'Yonder in the Antipodes men have their feet against our feet.' Don Quixote, Cervantes

One cool winter's evening while he sipped his one small after work bottle of beer in the glow of the lounge fire, journalist Mark Price, who had travelled much when he was young and had had many tales to share had anyone been interested, was visited by an idea.

He would create an expedition. He would find something that was unexplored and set about exploring it. But what is a modestly capable man of adventure do when every mountain has been climbed, every river navigated to its source and every Guinness record stretched to impossibility?

He can spin a globe of the world and discover that his small country has its own antipodes - yet unknown and unexplored! He can take 360-degree photos of 'Perfect Places' in New Zealand, dub himself El Lider and his partner La Campaña, and set off to find the exact opposite points in Spain and Portugal.

In New Zealand, the expedition is somewhat downbeat. Members are not always cognizant of being on an expedition - as they sample budget margarine in a Canterbury camping ground or search for a soft drink that can be bought with a credit card.

But across the world, with the aid of a GPS, six white poplin business shirts and the intrepidly frugal La Campaña, El Lider's expedition forges paths where no New Zealander has gone before: through gorse and pine, skirting quarries, evading horses, pigs, nude farmers wives and the much feared El Toro, to photograph his Perfect Place antipodes.

In this quirky and endearing travel book, Mark Price tells the bare truth of his expedition to the other side of the earth. Written with a dry, dead pan humour and an economy that would do La Campaña proud this book is a delight

Antipodes - The Ingenious and Exhilarating Expedition of El Lider and La Campaña will be released in early October. To arrange an interview with the author or for review copies please contact Annette Riley, Tel 03 4772 911. Email: Annette@longacre.co.nz.