May 15, 2003
Professor Cahill's Travel 101: Rule #7
"Rule 7: Read guidebooks. Guidebooks, books on the country, and books by local authors can help you refine the nature of your quest. * Rule 7, corollary 1: Expect the books to be wrong or out of date."
--Tim Cahill, Hold the Enlightenment (2002)
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