TRAVELS IN THE HEART OF ASIA

In the end, if Marco Polo

never went past Constantinople,

it matters not; if ibn Battuta

never set foot in India,

it matters not. We

have the books,

we have the maps,

the routes drawn;

we travel them,

sentence by sentence,

footnote by footnote.

If Marco Polo never

went to fabled Cathay,

if Ibn Batutta never

stood tall in the

sultan's court at Delhi,

it matters not; we will.

16.12.2020