Sometimes travel doesn't go according to plan - but that's what gives you best stories! Around the world, these Lonely Planet writers encounter hurricanes, road

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Illness, imprisonment, mistaken identities-bad things can happen on the road anywhere, anytime. Funny and frightening, these stories by Tony Wheeler, Virginia M

From the first tentative steps of the young backpacker finding her feet in a London hostel, to the beyond-travel commetment of setting up house in Delhi, the 26