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CONTENTS

Оглавление

Author’s Note

0. Countdown

Part I. Splat

1. Geothermal Sludge and a Good Advertising Agency (Iceland)

2. Home Is Where Your Stuff Is (England)

3. Egad! Cowboys and Croissants! (France)

4. Cyclus Interruptus (Switzerland)

Part II. Shattered Bones, Shattered Plans

5. Gargling with Razor Blades (Czech Republic/Poland)

6. Have You Hugged Your Lawyer Today? (Poland/Sweden)

7. Chocolate Vomit Is a Medical Emergency! (Denmark/Germany)

8. Touch It, Wimp! (Switzerland … again)

9. The Incredible Disappearing Force Field (Italy)

Part III. Out of Our Comfort Zone

10. Exploding Postal Scales (The Planet of Turkey, with a Dash of Greece)

11. A Dangerous Place to Be a Chicken (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

12. Stranded by Our Stupidity (Tanzania)

13. Eat First, Ask Questions Later (Mauritius/Japan)

14. The Cruise Ship of Pain (The People’s Republic of China)

15. Immigration Purgatory in the PRC (The Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen and Hong Kong)

16. Nipple-Nibbling Fish (Thailand)

17. The Ugly Side of Humanity (Cambodia)

18. The Cute One and the Danish Postal Pin-Up Girls (Thailand, Again)

19. Busted In the Ladies’ Room (En Route over the Pacific)

Part IV. Home Is Where Your Stuff Is

20. Danger! Banana Crossing! (Costa Rica)

21. A Pirate in the Caribbean (Panama)

22. Please Pass the Armageddon Pills (Bolivia)

23. Armageddon Pills—Don’t Leave Home Without Them (Bolivia/Chile)

24. Roll, Puke, and Yaw (Chile/Argentina)

25. Aerobatic Maneuvers Not Permitted (Bolivia Again!)

26. One Tough Kid (Peru)

27. Kitchen Ballistics and the Cruisers of Paradise (Belize)

Reentry

Appendix of Fast Facts

Appendix of How To

Appendix of Stupid Facts

Google Earth!

Acknowledgments

360 Degrees Longitude

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