Miniseries
10 episodes · Aug 31, 1997
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S1E1Alaska and Russia
Aug 31, 199750mMichael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers and hot springs of Kamchatka.
S1E2Japan and Korea
Sep 14, 199750mIn this episode Michael Palin samples the oddity of Oriental life while passing through Japan and South Korea.
S1E3China
Sep 21, 199750mMichael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.
S1E4Vietnam and the Philippines
Sep 28, 199750mMichael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, sees the Cu Chi tunnels, judges a beauty contest and fails to see the Banaue rice terraces.
S1E5Borneo and Java
Oct 5, 199750mFrom the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java where he climbs a volcano.
S1E6Australia and New Zealand
Oct 12, 199750mMichael Palin reaches Australia where his activities include a cameo role in Home and Away. He also looks for sperm whales in New Zealand's icy waters.
S1E7Chile and Bolivia
Oct 19, 199750mMichael Palin lands on Cape Horn, parties on Chiloé, visits Santiago, the Juan Fernández Islands and La Paz, and crosses the Andes by a train which is derailed.
S1E8Bolivia and Peru
Oct 26, 199750mMichael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes, before an 1,000 mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.
S1E9Peru and Colombia
Nov 2, 199750mFrom a canoe in the Peruvian rainforest, Michael Palin visits Machiguenga Indian villages in one of remotest spots on planet. He then he sails down Amazon on a restored riverboat.
S1E10Mexico, USA, Canada and Alaska
Nov 9, 199750mMichael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began. He meets up with illegal immigrants in Mexico, cruises San Francisco's gay scene and visits Alcatraz.