We had been marching along the shore day after day, slower and slower it seemed, but we were approaching the city—that great city!—at last. Yet when we awoke the next morning, dizzy with hunger, we were astonished to see the city’s towers shining brightly in the sunlight far behind us.

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Grove Koger is the author of When the Going Was Good: A Guide to the 99 Best Narratives of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure, and Assistant Editor of Laguna Beach Art Patron Magazine, Palm Springs Art Patron Magazine, and Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell Journal. He blogs at World Enough.