Himalaya (on DVD)

Himalaya
by Michael Palin [DVD 915.496 Pal] 

Michael Palin of Monty Python has traveled around the world before but his journey this time is a bit slower paced as he’s traveling around and up the Himalayan Mountains. While I enjoy his longer journeys around the Pacific Rim, Pole to Pole and Around the World in 80 Days, this one is just as good. It’s not the sort of travel show that shows you where to stay and what to see when you go there yourself. As usual his voice over is a mix of informational and personal narrative which is interesting and entertaining. Palin has a way of making the viewers feel like they’re there with him on his travels, which are never the tourist routes. He really gets into the cultures he visits, often by living with the locals. I never get tired of watching these shows over and over, so I recommend this, and his others, highly to anyone who enjoys documentaries, travel, the Himalayas, and or Michael Palin.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Palin’s other travel documentaries: Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Hemingway Adventure, Sahara, New Europe, or Brazil. There are also books that accompany most, if not all, of these trips. [Also available in traditional print format.]

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official Michael Palin’s Himalaya web site ]

Recommended by Kristen A.
Gere Branch Library

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Pole to Pole with Michael Palin (on DVD)

Pole to Pole
by Michael Palin [DVD 910.4 Pol] 

Traveling from the North to South Pole, avoiding air travel when possible, Palin goes through 16 countries in 141 days: North Pole to Greenland, Norway, Finland, the USSR, Turkey, Egypt, Cape Town, then a flight to South America, traveling down to Punta Arenas and then to Antarctica where he reaches the South Pole. This is not the first or last trip of this caliber that Palin has been on, but that does not diminish its originality or excitement. Like his other adventures including Full Circle, Himalaya, Sahara and New Europe, I whole heartedly recommend it to a traveler or adventurer.

[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Around the World in 80 Days or Full Circle, also starring Michael Palin.] [Also available in traditional print format.]

[ Internet Movie Database entry for this mini-series ] | [ Pole to Pole on the official Palin’s Travels web site ]

Recommended by Kristen A.
Gere Branch Library

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