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A review by thunguyen
Pole to Pole by Michael Palin
4.0
Only a few years after "80 Days Around The World", Michael Palin and his BBC team took on the quest of "Pole to Pole" in the later half of 1991, such a time in world history when the Soviet Union was days away from collapsing, child soldiers were obviously present in Sub-Saharan countries, and the process to end the Apartheid in South Africa had barely started.
The team chose to follow the 30th meridian east line, a longitude that cuts through the most number of countries then (and even more now after the end of the USSR), which also means most the land crossing is through the length of Africa. Given the slowness of travelling through countries where roads were non-existent, most of the book happened to be in Africa.
Michael Palin's reading is very fast and energetic, making an exciting armchair travel time. His humour and optimistic was as good as can be in a lot of situations where travelling conditions were abhorrent.
The team chose to follow the 30th meridian east line, a longitude that cuts through the most number of countries then (and even more now after the end of the USSR), which also means most the land crossing is through the length of Africa. Given the slowness of travelling through countries where roads were non-existent, most of the book happened to be in Africa.
Michael Palin's reading is very fast and energetic, making an exciting armchair travel time. His humour and optimistic was as good as can be in a lot of situations where travelling conditions were abhorrent.