"The dogs in this land are very fierce. They bark at strangers and try to bite them. I had to carry a stick to fend them off."

"In Mali, I saw a man eat an entire roasted sheep by himself, and then drink a bucket of sour milk. The people there have stomachs like camels."

"The women of this country are very beautiful, and they walk about unveiled."

"Traveling gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land."

"They eat human flesh, and they consider it a delicacy."