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Phileas Fogg's journey 'Around the World in 80 Days' is one of those ultimate travel classics that has inspired a whole host of other journeys, trips and books. Among the ones are:

But what is the original story actually about? Well it is about time to give you the full lowdown on the original and ever-inspiring 'Around the World in 80 Days' story by Jules Verne.

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £2 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

The fictional story starts in London on Tuesday, October 1, 1872. Fogg is a rich English gentleman living in solitude. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet, James Foster, for bringing him shaving water at 84 °F (29 °C) instead of 86 °F (30 °C), Fogg hires a Frenchman by the name of Jean Passepartout as a replacement.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS FOR A BET

At the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000 (equal to about £1.5 million today) from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by Passepartout, he leaves London by train at 8:45 P.M. on Wednesday, October 2, 1872, and is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, Saturday, December 21, 1872.

The route he took looks as follows:

LONDON TO SUEZ

Fogg and Passepartout start their epic journey by taking the Orient Express train which departs from London. They travel across France and the Alps to reach Venice. Here they move on to Brindisi where they change to a steamer that brings them across the Mediterranean sea to Suez in Egypt.

SUEZ TO INDIA

Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of a bank robber. Because Fogg matches the description of the robber, Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix boards the steamer conveying the travellers to Bombay. Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout without revealing his purpose. Fogg promises the steamer engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. They dock two days ahead of schedule.

After reaching India they take a train from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Calcutta (Kolkata). Fogg learns that the Daily Telegraph article was wrong-the railroad ends at Kholby and starts again 50 miles further on at Allahabad. Fogg buys an elephant, hires a guide, and starts moving towards Allahabad.

They come across a procession in which a young Indian woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed by suttee the next day by Brahmins. Since the young woman is drugged with opium and hemp and is obviously not going voluntarily, the travellers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout takes the place of Aouda's deceased husband on the funeral pyre on which she is to be burned. During the ceremony he rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away. The two days gained earlier are lost, but Fogg shows no regret.

INDIA TO JAPAN

The travellers hasten to catch the train at the next railway station, taking Aouda with them. At Calcutta, they board a steamer going to Hong Kong. Fix has Fogg and Passepartout arrested. They jump bail and Fix follows them to Hong Kong. He shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to again meet his travelling companion from the earlier voyage.

In Hong Kong, it turns out that Aouda's distant relative, in whose care they had been planning to leave her, has moved, probably to Holland, so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. Passepartout becomes convinced that Fix is a spy from the Reform Club. Fix confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a bank robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, Fix gets Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. Passepartout still manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama, but neglects to inform Fogg.

Fogg discovers that he missed his connection. He searches for a vessel that will take him to Yokohama, finding a pilot boat that takes him and Aouda to Shanghai, where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. In Yokohama, they search for Passepartout, believing that he may have arrived there on the original boat. They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for his homeward journey.

TOWARDS AND IN THE USA

Reunited, the four board a steamer taking them across the Pacific to San Francisco. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey, but support him in getting back to Britain to minimize the amount of his share of the stolen money that Fogg can spend.

In San Francisco they board a transcontinental train to New York, encountering a number of obstacles along the way: a massive herd of bison crossing the tracks, a failing suspension bridge, and the train being attacked by Sioux warriors. After uncoupling the locomotive from the carriages, Passepartout is kidnapped by the Indians, but Fogg rescues him after American soldiers volunteer to help. They continue by a wind powered sledge to Omaha, where they get a train to New York.

BACK TO THE UK

In New York, having missed the sailing of their ship, Fogg starts looking for an alternative to cross the Atlantic Ocean. He finds a steamboat destined for Bordeaux, France. The captain of the boat refuses to take the company to Liverpool, whereupon Fogg consents to be taken to Bordeaux for $2000 (roughly $39,569 today) per passenger. He then bribes the crew to mutiny and make course for Liverpool. Against hurricane winds and going on full steam, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. Fogg buys the boat from the captain and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.

The companions arrive at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, in time to reach London before the deadline. Once on British soil, Fix produces a warrant and arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up-the actual robber was caught three days earlier in Edinburgh. However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London five minutes late, certain he lost the wager.

Fogg apologises to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot support her. Aouda confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her. He calls for Passepartout to notify the minister. The following day, at the minister's, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date, which he takes to be Sunday, December 22, but which is actually Saturday, December 21, because the party travelled eastward, gaining a day. The wager can still be won, but there is very little time left.

Passepartout hurries to inform Fogg, who reaches the Reform Club just in time to win the wager. Fogg marries Aouda and the journey around the world is complete.

NELLIE BLY'S 1873 RE-ENACTMENT IN 72 DAYS

Following the book's 1873 English translation (by Towle and d'Anver), many people tried to follow in the footsteps of Fogg's fictional circumnavigation. The first one to successfully circumnavigate the world, following Phileas Fogg's fictional route in under 80 days, was Nellie Bly in 1889.

For her newspaper, the New York World she managed to do the journey within 72 days, meeting Jules Verne face-to-face in Amiens (France) along the way. Her book Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, became a best seller and gave her lasting fame around the world. Read the full article about her trip around the world in under 80 days here.

MICHAEL PALIN AS THE MODERN DAY PHILEAS FOGG (1988)

In 1988 Michael Palin became a mondern day Phileas Fogg when he attempted to retrace Verne's imaginary journey in a TV-series for the BBC. He tried to stick as close as possible to the original Jules Verne route and in the end - amidst a whole lot of set backs and unplanned adventures - managed to accomplish the journey in 79 days and 7 hours!

The resulting TV-series is still a classic and in 2014 - twentyfive years after - it was rebroadcast due to popular demands.
Find the entire Palin story and the TV-episodes here .

THE MOVIES

The story has been turned in on screen movies and films multiple times. Here are some of the most wellknown versions:

And there is also a 3-part TV series from 1989 starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg:

OTHER "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80......." INSPIRED STORIES

The legend of Jules Verne's story keeps inspiring people and the use of the name 'around the world in 80........' keeps growing and growing. Some of the more original takes on the name include:

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When you see this photo you think of absolute paradise, pristine sandy beaches, beautiful clear blue sea and friendly locals shouting "Bula" (Hello) in Fijian.

Unfortunately my Fijian experience was far from heaven. Back in 2009 I was living in Australia and was able to easily visit the South Pacific islands. I'd already been to Tonga and Samoa but probably the most famous island is Fiji, so before I came back to the UK I wanted to make one final trip to the beautiful South Pacific island.

After finding an extremely good deal via Expedia I immediately booked and started to get really excited about the prospect of visiting the "friendly islands".

Flight Nightmare

My journey had only just begun when a problem occurred. I had arrived at the airport, but too late, though not through my own fault. I hadn't been informed that the flight time had been changed due to daylight savings, therefore Expedia were legally required to put me up in a hotel and transfer me for free to the flight the next day. Although I was relieved I'd not booked with a budget airline, this was a considerable inconvenience as I'd lost a day of my holiday.

At the time the airline was called Air Pacific, although recently this has now been changed to Fiji Airways. I was quite amazed a 747 was flying the route, although I understand this would then go onto the U.S.

Getting Robbed

When researching in guidebooks and online, it became obvious that there wasn't much to do or see in the capital Suva, so I decided I would look for a nearby alternative. I came across a quirky small town called Lautoka, famous for it's Sugar Mill and Highlands nearby it looked like a great friendly place to stay.

My hotel, the Tanoa Waterfront Hotel, did exactly as it says on the tin. It was just a short walk from the centre of town and was opposite the "beach". When you're in the South Pacific you must buy some of the local fresh fruit, I decided I wanted to go check out the local market, which was probably my favourite part of the whole trip.

In the South Pacific islands many people are genuinely friendly and will say hello whilst walking down the street and ask you where you are from and then simply say "Welcome". This is how my conversation started after leaving the market I noticed a man walking directly next to me, after chatting for several minutes whilst walking, without realising I'd now stopped walking and was surrounded by three huge Fijian men.

Thankfully as I'd only planned to visit the market I only took a small amount of cash out with me. This was a smart move as all the men wanted was money, because I'd been shopping all they took was only worth about £3. As with many other Pacific islands, many men carry axes around with them, so it's not a daunting feeling when you see this. However after I realised what they wanted, it then became a scary potential!!

It was the first time on my travels I'd ever encountered anything like it, and I've visited several war zones! I was quite shocked and scared from the ordeal but it certainly wasn't the last negative surprise Fiji was going to throw at me.

Abandoned Tour

Back in the early days of my travels I would regularly arrive at a Tourist Information centre and book all my tours whilst visiting the country.

One of the recommended day trips available was to spend the day at a local village and explore the community. This sounded like a great opportunity to see the "real Fiji".

We were collected on time by the chief of the village, a huge man who'd scare the living daylights out of any bodybuilder, he must have been at least 6ft 5″!

As part of the tour, his family were making us lunch, prepared in the traditional way and laid out on traditional tapa maps, these are famous all over the South Pacific.

After lunch we were told that his children would take us for a walk up in to the highlands for fantastic views. After about half an hour every one of the chief's six small children had disappeared, thankfully I wasn't alone, I was with a fellow Brit who I didn't know before the tour. It was at this point where we realised we'd been deserted in the middle of nowhere!!!

The scariest thought what on earth do we do now?

Somehow we managed to find our way back to the village, by this point fed up, hot and concerned at what had happened, we confronted the villagers. The chief apparently had "other business to attend to" and wasn't available anymore. This did not go down well with neither me or the other tourist, it's safe to say you do not cross a Scottish woman who's angry!

We demanded the chief return to his village, collect us and return us to our hotels as we had paid for. When he arrived he was extremely angry. We thought this was very odd given that he had abandoned us in the middle of nowhere. However it later became apparent that it's the most disrespectful thing you can do to speak down to a chief, so he'd probably never experienced it before!

After eventually being returned to my hotel a mere four hours later, I decided to write an email to the tourism board of Fiji complaining about what had happened.

Before you visit paradise, make sure you've read up on the history of the island as Fiji is not all it's cracked up to be!

Further Information

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