What the Traveler Said

Wisdom from the World’s Great Travelers

Freelance writer and Travelers’ Tales Executive Editor Larry Habegger spent five and a half years compiling quotations from the world’s great travelers for The Quotable Traveler, his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle. All 291 of these engaging reflections are collected here and are guaranteed to carry you to faraway lands. With these quotes you will travel with:

• Lao Tzu in China


• Napoleon in Egypt


• Mark Twain in France


• Freya Stark in Iraq


• Alexandra David-Neel in Tibet


• Edward Abbey in Arizona


• Jan Morris in Italy

and many more.

You’ll be moved to reflect on your own journeys and motivated to make new plans as you bask in the wisdom of these eminent travelers.