Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1. What Have We Done? Tiburon, California

Chapter 2. We Never Get to Go Anywhere. Stinson Beach, California

Chapter 3. The Sex Life of Butterflies. Arenal, Costa Rica

Chapter 4. Pura Vida. San Jose, Costa Rica

Chapter 5. Those Lovable French. Paris, France

Chapter 6. Awkward Moments. Dole, France

Chapter 7. Speak French or Die. Saint-Jean-de-Losne, France

Chapter 8. Finding Our Stride. Nice, France

Chapter 9. Gluttony Without Tears. San Teodoro, Sardinia

Chapter 10. A Tough Day on the Road. Rome, Italy

Chapter 11. Next Time We Take the Bus. Panzano-in-Chianti, Italy

Chapter 12. The Museum of Torture. Patras, Greece

Chapter 13. Autumn of the Gods. Kusadasi, Turkey

Chapter 14. Your Wife Doesn’t Love You Anymore. Istanbul, Turkey

Chapter 15. Kara’s Shangri-La. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Chapter 16. “In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle …” Johannesburg, South Africa

Chapter 17. Flight of the Damned. Cape Town, South Africa

Chapter 18. The Most Beautiful Place on Earth. Mumbai, India

Chapter 19. Another Planet. Bangkok, Thailand

Chapter 20. The Middle of Nowhere. Ceduna, South Australia

Chapter 21. Heads or Tails. Sydney, Australia

Chapter 22. Temples and Land Mines. Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Chapter 23. The Lesson of the Buddha Cave. Luang Prabang, Laos

Chapter 24. Was It All Worthwhile? Ross, California (1999)

Four Frequently Asked (and Unasked) Questions

Afterword: Where Are We Now? Tiburon, California (2011)

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

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