“When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.” ReadingJourneyComfortTravel Writers Book:In Search of King Solomon's Mines Source: In Search of King Solomon's Mines
“Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, you begin to realize how short life is. Almost everyone has at least one friend who left the planet too soon. People lose their capacity to walk, run, think, and experience life. I realize how important it is to use the time I have to see as much of the world as I can.” TravelTravel QuotesTravel WritingTravelingTravel BooksTravel WriterTravel WritersTravel Authors Author:Nicholas Kontis