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On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

Tahir Shah

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Tahir Shah
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
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Comedian
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London
England
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Jungle
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I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.
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I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.
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The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.
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