The book contains twenty stories of the author's experiences and other encounters as he travelled through Africa, Europe, and the United States of America. They chronicle events, observations, and various occurrences that travelers meet as they played out in his particular case. People who have traveled in the diverse situations and environments that are described will read and recollect their own circumstances, and would-be travelers should find it interesting and a forewarning that, in this global village, there are many surprises for the traveler.