There was a time when I wanted to see only wild places,
and was reluctant to go to a place that had been written about extensively. But
then—it is so funny about travel—I would go to a place that everyone had been
written about and it was as though I was seeing something entirely new…. It
made the going good because I was unprepared for what I saw. That was always
the best part of travel, the sense of discovery. When there was none and it was
all predictable I wanted to go home.
~ Paul Theroux, The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of
the Mediterranean, 1995
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I must take note of this book. I think I would enjoy it a lot.
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