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Pretty boys like us! I did feel on this journey
that anything could happen and you had to be able to deal
with it. At the same time, there was a part of me that really
wanted to get this done in less than 80 days. From Saudi Arabia onwards, we began
to lose days, four days behind. So it was a combination
of frustration because I wanted to get the thing done properly,
but exhilaration that we're having, you know, these weird and wonderful
things were happening. Today, Dubai resembles
a space-age city of the future. When I got there, it was still
a working port on the Persian Gulf and I needed a lift. That I'd arrived in Dubai at all
was a small triumph. And I'm even more cheered
when I look out next morning on to a most promising waterfront. And, at last,
my first sight of a dhow
that anything could happen and you had to be able to deal
with it. At the same time, there was a part of me that really
wanted to get this done in less than 80 days. From Saudi Arabia onwards, we began
to lose days, four days behind. So it was a combination
of frustration because I wanted to get the thing done properly,
but exhilaration that we're having, you know, these weird and wonderful
things were happening. Today, Dubai resembles
a space-age city of the future. When I got there, it was still
a working port on the Persian Gulf and I needed a lift. That I'd arrived in Dubai at all
was a small triumph. And I'm even more cheered
when I look out next morning on to a most promising waterfront. And, at last,
my first sight of a dhow
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Pretty boys like us!
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I did feel on this journey
that anything could happen
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and you had to be able to deal
with it. At the same time,
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there was a part of me that really
wanted to get this done
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in less than 80 days.
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From Saudi Arabia onwards, we began
to lose days, four days behind.
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So it was a combination
of frustration because I wanted
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to get the thing done properly,
but exhilaration that we're having,
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you know, these weird and wonderful
things were happening.
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Today, Dubai resembles
a space-age city of the future.
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When I got there, it was still
a working port on the Persian Gulf
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and I needed a lift.
00:00:48.048 --> 00:00:52.999
That I'd arrived in Dubai at all
was a small triumph.
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And I'm even more cheered
when I look out next morning
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on to a most promising waterfront.
00:00:57.998 --> 00:01:00.012
And, at last,
my first sight of a dhow.
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Movie Summary
Michael Palin has a nostalgic look back on five of his travel adventures - Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Sahara and Himalaya.
