Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

De: Michael Palin

Narrado por: Michael Palin

In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Jules Verne's fictional hero Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. The rules were simple. He had to make the journey in 80 days using only forms of transport that would have been available to Fogg. And so, complete with visas, running shoes, an inflatable globe and sound advice from Alan Whicker, Michael Palin began his incredible journey.

Crossing 17 borders and meeting innumerable challenges, he saw Venice from the back of a rubbish barge, rode around the Pyramids on a camel called Michael, and was attacked by a cockatoo in Hong Kong - amongst many other adventures. Phileas Fogg may have brought a Princess back from his travels, but Michael Palin brought back a fascinating and frequently humorous account of the journey of a lifetime.

©1989 Michael Palin (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Superb Michael Palin travelogue from 1988

Despite its date this audiobook is well worth hearing due to the excellent writing and narration skills of the author. His wit is ever-present and it is instructive to learn how much the world has changed since it first appeared! Highly recommended.

Interesting Journey

Interesting journey worth multiple listenings for me. Fascinating insights into multiple cultures. The best part is getting to know unique people all over the world.

Brilliant!!

A brilliant classic. Makes you want to drop everything and start travelling immediately arounf the world.

Palin's the writer Bryson hopes to be.

Now it's off to the North pole! This review needs more words, sp here they are.

Wow!

Immediately logging into my account to purchase the rest of Michael Palin’s travel books! Hands down the best narrator I have encountered in my years of audio book listening

Nicely done!

Palin does a great job with his descriptions and tells a fascinating story of his unusual trip around the world. My only complaint is a small one - the audiobook includes many small moments of background music that initially add to the feel of the story, but eventually become repetitive and a little tiring. But the rest of the storytelling more than makes up for it. I’m jealous of Palin that he was able to take a journey like this one. It reminded me of a friend who through-hiked a big part of the Appalachian trail. Having heard this audiobook, I plan to purchase the audiobook for Jules Verne’s original classic. Looking forward to it.

Michael Palin is a great storyteller

I’ve read about six of Michael Palin’s books. He is such a wonderful storyteller his humor and insight on his travel books and adventures is really quite extraordinary. I really enjoyed this book.

A wonderfully-realized travelogue & time capsule

I haven't seen the TV series, but the audiobook is a wonderful travelogue/time capsule, describing the world in 1988 through Michael Palin's fast-travelling eyes. It has a bit of a feel of a diary, but Palin keeps an excellent diary.

Some reviews mentioned the background music - it is rare and I felt added to the overall production. The only time it felt overdone was at the very end.

I consulted reviews to see if this was a good entry point for Palin's travels. I found it to be so, and will be getting the subsequent books next.

Michael Palin brings humour & humanity together

I've listened to all of Mr Palin's travel audio books and I recall watching the television series when I was a boy. it's as good a story now as it was then.

the journey of a lifetime

I loved it... since full circle aired on television
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