Into Iraq: Michael Palin

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But there are patches of light amid the dark: boisterous New Year celebrations in Akre, the friendliness of generals and colonels at 'Checkpoint Cheerful', and public poetry readings in Baghdad. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. Die Abenteuer aus 1001 und einer Nacht faszinieren nicht nur den kleinen Michael und auch der erwachsene Mann denkt noch oft an die Sehnsucht nach diesem magischen Land zurück, das er zwischen den Zeilen entdeckt hat. Vroeger heb ik series en volgens mij ook boeken gelezen van hem dus ik was heel enthousiast om weer een nieuwe te proberen. At the same time, Michael charts the course of one of the great rivers of the world, showing how the water that gave life to such ancient settlements as Babylon and Ur is now becoming a scarce and hotly contested resource.

Ik vind reisboeken veel leuker als ze foto's hebben door het boek heen, en dus niet ergens in het midden een velletje of zo, of helemaal niks.Although having a major television studio behind you, and handlers, and guides probably make this trip easier, and safer, to do. Having listened to the all too brief audio book, I will have to lay hands on the ebook to see the photographs. Michael Palin for me is this unique guide that through travel with his conversations and observations brings this depth to travelling. now an older, and somewhat jaded, Palin and team travel along the length of the Tigris (mostly in Iraq). Dit boek was echt heel leuk geschreven, de vertaling was OK (wat kleine foutjes/zinnen die toch net niet lekker liepen), en ik zat er helemaal in, ik kon gewoon niet stoppen.

The journey starts in a snowy lake in Turkish ‘Kurdestan’ and follows the Tigris - with some digressions west to its sister river, the Euphrates - to the Persian Gulf. Auch wenn das Buch alles hatte, was mir an den Büchern von Michael Palin gefällt, konnte er mich nicht so fesseln wie sonst. A lovely book, that brought back terrific memories of earlier Michael Palin journeys in my childhood. I would have liked more details especially on the life of the people coming out of decades of conflict.

For someone who is literally Iraqi and knows most of the stuff in this book – it was nothing new except for a few things I'll probably ask my dad about. Aber auch wenn er immer wieder gerade die alltäglichen Dinge, die er beobachtet, zu etwas Besonderem macht, verschwindet die Reserviertheit vom Anfang nicht ganz. His journeys have taken him across the world, the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and most recently, Eastern Europe. For years, it seemed 2012's Brazil was to be Michael Palin's swansong - and one in which he moved away from his trademark celebration of travel and movement and into a more documentary format, rocking up in convenient places to deliver a piece to camera.

At this point, it looks like it will be difficult to see the tv mini-series from this side of the Atlantic. I can't believe I didn't think about Michael at all during the pandemic, all cooped up and unable to visit new places, eat new dishes, and meet new people. His words in books, supplemented with vivid and informative photographs and pieces to camera in TV programmes always engage me and fostered a desire to explore beyond my limited travel horizons. But these are specks of light amid a canvas of corruption, stagnation, and the ever-looking threat of internecine conflict. This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here.Michael Palin schreibt offener und ich finde in seinen Erzählungen wieder die Momentaufnahmen von Land und Leuten, die für mich den Reiz bei seinen Reiseberichten ausmachen. He talks about a variety of things, like the checkpoints, the droughts, the recovery, architecture and legacy, Palin also gives nice small snippets of Iraqi history as to understand the context of Iraq, which makes the book nicer to read.