Quotes from Thomas Kohnstamm

It is my hope that this book will help to demystify the origins of travel writing and show that when thousands of travelers follow a guidebook word-for-word, recommendation-for-recommendation, it not only harms contemporary international travel but can also do serious harm to places in developing countries.

When you get older you realize that most everybody's got different versions of the same problem. The trap is thinking that it's all about you.