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Old Mar 5, 2019 | 4:05 am
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Originally Posted by abla
Reminds me of the 80s show 'Around the world in 80 days' with Michael Palin which incidentally was BBC original. That is fun to watch even now.
Albeit Michal Palin traveled a far greater distance, his travel budget £/mile would maybe exceed what the participants in this gameshow are allowed?

Slightly OT, as the time frame would be wrong, but the Orient Express does it's yearly Paris-Istanbul in August this year (and 2020 too). The travel budget for two would grab 80% of the amount winners would get. Of course, there are some less comfortable distances left from Istanbul to Singapore
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