THE question is did you watch it?

Watch what?

The travel programme on BBC 2 at 9pm?

No, I was watching the World Cup, Croatia v Denmark, it turned out to be exciting ending with a penalty shoot out.

But The Misadventrures of Romesh Ranganathan was better. What better than the World Cup?

Yes, I has already seen one penalty shoot out on Sunday I didn't want to see another. But the tension!

If you had torn yourself away from ITV, then you would have seen tension of a different kind in this travel programme, which sent comedian, Romesh Ranganathan, to the Caribbean island of Haiti.

It wasn't your run of the mill travelogue or your Michael Plain visits...type show.

This was Gonzo journalism or certainly Gonzo journalism as shown on tv.

A description of Gonzo Journalism is a style of journalism which is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative.

While this was not written it did incorporate the feelings and observations of Romesh Ranganathan without any soft soap or syrup.

In a modern parlance, he 'called it like it is', or to paraphrase the words of Roy Walker on Catchphrase he said what he saw.

What the one hour long film showed was the two sides to, two faces of Haiti.

The poverty, the island which was decimated by an earthquake and not overly inviting for tourists.

The threat of crime, of being kidnapped and violence. Which means Haiti is what you would called a 'red zone'.

While the other side of the island looked every bit the islands paradise you would imagine.

It is all part of perceptions. As a tourist you can have a critical eye, you see more as you don't live there so see things in a different light.

This is what was served up within this documentary. It was eye opening, it was shocking, it was different and something off the tv beaten track.

If you haven't seen it then go to the BBC iPlayer and download it to watch at a later date.

The next episode of The Misadventrures of Romesh Ranganathan is next Sunday.