Beaumont beat the previous world record of 123 days, set by Andrew Nicholson, by cycling 29,000 km (18,000 mi) across the globe visiting Russia, Mongolia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US and a number of countries in Europe. Initially reluctant to take them to Aden, they agree to help after the group helps them fend off some raiders, with Passepartout shooting one of them trying to abduct Abigail. There is still regular transatlantic service (which will cost you), but trans-Pacific services are virtually non-existent and require probably the biggest amount of advance planning.

Around The World In 80 Days' Gets Second Season; Producers Also Developing 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' Series". But this is a telling of two tales; fact meets fiction as we learn the incredible true story of American journalist Nellie Bly who emulated the character of Phileas in her record-breaking trip.Today, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 ocean liner runs NYC– Southampton in seven days, with trains onward running twice-hourly to London. In 2004, a film was made, loosely based on the book, starring Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan in the roles of Fogg and Passepartout respectively. When he arrived in San Francisco, he would have noticed that the local date was one day earlier than shown in his travel diary.

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. When he reads an article by Abigail Fix Fortescue about how a new railroad in India now allows the world to be traveled around in 80 days, he is reminded of a postcard he received only reading "coward". Kyoto Flights, Domestic: Osaka International Airport, 3 Chome-555 Hotarugaike Nishimachi ( tel: +81. After reaching India, they take a train from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Calcutta (Kolkata) which takes 3 days.

Kona at the luxury 5-star Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, marks the fourth and final stopover of this adventure and the latest feather in Taj's illustrious culinary cap.

The periodical Le Tour du monde (3 October 1869) contained a short piece titled "Around the World in Eighty Days", which refers to 230 km (140 mi) of the railway not yet completed between Allahabad and Bombay, a central point in Verne's work.

In Suez, a Scotland Yard detective named Fix — who has been sent out from London in pursuit of a bank robber — notes that Fogg fits the description, so he follows them on the rest of the journey.