The book follows the journey he undertook for the BBC series.
It consists of text by Palin and many photographs, most of them taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the expedition team.
[1] The book chronicles the journey in five chapters: The demonstration of the Coriolis effect in Kenya was, apparently, a clever hoax.
[2] This book is available as an audiobook, read by Michael Palin.
The abridged version lasts 5 hours, 40 minutes and the unabridged version 10 hours, 15 minutes.