“Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.” KnowsCitiesStrangerWhere You AreCalcutta Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback
“There is nothing quite as unpleasant as wearing a pair of briefs which have been trailed through a Calcutta courtyard. Nothing, that is, except having one's elbows and knees lacerated by unseen slivers of glass and discarded razor blades.” Has BeensGlassesKneesPairsUnseenBladesElbowsRazorsDiscardedCalcutta Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dyslexic edition
“Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.” DoeWould BeCitiesInformationTravelNormalOppositesIndiaGoldenGolden RuleCalcuttaInsiders Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback
“The mere mention of the Farakka Express, which jerks its way eastward each day from Delhi to Calcutta, is enough to throw even a seasoned traveller into fits of apoplexy. At a desert encampment on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, a hard-bitten adventurer had downed a peg of local fire-water then told me the tale. Farakka was a ghost train, he said, haunted by ghouls, Thuggees, and thieves. Only a passenger with a death wish would go anywhere near it.” WaySaidHardEnoughWishWaterFireFitTrainMereGhostLocalsTalesDesertEach DayThievesCoastJerkTravellerPassengersSkeletonsAdventurerCalcuttaGhoulsDelhiPegDeath WishEncampmentNamibia Book:Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback Source: Sorcerer's Apprentice paperback
