As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.

Tahir Shah
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations,...
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations,...
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations,...
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations,...
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Being a travel writer means you have to really know what you are talking about in order to write about your subjects. You have to really be there in order to write about it, because that is where the drama is. That is where the adventure is. That is where the people are.

Source: Travels With Myself

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