Hun hoofden zijn groen en hun handen blauw

P. Bowles

This is a collection of eight travel essays all written in the 1950's. Except for one essay on Central America, all of these pieces are concerned with locations in the Hindu, Buddhist, or Islamic worlds. A superb and observant traveler, Paul Bowles was a born wanderer who found pleasure in the inaccessible and who cheerfully endures the concomitant hardships with a matter-of-fact humor.