Raymond just wants to go, to explore our world and have adventures, but he gets off to a bad start. Arrested at LAX for possession of marijuana, from jail he wonders, "Why did the Feds search only me?" Raymond enlists a friend to investigate their government's anti-terrorism selectee list, but he does not worry; instead he flirts with girls and he searches for truth, as travellers in India do. The results from his friend's research however, make him worry... Raymond meets gurus and gorillas, scientists and guerrillas, hippies, hustlers, historians, and people with dizzying quantities of faith. As he discovers the joys of travelling light, he falls in love, twice. He also learns how to contemplate, a useful skill in navigating our crazy modern world. Go to Indonesia, Israel, China, Brazil, Africa and elsewhere. Go on a mind-expanding odyssey. Global velocity Go with Raymond. Explore planet Earth and everything.