Armed with her love of adventure, her wits, her winning smile, and a modest family subsidy, Sukoshi Rice set off over fifty years ago to explore the world. By plane, train, freighter, newspaper truck, bus, hitchhiking and donkey, she traveled four continents and many countries, working as a stable girl, receptionist, shoe salesgirl, restaurant owner, smuggler, shop girl, cook and tourist. Her journeys brought her in contact with the famous and the infamous, the exotic and the just plain creepy. As this book begins, she leaves her comfortable New York life for the travel and adventure that make up these stories