Full Circle

''It was a journey of dazzling extremes. Beauty and ugliness, sophistication and squalor, unceasing urban noise and monastic tranquillity . . . This is a record of a year of wonder''Full Circle is the diary of Michael Palin''s epic 245-day, 50,000-mile adventure around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. It''s a journey that takes him through eighteen different countries - including some of the most politically volatile and physically demanding places on Earth. Told with Michael''s trademark warmth and good humour, this is a spectacular story of high contrasts, intense drama and unmissable beauty.