One important thing about Ibn Battuta's travels is that when he decided to start his adventure, he was driven by his intelectual curiosity, which means that he was interested more in descovering the cultural and social differences than just enjoying the beauty of these places. Thus, in his narrative he described each place he visited, and in each country, he mentioned something special or wierd that characterised it. For example, he was fascinated by the Nile, Baghdad, Chinese people, he was surprised by Mali's culture, he spend 8 years india, he made the pilgrimage to Mecca about 7 times......