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Across these chapters runs a recurring cast: Alan, who gave a room in New York and became a best friend. Paul, who drove to Niagara Falls and showed a bar that history had already claimed. Russell, met first in Zurich. Vincent in Montpellier, who stood at an altar under armed guard. The stranger in Jackson Heights with enormous arms and impeccable timing.

Travel is always, in the end, about people. The places are the backdrop. The people are the story.

“The world is larger than any one life can fully account for — and that, for a traveller, is not a problem. It is the whole point.”