Posted in DesiPundit, Published, Turkish delights, tagged Amazons, Celsus library, ephesus, Roman ruins, selcuk, sirince, Temple of Artemis, turkey on May 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This appeared in today’s Hindustan Times Cafe as ‘All the world’s a stage’
Elton John has performed there, St. John the Baptist is believed to have preached there. Fittingly, my defining moment at Ephesus too was at the amphitheatre – as I sat on one of the lower steps gazing at the empty space all around. [...]
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing"
- Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
- Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours
- J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort
- Aldous Huxley
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