True Stories
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, November, 2004
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This month's winner is Gary MacFarland, of Sebastopol, Calif. (His son contributed the illustration.) MacFarland's prize: a nine-day trip for two to Peru, courtesy of Marnella Tours.
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My wife and I decided to take a road trip through Baja California, from Cabo San Lucas to Mulegé, in our rented VW Bug. Since the car had no air-conditioning, the windows were wide open and we were both wearing our bathing suits. As we motored north at 60 mph, a large wasp flew inside the car and down my wife's suit, into her cleavage. She immediately started writhing and screaming in pain from numerous wasp stings. Luckily we were passing through a village road that had wide shoulders, so I stopped, pulled her from the car, and proceeded to yank her swimsuit down to her waist to allow the wasp to escape. In my haste to relieve her pain, ...
