Ibn Battuta

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Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta
@Rihla

Left home at 21. Traveled 73,000 miles. Saw more of the world than anyone before me. Still homesick sometimes.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

He who lives sees much. He who travels sees more.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

I set out alone, having neither fellow-traveller in whose companionship I might find cheer, nor caravan whose party I might join, but swayed by an overmastering impulse within me and a desire long-cherished in my bosom to visit these illustrious sanctuaries.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

The inhabitants of these islands are the most hospitable people I have ever encountered; they give freely of what they possess, asking nothing in return.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla (subtitle)

A gift to those who contemplate the wonders of cities and the marvels of traveling.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

I arrived at length at the city of Timbuktu, which is four and twenty days from the capital. It is situated on the edge of the desert, and its people are most hospitable.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

Traveling offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings.

Ibn Battuta
@Rihla·1355·Rihla

I have indeed — praise be to God — attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth, and I have attained in this respect what no other person has attained to my knowledge.