Ten minutes later I was in an enormous taxi-cab, an air-conditioned one, hired for the day for fifty dollars; it seems an awful lot, I know, but money's worth awfully little over there, you'd be surprised. It's because there's so much of it, you see.

He had made one mistake in an otherwise flawless performance: he hadn't told me his name. Have you ever exchanged three words with an American without being to…

It was still only nine o'clock when I set off on the last leg of my journey, feeling old and dirty and incapable. You probably know the feeling if you are over…

Why do people build houses to keep the climate out, then cut holes in the walls to let it in again? I shall never understand.

Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.

Qui depense trop n'est jamais riche.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.