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    Stage Five, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong

    Stage Five, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong

    FromA Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

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    Stage Five, Part Two: Elizabeth Bisland's Pleasure Trip in Hong Kong

    FromA Race Around the World: Based on the True Adventures of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland

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    Length:
    39 minutes
    Released:
    Nov 8, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    December 13th- 18th: Thirty-one days out from New York, Elizabeth Bisland arrives in Hong Kong. She is lucky because she has friends in Hong Kong who show her the best parts of the city. She hikes mountains, explores markets, and indulges in every pleasure. Something shifts in Elizabeth Bisland, and she starts wishing that she could stay longer in every places she explores on her flying trip around the world.
    Released:
    Nov 8, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (18)

    On November 14th, 1889, two female writers entered a race to go around the world in under 80 days. Nellie Bly went east, and Elizabeth Bisland headed west. This eleven part series will unpack their whirlwind adventure and what it was like to circumnavigate the globe alone as a woman at a time where women had no rights. Storyteller and travel writer Adrien Behn brings Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bislands’ experiences, emotions, and adventures to life in this serialized podcast. A Race Around the World brings the incredible accomplishments of these two bold solo female travelers to life, going through every country and feeling they face while braving the world on their own, in under 80 days.