To "shanghai" someone away means to lie, deceive or downright coerce him to undertake a reluctant journey. It's an old practice that crews on sailing ships would use in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in order to recruit unwitting
I smiled at the next car that sped my way from the shoulder of the road. I stuck my thumb out to the winds and hoped to God this would finally be the one who'd pick me up and give
The boat sped over the dark green waters of Amatique Bay, the no man's land in between Belize and Guatemala. I was exhilarated to feel the sea wind on my face once more; with enough imagination, even taking a water
I looked out the plane window and down at the landscape over which we were flying. Range after range of snow-capped mountains spread out as far as the eye could see. It looked so surreal, almost like looking at a