Around the World in Eighty Days: the Straits of Malacca, Malaysia

Welcome to Liverpool: the city of The Beatles is the second to last stop on our journey around the world. Thank you for being with us (and with Mr. Phileas Fogg) all this time! Albert Dock - Liverpool - England | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Steve Allen

'The train passed rapidly across the State of Iowa, by Council Bluffs, Des Moines, and Iowa City. During the night it crossed the Mississippi at Davenport, and by Rock Island entered Illinois. The next day, which was the 10th, at four o'clock in the evening, it reached Chicago, already risen from its ruins, and more proudly seated than ever on the borders of its beautiful Lake Michigan'. Enjoy some views of this wonderful city!

Chicago Cityscape Line Drawing | Stock Vector © Depositphotos |  John Takai

“On the 3rd of December, the General Grant entered the bay of the Golden Gate, and reached San Francisco. Mr. Fogg had neither gained nor lost a single day. San Francisco was no longer the legendary city of 1849 – a city of banditti, assassins, and incendiaries, who had flocked hither in crowds in pursuit of plunder; a paradise of outlaws, where they gambled with gold-dust, a revolver in one hand and a bowie-knife in the other: it was now a great commercial emporium.” Just as it is at the moment. Welcome! Golden Gate Bridge at night | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Krzysztof Wiktor

Welcome to Yokohama, the next stop on our way around the world with Phileas Fogg. The second-most populous city in Japan was only the sixth in the days of Phileas. Today it attracts tourists with its historic port area, shopping centers, international restaurants, parks and futuristic architecture.

Besides Yokohama, let’s take a look at other remarkable places in Japan.

Torii Gate, Japan | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Chuong Vu

Phileas Fogg found that Hong Kong resembled Britain: “Docks, hospitals, wharves, a Gothic cathedral, a government house, macadamised streets, give to Hong Kong the appearance of a town in Kent or Surrey transferred by some strange magic to the antipodes.” What we see there today is a completely new world and a strange mixture of culture. Take a look: you are welcome to form your own opinion! PS: And a little surprise for our readers: enjoy Hong Kong in motion. Traffic in Hong Kong at night | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Iakov

'The steamer Mongolia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, built of iron, of two thousand eight hundred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at eleven o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th of October, at Suez.' Mongolia brought Phileas Fogg to Suez, so follow him!

Suez | Stock Photo © Depositphotos | Birute Vijeikiene