By Tom Thumb, Posted Dec 10, 2006
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OK, we put this in as a joke as, unless you’re a Muslim then you’re not allowed to go anywhere near Mecca or Medina, the focal points of the Hajj.
Within the Muslim world, anyone who makes the pilgrimage to Mecca (and it’s supposed to be an obligation for able-boded Muslim men) is regarded with great respect thereafter and will often dye his beard a little red to make it known that he’s a hajji.
There is hope for infidels though, desperate to make their way to the holiest place in Saudi Arabia, in the shape of Richard Burton who made the pilgrimage disguised as a doctor from Afghanistan. Sadly, unless you possess the genius linguistic and anthropological talents of the 19th century traveler, you’re liable to be lynched for making fun of the Islamic faith.
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Hand to Mouth to India is the tale of when I hitchhiked from England to India at the age of 20 with no money at all.
Passing through England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and finally arriving in Goa where I slept on the beach all season and wrote the book.
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Imagine you, the room you’re in, the planet and everyone in it were all just a Story, figments of imagination in the mind of a Storyteller. But with Hoomanity set on self-destruction, the Storyteller’s health begins to fail and if he should die, what would become of the Story that he tells?
All hope for our world lies in the hands of a 9 year old boy and a foolish Bloon…
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