Fogg and Passepartout travel by ship, train, and elephant across the globe, encountering various adventures along the way. From there, the train would make its way via Sacramento and Reno to Ogden, from which Fogg and Passepartout would visit 40.75-111.88333315 Salt Lake City via a branch line. On some crossings, freighter travel might be an option if there is no passenger ship, but the number of spaces on these vessels is limited; a private ocean-going vessel (such as a yacht) may also be an option. However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London five minutes late, certain he lost the wager. Either way, you'll then continue overland to the United Arab Emirates from where it might be possible to travel by dhow (traditional boat) to India. The original itinerary of the book takes Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout from London to Suez (Cairo) by taking the Orient Express train. (1873) Around the World in 80 Days Paris, France: Routledge Readability: Flesch-Kincaid Level: 8.0 Word Count: 2,197 Genre: Adventure Keywords: 19th century literature, adventure, french literature Cite This Share | Downloads Audio Back Next The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. By ship, Hong Kong - Shanghai - Yokohama. He traveled by train, ship, and even elephant at one point! You can get by train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and further to Butterworth and Bangkok. He encountered all sorts of adventures along the way, and made new friends and enemies. They begin their journey by taking a train from London to Dover, where they board a ship bound for Calais. Finally, he took a ship from New York back to London. Actually, you can skip the Brindisi part altogether and go from Paris via Munich, Budapest and Bucharest directly to Istanbul, approximately following one of the routes of the former Orient Express. But even the Le Tour de monde article was not entirely original; it cites in its bibliography the Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Gographie, de l'Histoire et de l'Archologie (August 1869), which also contains the title Around the World in Eighty Days in its contents page. Going via Singapore is not the shortest path since China borders India. Why Do Cross Country Runners Have Skinny Legs? Around the world in 80 Seconds The Jules Verne itinerary (written in 1872) makes its North American transcontinental journey entirely through the United States by rail; a railway across Canada would not exist until 1885 and a system of United States Numbered Highways (which included the once-famous Route 66) would not exist until 1926. In the end, they arrived back in London exactly eighty days after they had set out, proving that it was indeed possible to circumnavigate the world in such a short amount of time. His journey was an amazing feat and was chronicled by his faithful servant, Passepartout.