“I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.”
– Christopher Hampton
Category: 2017
Jordan :: Petra. Finally.
“If destiny does not fit you, fit yourself to destiny.”
– Arab Proverb
The #1 thing to do in Egypt – Go on a #PTMEgypt tour
“If you think I’m not bringing this carpet in the hot air balloon…”
– Jason
Hungary :: Sting Concert, Escape Room and visits from home
“It is not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.”
– Robert Capa
Ethiopia :: Cause why build a church when you can chisel it out of a mountain?
“Is beautiful because rainy season. You come back dry season. All brown. Look shit.”
– Abush, the guide
Kenya :: Gettin’ smooched by giraffes & seeing a dead baroness’ home
“She who has not reached her destination never gets tired”
– Kenyan proverb
Tanzania :: Serengeti & checking leopard off my list
“I would still like Usher… If he didn’t have herpes”
– Amrita
Tanzania :: Stone Town, Zanzibar & Voting
Masai dude: “I would like to live in Norway. Is it sun there?”
Me: “Oh, my sweet summer child…”
Tanzania :: The Tazara train
“A hasty person misses the sweet things.”
Tanzanian proverb
Malawi
“The day will come when cats have horns and Dutchmen will be circumcised.”
Malawian proverb
