Palin and Around the World in 80 Days

I am currently reading Around the World in 80 Days. I honestly found about half of the story rather boring for about the first week or so. But by the second week things were finally getting interesting. 

I then looked at a website about somebody else who also traveled around the world named Palin. It is quite interesting. Here is the link: http://palinstravels.co.uk/static-7 

The routes he took were similar to the book, except, in the book, the characters did not take as many stops as Palin did. My favorite part of Palin's trip is this interesting picture of him smoking a hookah in Saudi Arabia.

I think this website would get someone interested in the book Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, because it sounds very similar to the book.