Reluctant Traveller's Diary
An Idiot Abroad : The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington
Publisher: Canongate Books
Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push, eat English food on a package holiday in Majorca. Which isn't exactly Michael Palin, is it? So what happened when he was convinced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World?
Travel broadens the mind, right? You'd think so... but this is Karl Pilkington we're talking about: adventurer, philosopher, idiot. Follow his hilarious misadventures as he's dragged around the globe, one wonder at a time.
'He is a moron. A completely round, empty-headed, part-chimp Manc.' – Ricky Gervais