"The women of this country are more beautiful than the men, and they are not veiled."

"The people of this city are mean and stingy, and they are not generous."

"In Anatolia, I met a dervish who could make himself invisible. Or at least, that's what he claimed. I never saw him do it."

"The people of this city are very strange. They eat rice with their hands, and they do not use spoons or forks like us."

"The food in this land is very spicy. My mouth was on fire after every meal, but I still enjoyed it."