Unluckiest travelers include woman whose purse was stolen by a baboon.
Is the world’s unluckiest travelers the doctor who shattered his leg in a cliff fall on a third day of a medical mission to Vietnam, spending his time there as a patient?
Or is it the couple on a “Floating University” that hit a sandbar in Alexandria that was close to sinking by the time they reached the dock?
Or is it the woman whose purse was stolen by a baboon in Kenya?
All are contenders from among more than 800 submissions in Travel Guard North America’s search for the “World’s Unluckiest Traveler.”
The “winner,” who will receive a cash award, will be announced soon.
By David Wilkening
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