A lost American, fresh out of college and despairing of his career, chaotic life, and diseased family, looks to renew himself. Invited to Europe, he decides to travel ever east on $10 a day for over a year. Here is the story of his odyssey, with disastrous brushes with thieves, malicious custom officials, lost luggage, Cairo scam artists, and Thai police. It is a tale of lost innocence, political awakening, falling in love, and finding the support, and resourcefulness, to pull through the most dangerous miles of his life. Here, in Book 2, the narrative takes the author nearly Cairo to the Cape, then back to Europe where he loses his heart, before crossing India and Southeast Asia, until forced to return home transformed.