Michael Palin

Michael Palin's Sahara adventure is one of the great challenges in world travel. In this exhausting journey, Michael will pass through the rock of Gibraltar to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and beyond. His route will take him across sand-seas, along treacherous rivers, through oases and over mountain ranges. The remote regions are characterized by ceaseless travel, from camel caravans to car rallies, but Michael Palin's love of traveling takes you to places many people will never know.

Filmed throughout the stunning Himalayan countryside, this geographical guide consists of six episodes. MONTY PYTHON star Michael Palin invites viewers to join him as he treks 2000 miles through the Himalayan region of Asia, encountering everyone including the Dalai Lama, the Bhutanese Royal Family, and the notorious head-hunting tribe of the Konyak. Throughout his travels, Palin offers witty and well-informed commentary on the varying degrees of wealth, poverty, and environmental challenges that are part of the Himalayan experience.

Monty Python comedian/writer Michael Palin takes up the famous challenge: to travel around the world in only 80 days. Air travel is forbidden, and wherever possible he uses the same routes and transport as Jules Verne's fictional hero, Phileas Fogg, meeting many interesting characters en route. As he races across continents and against the clock, Michael's charm and ingenuity delights the armchair traveler.