![]() ![]() Short of actually going on the trip, this is the best way to go. It is the way that Michael describes the great highs and the dire lows of humanity's habitations and constructions and achievements that make his travelogues the ones that cause you to forget that you aren't actually eating cobra, waiting with trepidation at a hostile border crossing, or fending off unwanted attention. ![]() It is the stories of the characters and how they go about their lives, and the heart that goes into their telling, that makes you wish you were actually there along for the ride. In Zambia Palin meets a witch doctor who tells him that he has an 'evil shadow' and bad things lie ahead for him. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Michael Palin Pole To Pole 3 Books Collection Gift Wrapped Slipcase Hemingway Ad at the best. The sites that he visits are important, but only as much as they affect, or have been affected by, humanity. In Leningrad during filming of Pole to Pole, 19913 On the Zambesi River, 19913 At the South Pole, 19917 With Basil Pao's daughter Sonia. ![]() What makes either of these works worth listening to more than once is Michael's humanity when describing the pathos and comedy he encounters in his voyages. This book is a followup to his Around the World in 80 Days book and, like that volume, is a good companion to the video series although it can be read and enjoyed on it's own. ![]()
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