Table of Contents
Foreword Harold Stephens 1
1 Between a Croc and a Hard Place 5
2 A Late Start 10
3 The Land of a Thousand Horrors 16
4 Weighed Down in Egypt's Land 42
5 Into the Teeth of the Tiger 60
6 Changing Goals 75
7 Making a Splash 80
8 "Just Call Me God" 98
9 So, When Is a Country Not a Country? HO
10 Doing God's Work 117
11 Travels in SPAM Land 128
12 Hanging Chad 140
13 "Do Not Kidnap Anyone Today!" 162
14 Your Man in Havana 169
15 You Are What You Eat 177
16 Snow Beneath the Southern Cross 184
17 A Poke in a Pig 193
18 No Countries for Old Men 199
19 Into the Indian Ocean 210
20 On the Whims of the Dragoons 221
21 Murphy Moves to Tomorrow Land 225
22 To the Land of the Great Leader 239
23 In the Steppes of Genghis Khan 250
24 On the Wings of the Dragon 260
25 A Tropical Depression 275
26 Second Thoughts 286
27 My Meddle in the Muddle East 293
28 Guerrillas and Gorillas 305
29 Plan X and the Gray-Blue Eyes 337
30 …And One More for the Road 342
Countries Visited: In Chronological Order 347
I Gratefully Thank 351