After foolishly asking me what I had been up to recently, and then foolishly listening to the answer, a friend once told me that I must be surrounded by an improbability field. That may be so, or maybe I just don't run away fast enough when unusual things start to happen around me. Either way, I’ve managed to collect a number of travel stories that in retrospect are entertaining, even if they weren't at the time. I hope you think so too.