Surrounded By Military Airplanes And Warships From The World's Most Civilized And Developed Nations, We Have Been Denied Permission By Friendly Governments, For Reasons Of Security, To Land Anywhere, But In The Tiny, And Still Neutral, Republic Of Djibouti. - SearchQuotes

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Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti.

Thor Heyerdahl

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