A Lizard in the Sun

What would you do if you were desperate to travel around the world but you had little or no money to finance your trip? You could stay home feeling sorry for yourself keep putting it off until you could afford it or just pack a bag and go hoping to be able to live on your wits and find work along the way. That's what Pat Bensky did in her early twenties and it led to a three-year adventure as she worked her way around Europe North Africa the West Indies Bahamas and the USA. At times she was hungry homeless sick miserable ecstatic; was almost lost at sea and cured of a serious illness by a West Indian witch doctor. But her resourcefulness courage and positive attitude steered her through the hard bits and when she got to California she decided that she