Offering a lighthearted tour of interesting places and experiences from the perspective of an amiable, fun-loving New Zealander, sixty-eight-year-old John Gilkison looks back at his life with great fondness-and an infectious sense of wonder that will keep you engaged from beginning to end.

Growing up on a sheep station on New Zealand's South Island, he learns his values from his parents and a thirst for travel from his teacher at the one-room schoolhouse he attends. His travel lust is only piqued by joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force where, during his twenty years of service, he...