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360 Degrees Longitude Copyright © 2009 by John Higham Originally published by Alyson Publications Print book ISBN: 978-1-935212-86-7 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-935212-99-7 ™ Google and the Google Earth icon are registered trademarks of the Google corporation. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to: Prospecta Press P. O. Box 3131 Westport, CT 06880 203-454-4454 www.prospectapress.com To the wonderful people of Lushoto, Tanzania. May I someday be able to return the favor. CONTENTS 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 AUTHOR’S NOTE Travel can change a person, and it can change the world. That’s a bold statement, and I believe it. As we look beyond our borders, it is easy to see how different people are, over there. It is a lot harder to see how similar they are. I’m convinced that you have go and spend time over there to accomplish that. It can be hard to do, which is why I wrote this book: to take you to distant lands and meet the people who live over there to show that, at the end of the day, humankind in all its wonderful weirdness is the same all over the planet. A large part of this story is contained within the pages of this book, but there is more than what you are holding in your hands. Whenever you see the Google Earth logo there is more waiting for you online. The Google Earth companion layer that is available online contains the “Director’s Cut” of anecdotes, photos, video, and stories that couldn’t be presented on mere paper. Google Earth is free and is probably the coolest piece of software developed by humankind. The extra features add a dimension to the manuscript that will connect you to the places around the globe in a way previously impossible. There is a quick tutorial in the appendix that explains what you need to know to use these features. The Appendix of How To is chock-full of details about how one would go about planning their own around-the-world adventure, from basics on budgeting, to homeschooling children on the road, to getting immunizations. Even more information can be found at www.360degreeslongitude.com. If there is anything you want to know about world travel in general or about this story in particular that isn’t in this book or on our Web site, send me an e-mail at [email protected].

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Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family’s Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a “global citizen”—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four.After more than a decade of planning, John Hig
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360 Degrees Longitude Copyright © 2009 by John Higham Originally published by Alyson Publications Print book ISBN: 978-1-935212-86-7 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-935212-99-7 ™ Google and the Google Earth icon are registered trademarks of the Google corporation. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to: Prospecta Press P. O. Box 3131 Westport, CT 06880 203-454-4454 www.prospectapress.com To the wonderful people of Lushoto, Tanzania. May I someday be able to return the favor. CONTENTS 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 AUTHOR’S NOTE Travel can change a person, and it can change the world. That’s a bold statement, and I believe it. As we look beyond our borders, it is easy to see how different people are, over there. It is a lot harder to see how similar they are. I’m convinced that you have go and spend time over there to accomplish that. It can be hard to do, which is why I wrote this book: to take you to distant lands and meet the people who live over there to show that, at the end of the day, humankind in all its wonderful weirdness is the same all over the planet. A large part of this story is contained within the pages of this book, but there is more than what you are holding in your hands. Whenever you see the Google Earth logo there is more waiting for you online. The Google Earth companion layer that is available online contains the “Director’s Cut” of anecdotes, photos, video, and stories that couldn’t be presented on mere paper. Google Earth is free and is probably the coolest piece of software developed by humankind. The extra features add a dimension to the manuscript that will connect you to the places around the globe in a way previously impossible. There is a quick tutorial in the appendix that explains what you need to know to use these features. The Appendix of How To is chock-full of details about how one would go about planning their own around-the-world adventure, from basics on budgeting, to homeschooling children on the road, to getting immunizations. Even more information can be found at www.360degreeslongitude.com. If there is anything you want to know about world travel in general or about this story in particular that isn’t in this book or on our Web site, send me an e-mail at [email protected].

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Much more than a travel narrative 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family’s Journey Around the World is a glimpse at what it means to be a “global citizen”—a progressively changing view of the world as seen through the eyes of an American family of four.After more than a decade of planning, John Hig
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