Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
10 episodes
E01
From Diomede Island to Alaska
Michael 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.
E02
Japan and Korea
In this episode Michael Palin samples the oddity of Oriental life while passing through Japan and South Korea.
E03
China and Vietnam
Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.
E04
Hanoi and Philippines
Michael 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.
E05
Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia
From 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.
E06
Australia and New Zealand
Michael 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.
E07
Cape Horn, Chile, and Bolivia
Michael 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.
E08
Peru and Machu Picchu
Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes, before an 1,000 mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.
E09
Amazon Basin, Colombia, and Bogota
From 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.
E10
Mexico City, LA, San Francisco, and Canada
Michael 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.
Cast
Michael Palin
as Michael Palin
