I've been to the Orinoco and remember my guide insisting that I keep my hands inside the dugout canoe at all times, so I know about piranhas.
But my guide insists that nothing bad will happen to the man if he takes, say, 45 minutes to finish his round.
(Marja Goevaers, our English-speaking guide, insists it's 90percentt of all the paintings, but experts say it isn't so).
Our guide insists we offer prayers to Mother Ganga, so I rise with the early birds of the bus and take a boat ride across the Ganges.
Mr. Maag, for his part, has defended Sky Guide, insisting that the Russian pilot was given more than enough time to get out of the way.
Part of the problem is the narrator, who is too young to know much about life, and yet, like an importuning but ill-informed tour guide, insists that we see it through his eyes.
On our drive back to Cameroon's coast, my guide insisted that some of the local Fang people, well known for cannibalism in the 19th century, still dug up bodies to eat.
For another, before our midday meal, John Lewis, our guide, insisted we turn our boats around, form a line and hook our kayaks together, an exercise that sounded simple but took our novice crowd at least 20 minutes to execute.
For lunch, my guide insisted we go to the Steigenberger Hotel.
