“ A traveller with an open mind grows richer with each journey, with each encounter, with each conversation. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ When the press and problems of humanity become too much, I love to escape into books, where people are served up in digestible portions and can be pushed to one side when one is satiated. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ I reckon that blaming people fixes nothing. You're the only person who is going to sort you out. No-one else really can - or really cares, enough. That's what Nepalis know - better than anyone. That's… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ In Nepal, the quality of conversation is much more important than accuracy of the content. Maybe we get overexcited about information in England? Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ ... how could Britain operate in India for 300 years and take so little back from it in terms of understanding? Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ We found a smooth inviting boulder under a vast banyan tree, and sat in companionable silence. There unexpectedly, on that rock, I saw the secret of contentment. True happiness is only ever possible i… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ I wished I could paint this ineffable beauty but I had never been artistic. I hadn’t even packed a camera, and my phone was out of charge. It didn’t matter. I just breathed in the feeling, savouring i… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Major Chhetri's pronouncement when we'd first arrived in Nepal came echoing back: "Things that start in the rain end well. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ GPs are almost the only doctors these days who understand all problems, can see the whole person…spend time with the dying…see things through to the end. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ A Nepali outlook, pace and philosophy had prevented us being swamped by our problems. In Nepal it was easier to take life day by day. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ No-one would want to go through a traumatic experience but when you’ve survived something life-shattering and risen above it, you achieve a kind of serenity. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Getting angry and harbouring bitterness doesn’t help anybody, least of all the angry bitter person. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Travel experiences are emotionally loaded. Often there is excitement and stimulation. The tingle-factor though comes partly from the fact that we're stressed, just a little. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Living in the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Travel is a joy, full of surprises. Perhaps some of the most enjoyable times are those where one comes close to disaster: the risks add spice, and make for great stories when you are safely back home… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ The Chinese say that there is no scenery in your home town. They’re right. Being in another place heightens the senses, allows you to see more, enjoy more, take delight in small things; it makes life… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ Living on the edge - that's what I feel like when I don't know what my bowels are going to do next. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ … everything was fresh, green and particularly beautiful. Afternoon light, filtering between remnants of monsoon clouds, picked out gullies and spot-lit patches of forest and scrub on the convoluted r… Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ The mountains were so wild and so stark and so very beautiful that I wanted to cry. I breathed in another wonderful moment to keep safe in my heart. Jane Wilson-Howarth
“ We'd incorporated Asia into our bones - its colours and laughter, its smells, its rhythms, its tolerance and patience, its compassion, its lack of ageism. Jane Wilson-Howarth
