Around The World In 80 Days (Cesta kolem světa za 80 dní, 1993)

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Listopad 20, 2010

Michael Palin. Obrázek Četba na pokračování ze stejnojmenné knihy – cestopisu.

Čte autor, Michael Palin.

Natočilo BBC Radio v roce 1993 (7 hod. 34 min.).

Pozn: Vydalo BBC Audiobooks Ltd v edici BBC Radio Collection v roce 1993 (audiokazeta), reedice 2003 (CD). BONUS – mapy celého putování „Around The World“ (10 map)

Pozn.: This book was made available as an audio book, read by Michael Palin himself, allowing the listener to hear his wit and charm, and his ability to do accents. The audio book does not include the photographs, of course.

The first journey – and what an initiation. Dhows, diarrhoea, the Corinth Canal, hungry parrots and a bomb scare as a welcome home. And back in time to challenge Phileas Fogg. Just.

I’m still very fond of this trip. It started the ball rolling. I can’t quite believe that three people had already turned it down before me. When the BBC asked if I wanted to go round the world, all expenses paid, there seemed only one answer.

Not until dawn on the day of departure did a full-blown, gut-tightening panic set in. I had volunteered to deliver six fifty-minute documentaries, (having only done one in my life before), against the clock, with absolutely no script at all, on a route that might change without warning. Nothing like it had been attempted before.

The panic lasted well over six minutes, but once on the Orient Express, waving farewell to friends and family didn’t feel so bad, and from then on, it was an eye-opening experience. Highlights for me included the passage through the Corinth canal, the week on the dhow, my first visit to China and a stunningly beautiful rail crossing of America. And, of course making it home with only half a day to spare.

Perhaps the greatest satisfaction of all was that we brought home so much usable material that the BBC gave us seven shows instead of six, and the seventh pulled in an audience of over 12 million.

Michael Palin, 25th September 2002.

A Traveller´s Reading List

Travelling around the world is not all white-water rafting and getting beaten up by Buttsuji monks. There’s always a fair share of waiting for cancelled planes, delayed buses and errant ferries. And, in times like these, the joys of reading are hard to beat.

Obrázek So we thought we’d put together a little reading list of some of the books Michael’s read on his journeys. There are guidebooks, factual books, fictional books, and some that are simply beyond description. Some entertaining, some scary and some insightful. And all worth a read. So it’s time to pop down to the local library…!
80 DAYS
Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days
Joyce Carey: The Horse’s Mouth
Anthony Burgess: Little Wilson and Big God
Lu Wenfu: Short Stories
Kingsley Amis: Stanley and the Women
Salah El-Ghobashy and Hilary Wise: Get by in Arabic

Facts :
Dates: 25 September – 12 December 1988
Number of days: 79 and 7 hours
Countries visited: 14
Distance travelled: 28,000 miles
Illnesses contracted: Delhi Belly