frank black spent six months in puerto rico on exchange

but failed to learn spanish 

elvis costello went to a madrassa in islamabad

but was a zoroastrian

ray davies ran a canoeing business in botswana

but couldnt swim

buddy holly was a professional spectacled bear wrestler in ecuador

but was allergic to ursine fur

jerry harrison sold handmade jewellery on corfu

but thought kalemera was a type of olive

kim gordon crossed the south atlantic in a balloon

but was afraid of heights

tom waits spent a financial quarter as a hermit on top of a pole in sudan

but kept yelling at stray dogs

karen o crossed the gobi desert barefoot

without once meeting a person called khan

jarvis cocker went looking for el dorado in the amazon

but only found el bronceado

peter buck descended to the bottom of the mariana trench in a bathyscaphe

but demanded it turn back half way because he forgot his water wings

mick ronson climbed the north face of mount everest

but still insisted that lhasa was a beverage

steve mack would rather sail the ocean

than make a big decision