Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

About this book

"Possibly his best travel book...an observant and frequently hilarious account of a trip that took him to 51 Pacific Islands." TIME Renowned travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux has been many places in his life and tried almost everything. But this trip in and around the lands of the Pacific may be his boldest most fascinating yet. From New Zealands rain forests to crocodile-infested New Guinea over isolated atolls through dirty harbors daring weather and coastlines he travels by Kayak wherever the winds take him--and what he discovers is the world to explore and try to understand.