Gary Mancuso yearned to travel ever since hewas a boy. Then, the summer before his senior year in high school, he left hisfamily home in Ohio and drove to California. Arriving in Los Angeles with fourdollars in his pocket, he slept on the beach for a spell until he got hisfooting. When he wasn’t off wandering somewhere, he studied economics,communications, and political science and got a master’s degree inInternational Relations from the University of Southern California. Beforesetting off on the journey that became the subject of this book, Gary headedbusiness development in the trading room of a large regional bank. Along withhis passion for travel, he is an avid trekker, swimmer, scuba diver,environmentalist, and private pilot.