Palin's newest holy grail

HEAVEN knows how many countries Michael Palin has visited since he started making TV travelogues in the late Eighties. Remind me to look it up sometime. At a guess, I'd say it must be, ooh, loads.

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But even at the age of 82, he clearly still has the bug. The travel bug, that is, although obviously this can also be accompanied by the other kind, especially if Michael and the local cuisine don't entirely get along.

Even more remarkably, he still wants his travels to be a challenge. He may not be circumnavigating the globe these days, or travelling