Kapitel 11, The Pacific Railway: The 10:00 to Punatarenas

Panama Canal Zone

«I saw a young couple picking out a vacuum cleaner, and I felt guilty and homesick.»

«When Nawaz-saab finally managed to sit down, I believe all three of us considered it a personal accomplishment.”

«Trust Suleiman to set off alone and return with a bent old woman in tow.»

«In an irrelevant hamlet like Namnagar, even our electricity seems to lack confidence.»

“’Haanh? What came over you? What mischief made you become a bloody Muslim?’”

Kapitel 8, The Railcar to San Salvador

«The train was going at ten miles an hour, so it was possible to botanize there on the back pages