Rave review for Joe Bennett, a British expat’s tour of New Zealand.

First I must declare Joe is cheap, distrustful, grumpy & masochistic. He must be inept too to have so much trouble travelling the best travel country in the world.

Joe stayed in motels rather than superb hostels.

He shuns excellent public transport, insisting on hitchhiking far reaches of New Zealand.

It’s profane, absurd & funny. Very funny. This should be mandatory reading for every wide-eyed newby backpacker issued a tourist visa to New Zealand.

To read the first philosophical treatise on hitchhiking pick-up A Land of Two Halves.