Around The World In Eighty Days
''The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India, China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world''s shipping lanes ... Recourse to air travel, even as a convenient means of escape, was not allowed.''
Following the route taken by Phileas...
''The pace of this kind of travel has not much changed since Fogg set out in 1872. Trains may be a little faster, but there are certainly no high-speed rail links yet across India, China or the USA. Passenger services have practically disappeared from the world''s shipping lanes ... Recourse to air travel, even as a convenient means of escape, was not allowed.''
Following the route taken by Phileas...
