An Idiot Abroad

The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington

I really can’t believe what a state the pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they’re like a massive game of Jenga that’s got out of hand
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Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot.
Join the orange-headed one as he travels the world and discovers its wonders…

Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington: Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot.

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…

Find out in Karl Pilkington’s hilarious
travel diaries.

‘He is a moron. A completely round, empty-headed, part-chimp
Manc.’ RICKY GERVAIS


“Genius or mental case? Prepare to be amazed”
esquire

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“The funniest man on the planet”
spectator

“Not many idiots could make something this funny”
guardian


Karl Pilkington

Karl Pilkington is the author of seven bestselling books: The World of Karl Pilkington, Happyslapped by a Jellyfish, Karlology, An Idiot Abroad, The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life and More Moaning. He was part of the Guinness World Record-breaking podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, which was downloaded over 300 million times and became an animation for HBO in the USA. He also starred in three series of Sky 1’s global hit An Idiot Abroad and most recently, The Moaning of Life.