A Traveler's Journal

There are unparalleled adventures to be had traveling the world as Lois Lane with one's very own Super Man. I showed him many things and he saved me time-and-again.
We crested a small rise and there he was, sitting upright, presenting his beautiful silver back. He was magnificent-and he knew it. His name was Guhonda. At six and a half feet tall and more than 660 pounds, he was the largest Mountain Gorilla in the world.
I was conveyed from the arms of one crew member to another while Gary, his fingertips finding purchase on the roof, leaned in, and pushing off, allowed his body weight to swing him across three feet of oily water to land safely on the undulating deck of Mihovil.
I recognized the error in translation when a taxi driver gave me the international middle-finger salute as I barreled down the street-the wrong way-his angry einbahhhhhnstrassssse echoing out behind him.