Table of Contents

Introduction

The Horse Whisperess

LAURA DEUTSCH

USA

Appendix Over and Out

KRISTY LEISSLE

Ghana

I Had a Passion for the Christ

MELANIE HAMLETT

Florida

Giving Dad the Bird

LORI ROBINSON

South Africa/Botswana

Easter Island and the Chilean with the Brazilian

KIRSTEN KOZA

Easter Island

Why You Worry?

KATHLEEN MILLER

Brazil

Thunda Chicken Blong Jesus Christ

AMANDA TURNER

Vanuatu

Motorcycle Mama

LEIGH NANNINI

Greece

An Indian Wedding Nothing Like the Movies

NICO CRISAFULLI

India

Ciao Bella

CHRISTINA AMMON

Italy

Any Bears Around Today?

KIM MANCE

Canada

Packaged in Puerto

LAUREN QUINN

Mexico

Turkish Foreplay

CHERYN FLANAGAN

Turkey

Monkeying around in Paris

DAVID FARLEY

France

Going to the Dogs with My Mother

SUZANNE LAFETRA

Minnesota

The Spice is Right

MEGAN RICE

Mexico

Drug Money

KATIE EIGEL

Amsterdam

Karma at the Colombo Airport

JESSICA LANGLOIS

Sri Lanka

Hollywood Fiction

TROY RODRIGUES

USA

Naked with a Passport

ALLISON J. STEIN

Germany

The Nakuru Scam

SYLVIE DOWNES

Kenya

Embedded in the Boot

JENNIFER MASSONI

Italy

Advice for Closet Cougars

JILL PARIS

France

Mt. Fuji in a Trash Bag

SARAH KATIN

Japan

Flashed in Fallouja

KELLY HAYES-RAITT

Iraq

Ditching First Impressions

KIMBERLEY LOVATO

France

Safari Sickness

JULIAN WORKER

Nepal

Meeting Mosquito

JOSEY MILLER

Brazil

Wasted in Margaritaville

JILL K. ROBINSON

Mexico

Cabin Pressure

DIANE LETULLE

France

Sometimes a Language Barrier Isn’t

SPUD HILTON

Tunisia

Pricier than Prada

PEGGY EXTON JAFFE

Italy

Thank the Good Lord for Duct Tape

BREGE SHINN

Prague

Acknowledgments

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