“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”

— Aldous Huxley

Jesting Pilate: The Diary of a Journey, (1926)
Source: https://archive.org/details/jestingpilatedia0000huxl/page/214/mode/2up?q=To+travel+is+to+discover+that+everyone+is+wrong Part II: Malaya

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