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
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
There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the… — Tahir Shah Bullets Copy Share Image
The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation. — Tahir Shah Body Copy Share Image
“As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.” — Tahir Shah Adventure 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
The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how… — Tahir Shah Embrace 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
“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
“Back at the guest house I tried to acclimatise. A travel-worn adventurer had once told me that leaning with one's head dangling… — Tahir Shah Adventure 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 Blades 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 Choking 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
Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude,… — Tahir Shah Ashamed 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
Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives. — Tahir Shah Alternatives 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 Best way Copy Share Image
For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories. — Tahir Shah Country Copy Share Image
The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest. — Tahir Shah Compare Copy Share Image
“As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.” — Tahir Shah Alertness Copy Share Image
In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell. — Tahir Shah Matter Copy Share Image
“In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.” — Tahir Shah Danger Copy Share Image
Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship. — Tahir Shah Hardship Copy Share Image
“Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.” — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. — Tahir Shah Bitter 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 Believe Copy Share Image
Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and… — Tahir Shah Blood 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 Damascus Copy Share Image
“But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.” — Tahir Shah Africa Copy Share Image
Foras Road has a sordid reputation (…) Old crones sat in doorways, while their daughters were pushed out to earn money. It… — Tahir Shah Children Copy Share Image
The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you… — Tahir Shah Danger Copy Share Image
“The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying… — Tahir Shah Prison Copy Share Image
During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The… — Tahir Shah Break Copy Share Image
“Osman and Prideep had been in my employment for some weeks. Every Friday I would take the to lunch. It was the… — Tahir Shah Gondwana Copy Share Image
The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw… — Tahir Shah Adventurer Copy Share Image
To be selfless, you would give charity anonymously, walj softly on the earth, and look out for others-even total strangers-before you look… — Tahir Shah Adventure Copy Share Image
“At the last moment, the fish and I exchange a troubled glance. The murrel seems to be demanding an explanation. Alas, I… — Tahir Shah Fish Copy Share Image
