If I tell a hotel I'm a travel writer, I can't get out of there without spending a few hours looking at every single room!

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.

Nicaragua is becoming the least expensive Caribbean destination.

Tourism does not go to a city that has lost its soul.

Luckily you cannot get to the Golden Triangle in a bus. You can only access it on your own two feet!

Dubai,I think is a big bore - a city deliberately built to appeal to tourism, and only built for that purpose, and not possessing a valid culture or history of its own.

Once abroad, I eat one meal a day picnic-style: Ive learned that no mature stomach can tolerate an endless routine of rich restaurant meals.

I've always found that the best travelers are the very same people who are intensely interested in the history and culture of their own home city.

In general, my advice is to seek out people and new ideas when you travel.

What a treasure of awesome sights and attractions our country has.

I always feel depressed when I go into a country under dictatorial rule.

the past is only the future with the lights on.

A poem does not radiate from the name, but the name emanates from the poem.

Fervency in prayer by the power of the Holy Spirit is a good preservative against thoughts rushing in. Flies never settle on the boiling pot.

It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.

Many people fear the words Lord and God.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

I am in love with my La Cornue custom-made stove - it's a dream to use and my favourite part of the kitchen.

Christ will rise on Easter day!

A good creative-writing teacher can save a good writer a lot of time.

One of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.