human suffering changes you. It either makes you compassionate or it makes you hard.” — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“A Glimpse of Eternal Snows celebrates Nepali wildlife: a smooth grey boulder lifts its head to become a rhinoceros; a langur look-out hysterically grunts… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“Travel experiences are emotionally loaded. Often there is excitement and stimulation. The tingle-factor though comes partly from the fact that we're stressed, just a… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
I think of the irony that in our language [Nepali] the word for love can also mean deceit. — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole person…spend time with the dying…see things through to… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“Living in the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next.” — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“On life’s journey, every person met, every place, every new word, language, scent & sound changes the traveller a little: forms who they are… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“We found a smooth inviting boulder under a vast banyan tree, and sat in companionable silence. There unexpectedly, on that rock, I saw the… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement. — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
“Good writers are like magpies, attracted to shiny things and storing away treasures - pieces of dialogue and experience - which pop up from… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image