Full Circle: A Pacific Journey with Michael Palin [Abridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

by Michael Palin (Author, Narrator)

Editorial Reviews

Following the hugely popular and successful Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole, Michael Palin set off to meet another challenge: an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific.

Eighteen countries border the vast expanse of sea that is the Pacific. Palin travelled through them by air, train, boat, car, and on foot, exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth. As he moved through different countries he met the wonderfully diverse communities that make up their populations, many of whom lead far from ordinary lives.

Whether he's talking to head-hunters in Borneo or eating maggots in Mexico, Palin recounts his adventures in a vivid and lively style that brilliantly evokes the full colour and richness of the Pacific Rim.

Product Details

• Audible Audio Edition
• Listening Length: 6 hours and 4 minutes
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Abridged
• Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.
• Audible.com Release Date: February 16, 2005
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0007UD5H8
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An enlightning tour of the Pacific Rim countries., August 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Circle: One Man's Journey by Air, Train, Boat and Occasionally Very Sore Feet Around the 20.000 Miles of the Pacific Rim (Hardcover)

Michael Palin does it again with Full Circle. Starting in Alaska Michael travels anti-clockwise around the rim of the Pacific Ocean visiting countries as diverse as Russia, Korea, Viet Nam, New Zealand, Colombia and the west coast of North American. He tells of his adventures getting to and exploring some fantastic natural wonders, visiting a Russian gulag with a former inmate, the relief of Japan, the Vietnamese reactions to a westerner, the biggness of Australia and the hardworking people of South America. The section on the United States is short and not always sweet. Palin is taken aback by the physical bigness of Americans, and rush, and loudness. By the time he reaches Canada and attends a "lumberjack" fair (no singing Mounties included!) he really "wants to go home". We also learn a bit about how the series and book were produced, his wife Helen and their children, and that being on a job for the BBC doesn't always mean smooth sailing! Michael's friend Basil Pao took the photographs - he also joined Michael on "Around the World in Eighty Days". I can highly recommend this book and not only to fans of Monty Python - it doesn't end how you might expect!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Arnold Rimmer, October 26, 2002

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R Bell (Dun Eideann/Edinburgh Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Circle (Hardcover)

As always Palin has produced a great travel book and series... this I found better than his "80 Days". The other thing people might find interesting about this travel book is that it takes us to some places which are hard to reach even in this day and age, so this is the only way we can know them.

Also suggested- "Hemingway Adventure"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, Wonderful, Wonderful, February 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Full Circle: One Man's Journey by Air, Train, Boat and Occasionally Very Sore Feet Around the 20.000 Miles of the Pacific Rim (Hardcover)

If you love to read about exciting and exotic places, this is your book. If you like history, this is your book. If you like Michael Palin, this is your book. If you just like to read, THIS IS YOUR BOOK. I suggest you read the book first and THEN see the video series (although either stands perfectly well alone).