Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile.

One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.

And that s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind

...That's the difference between backpackers and holiday makers. The former can't help but invite hassle whilst the latter pay to escape it.

To strengthen the connection between your conscious and subconscious, is to gain access to a map and compass, as you travel through parallel worlds.

The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society.

They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.

Travel while you're young and able. Don't worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is far more valuable than money will ever be.

I heard wordOf bellied sailcloth,Creak of oars,And gold in Eastland.Then I smelledA smell remembered:Salt of sprayAnd black-pitched boat's keel.

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.

It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in English and don't even want to.

What is it about maps? I could look at them all day, earnestly studying the names of towns and villages I have never heard of and will never visit...

Random acts of kindness show that even amidst the hustle and bustle, Paris inhabitants are more welcoming that their reputation gives them credit for.