Are all your trips perfect "Missions Accomplished?" No? Fear not, you're in good company.

Funny things can happen when you hit the road. This collection of anecdotes and lessons learned are from a traveler focused on the mission, whether business or leisure, and who finds the road itself can be wonderful.

- Meet a priest in Taiwan who performs less-than-holy conversions

- Consider a job offer to smuggle gold

- Enjoy the tender ministrations of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

- Discover a part of Paris not found on any tourist maps

- Learn why your friend might stroll buck naked through a hotel lobby at 4:00am

- Discover what to do when stuck 100 feet down in a sunken ship

- Be forewarned of "The Legend of Mount Splatterhorn"

- Know the one word best unsaid while driving in Finland

- ...And more than 40 other silly tales

"Missions Accomplished" will entertain and educate you; you'll want this book before you take that next flight or anytime you need a pleasant diversion in short bite-size chunks loaded with travel wisdom.