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der that easier ports would eventually be found for readier cargo, and Khor Rouri left to
slip back to nature.
Staying in religious schools to avoid expensive hostelries, 14th-century Muslim pilgrim Ibn Battuta set
the standard for budget travelling. Intending to perform hajj at the age of 20, his 'gap year' lasted 24
years. He clocked up an impressive 120,000km in Arabia and Asia, far out-travelling his contemporary,
Marco Polo.
