No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes … - Paul Theroux

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[. . . ] evidence is now coming out showing that Egypt was colonized by Western people over 15,000 years ago.

Paul Theroux

No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.

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Basically, what you find out is the limits of your patience and your strength and your capacity to adapt. You find that out in travel and being alone and being tested. So that's a great thing.

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Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

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