The author, not being of sound mind after a car accident, is invited to hitchhike from Tempe, Arizona to Mexico City with a friend from Paris who has two PhDs. A week after the accident, he has the stitches taken out and an hour later they hit the road. The first thing he learns is Mexico can be kind of dangerous and travel with his new friend can go from the boring to the terrifying in an instant. There are a few embellishments along the way and...