Full Circle with Michael Palin: Borneo and Java

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Full Circle with Michael Palin: Episode 5: Borneo and Java

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Borneo and Java

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Episode 5: Borneo and Java

BBC One - Full Circle with Michael Palin, Borneo and Java

From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry.

From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java, where he climbs a volcano.

Michael Palin circles the Pacific Rim through 18 countries. After a journey on a rusty ferry through the dangerous Sulu Sea, he arrives in Borneo at monsoon time. From the rainforest, he heads off to the long houses of the Iban tribesmen and the secret heart of Borneo. Across the equator in Java, the most densely populated island in the world, he visits the largest monument in the southern hemisphere.

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Travel series in which Michael Palin travels around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

Travel documentary series in which Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

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