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  1. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
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  2. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    As far as Samson was concerned I was just another foreigner in pursuit of a lunatic quest.
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  3. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.
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  4. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    The first few hours in the cell were quite stimulating. I'd never been in a prison cell before and was quite enjoying the experience.
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  5. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.
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  6. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    None of them seemed to mind sliding around in the faeces and choking in the smoke. They were determined not to miss the opportunity of watching a foreigner make a fool of himself.
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  7. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.
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  8. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    As anyone who's ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed.
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  9. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.
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  10. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.
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  11. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.
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  12. Tahir Shah _ In Search of King Solomon's

    In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.
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