Hello friends, this week’s review post will take you on a journey through the country I now call home: New Zealand. Although it’s not technically a road trip read, you’ll get to see parts of New Zealand through the words of an experienced writer and tramper!
Title: Wild Journeys – New Zealand’s famous and infamous, historic and off-the-beaten-path journeys, tracks, routes and passages
Author: Bruce Ansley
Genre: Non Fiction – Travel
Publication details: Harper Collins Publishers; Auckland, 2018
ISBN: 9781775541202 (Hardcover)
What this book is about: In this magnificent travel book, Bruce Ansley retraces the path of doomed surveyor John Whitcombe across the Southern Alps, follows the raiding party of northern chief Te Puoho along the West Coast, sails around New Zealand’s North and South capes, walks through the valley under the Two Thumb Range to Mesopotamia, drives from Waiheke to Wanaka (in a hurry), sets off on a hunt for the South Island’s ‘Grey Ghost’, looks deep into the heart of volcanic New Zealand and tracks the escape route of our most unlikely hero, jail-breaker George Wilder. These are stories about New Zealand, of wild journeys and strange ones, of exhilaration, joy, frailty and fear.
My review: What an awesome book this was!! I felt as if I was riding shotgun with Bruce or plodding along with him as I read it!! The majority of the stories he tells give some hilarious descriptions and the language he uses is quite vivid and colourful. That’s what you would call the typical Kiwi humour folks! Those historical accounts that he writes of takes the reader back to walk among those explorers. You can’t help but be immersed within them. For those who enjoy travelogues with vivid descriptions, this is a must read. I hope you get to enjoy the country I call home from its pages!!
My rating: 5 ⭐
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