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In all my years as cabin crew I had never experienced any real stress with airline travel and rather enjoyed the hustle and bustle of airport life. Being whizzed through security at staff search, swiping my I.D. pass...

I had not traveled before my eighth grade Spain trip. My mother and grandparents have traveled so much in their lives, and the idea of joining the clan was utterly romantic.

In my grogginess, I rolled over and mumbled “Good morning, Amy.” Her reply was a barely audible “Good morning, John.” But then we looked at each other and both broke out in uncontrollable laughter. “HAHAHAHAHA!”

In my grogginess, I rolled over and mumbled “Good morning, Amy.” Her reply was a barely audible “Good morning, John.” But then we looked at each other and both broke out in uncontrollable laughter. “HAHAHAHAHA!”

Just after dark the bus stopped at a cafeteria. The timing of the unprepared traveler and his stomach do not often agree, so food had become a priority for us. Maybe we were distracted by hunger pains; perhaps we...

It was when I passed a pair of policemen patrolling the footpath in leather boots laced to the knee and double gun holsters, each with a Rottweiler on the end of a chain, and they looked surprised to see me...

It was when I passed a pair of policemen patrolling the footpath in leather boots laced to the knee and double gun holsters, each with a Rottweiler on the end of a chain, and they looked surprised to see me...

The point isn’t to dwell on the fact that I had ingested large amounts of hallucinogenic substances sold to me at the small cafe where I ate my pizza and drank my beer.

The point isn’t to dwell on the fact that I had ingested large amounts of hallucinogenic substances sold to me at the small cafe where I ate my pizza and drank my beer.

“Ice is civilization!” declaims the protagonist in Paul Theroux’s popular bestseller The Mosquito Coast. But on the rich coast of Costa Rica, “beans” are!