Quotes About African travel

I have learnt by actual stress of imminent danger, in the first place, that self-control is more indispensable than gunpowder, and, in the second place, that persistent self-control under the provocation of African travel is impossible without real, heartfelt sympathy for the natives with whom one has to deal.

I travelled on African buses.

I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality.