A traveller must buy his own experience, and success or failure depends mainly on personal idiosyncrasies. Isabella Bird buydependexperience Change image and share on social
I went to the States with that amount of prejudice which seems the birthright of every English person, but I found that, under the knowledge of the Americans which can be attained by a traveller mixing in society in every grade, these prejudices gradually melted away. Isabella Bird americanamountattain share on social
Surely one advantage of traveling is that, while it removes much prejudice against foreigners and their customs, it intensifies tenfold one's appreciation of the good at home, and, above all, of the quietness and purity of English domestic life. Isabella Bird advantageappreciationcustom share on social
Baghdad is altogether built of chrome-yellow kiln-dried bricks. Isabella Bird altogetherbaghdadbrick Change image and share on social
I was heartily sorry to leave Leh, with its dazzling skies and abounding colour and movement, its stirring topics of talk, and the culture and exceeding kindness of the Moravian missionaries. Helpfulness was the rule. Isabella Bird aboundcolourculture share on social