What do sacrificing sheep, the Bulgarian KGB and fish eyes floating in soup have in common? They were just a small part of the unexpected events I encountered during my 20 years traveling the world. When you add; sharing a path with Giant Monitor Lizards, a nuclear power plant outside your hotel window and passing out white envelopes filled with money, you have some idea what it was like in the 80's and 90's being a businessman "Lost in the World." Back in the 1980's I had the opportunity to work internationally with the Citibank Consulting Group. We worked mostly in Eastern Europe (Behind the Iron Curtain), the Middle East and Southeast Asia. During the years I traveled internationally, it was rare to have American businessmen in many of the countries I worked. There was no "Google," no "Wikipedia" or "Internet" to tell us what to expect, how to behave or what the consequences of getting in trouble could be in these countries. We tried to walk a straight line, but the world kept throwing us curves. We survived by keeping in mind our two unwritten rules: It's their country, not ours Respect that... Do not discus religion or politics Theirs or ours... Easier said than done