Travellers' Tales

Abu Dhabi Africa airport Ambassador Arab arrived asked Borobudur British Brussels building bustard called camel captain chargé d'affaires Chechnya Christmas climb Club coffee Communist dark desert dinner diplomatic drink driver drove East El Tatio Embassy English falcon father feet Foreign French German Grozny Hassan Hindu Kush island joined journey Khatib knew later Laurence Olivier Lisbon lived London looked lorry lunch Mário Soares miles morning mosque mountain never night once Palace party passengers peregrine Peter Phnom Penh PIDE Pires de Lima police political replied road round Royal Russian Sakhalin sand Santa Claus seemed Shamshuddin ship Singapore Soares Sotheby's stay story street stupa Sunday Telegraph Tarish taxi Tehran temple thought told took town turned village volcano waiting walked watch wife Zayid