around the world in 80 days michael palin

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS MICHAEL PALIN FULL
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS MICHAEL PALIN TV

In September of 2008, Palin announced on his official website that he will be traveling to Gujarat in an attempt to locate the crew and reunite with them. In the interview included with the DVD release, Palin said that he would like to meet the dhow's crew and thank them again for their gracious hospitality. Along the way, Palin bonds with the dhow's crew who were an extended family from the Indian state of Gujarat, letting the oldest one listen to a Bruce Springsteen song on his Walkman, and developing a bad case of diarrhea, resulting in many trips to the ship's unique open-air latrine. In Dubai, the team finds a dhow named the Al-Sharma to take them to Bombay. Palin recounts his trip from Jeddah to Dubai via Riyadh, and notes that he drove the distance from London to the Black Sea in one weekend. As a last ditch effort to save the journey, Palin and the director Clem Vallance are permitted by the Saudi authorities to drive across Saudi Arabia to Dubai, with the rest of the crew (and their problematic camera equipment) making the journey by air. Even though he is able to take a ferry from the city of Suez to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he misses a key connection that would have taken him to Muscat. After seeing the Pyramids in Giza and riding a camel named Michael, Palin runs into difficulties when the ship he was supposed to board has engine problems and cannot sail. On arrival, he attends a local football match and appears in a cameo role in an Egyptian film. Palin arrives in Alexandria, Egypt and has difficulty getting a train to Cairo. After a brief stopover in Crete, Alexandria beckons. After that, he travels through the Corinth Canal to Athens, where he sees the world-renowned evzones, and meets a die-hard Python fan. Arriving in Venice by coach, he helps the local sanitation department clean up the city. After taking a ferry across the English Channel, Palin crosses the Alps by train before being stopped in Innsbruck due to an Italian railway strike. He also has dinner with his 'referees', who include fellow Pythons Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS MICHAEL PALIN TV

After setting off from the Reform Club in London, he boards the Orient Express at Victoria Station in London, while reminiscing on his rigorous preparations for his upcoming circumnavigation, which included a daily exercise programme, a chat with seasoned TV traveller Alan Whicker, and the purchase of an inflatable globe. Palin accepts the offer from the BBC to attempt travelling around the world in 80 days.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS MICHAEL PALIN FULL

Michael Palin's attempt to circumnavigate the world heralds a phenomenal journey of dhows, diarrhoea, hungry parrots and a world full of surprises. Beautifully illustrated, the book shows the programme's virtues, such as Palin's enthusiasim and naturalness.' – The Observer.Documentary hosted by Michael Palin and published byĪ Venetian refuse barge, a battered taxi in Egypt, a primitive boat across the Persian Gulf, a Chinese steam engine and a container ship across the Date Line. 'Palin recounts the journey charmingly in daily diary entries. 'His easy-going charm and passion for discovery are captivating.' – The Daily Express. Writing in his characteristically engaging and witty style, Palin paints a vivid picture of the people and places around him, reinforcing his reputation as one of the world's favourite travel writers. Around the World in 80 Days is essential reading for every would-be traveller. From the opulence of the „Orient Express” to the lurching progress of an Egyptian camel, from the hot and lively streets of Madras to the lofty heights of a hot-air balloon over Colorado, there is never a dull moment in this hilarious account of a journey full of surprises. Following in the footsteps of the fictional Phileas Fogg, he makes real the journey which author Jules Verne imagined more than a century earlier. In Around the World in 80 Days we join Michael Palin on the first of his great adventures.

Around the world in 80 days michael palin