This week''s Travel Quote comes from Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas.
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"The gladdest moment in human life is a Departure into unknown lands;
the blood flows with the fast circulation of childhood"
- Sir Richard Francis Burton
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