Sep 10, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
Colin Thubron once sat in a Soviet customs office watching a KGB officer read his travel notes, unable to tell whether the book he had spent years building was about to be confiscated forever. The…
Colin ThubronGuestRajan DatarHostHow do you deal with Colin Thubron when you're abroad with Colin Thubron, in other words, by yourself? I
You're so intense on what you're doing and where you are and who you're going to meet, what places are like, that you're not thinking about yourself at all.
His observation, his lyricism in his writing is beyond anybody else I've certainly read.
What is the travel experience that most shaped your thinking, who you are, or what you became? What would you say to that?
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