Full Circle with Michael Palin 4/5
Full Circle with Michael Palin Episode 5 Part 4 Episode Five: Malaysia/Indonesia After a bit of a wait, Michael catches a ferry across the notorious Sulu Sea to the northern tip of Borneo. There, he visits an orangutan rehabilitation center. From there, Michael ventures south to Kuching in Sarawak, once ruled by what were known as the White Rajahs. Then he travels inward to a longhouse where members of the Iban people reside. He chats with former headhunters and takes part in a special feast honoring the highest-ranking Iban in the Malaysian government. Afterwards, he ventures south to the island of Java in Indonesia. From the capital Jakarta, he journeys east with his guide to a tea plantation and helps pick tea leaves. They then observe a wayang kulit puppet show. In the cultural hub of Yogyakarta, they sample some durian, a notoriously smelly fruit. They then tour the Buddhist temple at Borobudur and climb Mount Bromo. In Surabaya on the east coast of Java, they encounter their first major transportation issues since Alaska. Being unable to find a boat to take him across the sea to Darwin, Australia, they settle for one that will take them east on Java, but no further. In the DVD interview, Michael states that while in Kuching, he learned that his wife, Helen, needed surgery to remove a brain tumor. Michael flew back to London from Indonesia, spent a few days with her, and then flew to Australia to continue his Pacific trek.
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Why would anyone write a song- I love coffee. I love tea?why?
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Love Michael Palin
Awesome Guy who Opens ones Imagination to Wonder lust in his own
Novel entertaining funny way!
Also shows AGAIN if we need any more proof, how in History and today Destructive islam is to the civilised
Peaceful and enlightened World! How islam forcefully destroyed World
peace, Wisdom, Freedoms, Free Agency etc, etc, etc! -
Taste like a burnt tyre. As if Michael had eaten a burnt tyre. xD
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@Tien Doan The song is called "The Java Jive" (Ink Spots, 1940)
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'Nauseating', 'rich, smelly custard'.. You sell it well, Michael.
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what is the name of the intro song about Tea? sound like hawaiian song
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Michael is of funny!
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@VastSpace This is his BBC series Full Circle. Also, be sure to check out his Pole to Pole, prob the best one he did! Travels the full length of Europe & Africa from N to S.
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Palin's still got that comic touch! Can make ANYONE in the world laugh!
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Hi, I couldn't find the next episode ... and which Palin series is this? Thanks!
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