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"With foreign travel more difficult for westerners than it has been at
any time in the past 50 years, the BBC is to air a retrospective looking
at some of Palin’s travels, which still capture and delight the public’s
imagination. “I think it’s very, very important to remember that we are
this tiny part of a vast world, in which people right across the globe
are suffering in various different ways from the pandemic,” Palin says.
“It’s a reminder that there are a lot of things that we do share, that
you can’t just cut yourself off in certain countries and say: ‘We’re all
right, forget the rest.’”
It starts with a look at
Around the World in 80 Days, where Palin
circumnavigated the world without being able to use a plane. Next
Pole
to Pole, where Palin did just that. Then,
Full Circle: a 50,000-mile
trip around the Pacific Ocean, passing through Russia, China, Asia and
up the west coast of America. The last it looks at is
Sahara. And
that’s only half of the series Palin has made. He has visited the
Himalayas, many countries in Europe, even North Korea.
The Guardian asked Palin to choose, out of the thousands of places he
has visited and journeys he has been on, his favourite seven."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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