From drug-induced Apocalypse Now re-enactments in Vietnam and trouble in the red light district in Amsterdam to an unexpected encounter on a camel in Pushkar, Ayun offers an armchair portal on the experience of the shoestring traveller. With a knack for inserting herself in bizarre situations around the globe with a stream of unwitting companions, Ayun shares, with razor-sharp wit, the travel stories most are too self-conscious to reveal.