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On his final leg of his journey, Michael starts in the picture perfect town of Parati where he meets up with Prince João de Bragança, heir to the defunct throne of Brazil. In Embraer and Sao Paolo Michael meets some of Brazil's successful politicians, heads of business and TV soap stars, who all have mixed opinions on Brazil's future. After experiencing the beauty and serenity of the vast wetlands of the Pantanal, Michael comes to his journey's...
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The annual expanding and shrinking of the Antarctic ice sheet, which holds about 70% of the earth's fresh water, affects the entire planet's weather and oceans. Today, the continent is increasingly impacted by human activities: global warming is causing the ice to melt at a greater pace, nations are fighting over its natural resources, and the area has become a major tourist destination. Filmmaker, author and adventurer Jon Bowermaster provides a...
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Drawn by its mysterious history and wild and rugged shores, the remote and little-known Australian island of Tasmania proved to be perfect coastline for us to explore by kayak, stopping along the 600-mile route to visit with fishermen and historians, sailors and aboriginals.
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Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and stretching 40 miles into the interior jungle, Jon Bowermaster's team kayaks and portages more than 200 miles around the perimeter of Loango National Park. Along the way they encounter river-swimming elephants, manatees, tarpon, surfing hippos, gorillas and more. By trip's end it is hard to decide which were the most beautiful, and the most difficult, parts of the eye opening expedition.
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Michael Palin's Brazilian odyssey begins in the North East, where modern Brazil was born. He starts in the city of Sao Luis before traveling down the coast to Recife and Salvador, dropping in on the vaqueros - Brazilian Cowboys - who work on vast cattle ranches. His travels also take him south to the stunning coastal lagoons of the Lencois Maranhenses national park. In Salvador he learns to drum with the famous Olodum school and has a lesson in how...
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This edition of Globe Trekker follows Andrew Daddo through the distinct environments of three African countries. He begins at Victoria Falls with the tranquil Zambezi River in Zimbabwe and crosses over to Botswana to visit Chobe National Park, a sanctuary for African big game where he encounters elephant, buffalo, antelope, zebra and giraffes in the acacia trees, and wallowing hippos and crocodiles. He travels the Okavango Delta, a web of clear channels...
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This Globe Trekker video follows Estelle Bingham's journey through Kenya. She starts out cycling through Hell's Gate National Park before heading north to meet a Mau Mau freedom fighter. She continues into the tribal lands of the Northern Frontier, hangs out with some Samburu tribesmen, tracks lions in Laikipia, and participates in a young Pokot boy's initiation ceremony into manhood. From there she takes a beautiful flight over the Rift Valley to...
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In this Globe Trekker video, Megan McCormick begins her Egyptian adventure in Cairo at the Bazaar of Khan al-Khalili, a huge market which has been open since the Middle Ages, and goes on to visit the mosque at Ibn Tulun, the spot legend holds Noah's ark came to rest and Moses confronted pharaoh's magicians, the Great Pyramids at Giza, and the monastery at St Antony's. En route to Siwa, a remote town dominated by crumbling remains of the 13th century...
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In this Globe Trekker video, traveler Ian Wright begins his African adventure on the historic island of Zanzibar, a former center of the Arab-dominated slave trade that lasted until 1922, and traces the path of Dr. Livingstone, an explorer and antislavery campaigner, from a crocodile and hippo filled river safari on the world's biggest game reserve, Selous, to the scenic Kigoma on the western edge of Tanzania and the Gome Stream Chimpanzee colony...
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This Globe Trekker episode follows several explorers through India, hitting the crowded cities of Calcutta, Delhi, Chennai, and Mumbai, home to the world's biggest film industry, historic sites like the Taj Mahal, several Hindu temples, and the mountain ranges on a Himalayan trek and a stop at some British colonial hill top retreats. They make time to attend several Hindu festivals and to investigate the cuisine by tasting local dishes like a thali...
11) The Road to Rio
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On The Road to Rio, Michael visits the source of Brazil's great mineral wealth - the state of Minas Gerais and its giant mines. Here, he meets some ordinary Brazilians dedicated to preserving the natural beauty of the state. On to Rio De Janeiro, host to the next Olympics and World Cup. Rio has always been a party town, but it's also blighted by drugs and gang violence. Michael learns how the authorities are hoping to bring the favelas back into the...
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In the second program, Simon Reeve goes to Barbados, one of the wealthiest islands in the Caribbean. Learn how high-end tourism has impacted life in Barbados. In Venezuela - a poor nation, despite having some of the largest gas and oil reserves in the world - Simon looks at the mismanagement of natural resources and meets the inventive people running businesses from a 'shanti town in the sky', an abandoned skyscraper that is home to more than 3,000...
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Simon Reeve travels to Greece, one of the most beautiful, troubled, and extreme countries in Europe. Travelling from the Islands of the Aegean to the rugged and mountainous north, Simon gets behind the picture postcard image to learn more about Greece and the Greeks and why the country has faced a seemingly endless economic crisis. Along the way he encounters an extraordinary cast of characters from rebel monks and gun-toting priests, to desperate...
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This program looks at tourism in Kenya, which is the country's third largest source of income. It examines what most tourists don't see, such as the real villages as opposed to the ones built for tourists to see and the safaris and game parks that provide a more natural experience.
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In this Globe Trekker video, Justine Shapiro and Sami Sabiti return to South Africa to see how the rainbow nation has changed since apartheid ended. They start in Cape Town, exploring the beaches and gay district before heading to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. While Justine experiences the Hindu festival of Kavadi in Durban, home to South Africa's Indian and Pakistani population, Sami explores the diamond mines of central South...
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Under British control since 1919, Tanganyika (the mainland part of modern Tanzania) became a United Nations (UN) Trust Territory following World War II. As an agent of the Tanganyikan African National Union (TANU), Julius Nyerere engineered Tanganyika's independence, which was declared in 1961. He then became the country's first president.
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The Indian Subcontinent is romantic, remote and mysterious. From the plains of Pakistan to the foothills of the Himalaya, from Northern India and Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu in the south, this vast melting pot of civilizations, religions, cultures and landscapes has seen some of the greatest artistic golden ages on earth. This series examines the Indus Valley civilizations, Tamil Nadu-land of the temples-and the Mughal Empire, three very different dynasties...
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This Globe Trekker video follows Megan McCormick through West Africa, where Europeans uncovered gold in Ghana and ivory in the Cote d'Ivoire 500 years ago. Her trip includes a visit to a coffin shop in Ghana's capital, Accra, a traditional Ga funeral, a talking drum lesson from famous drummer Mustapha Addy, a brush with warthogs and elephants at the Mole Game Reserve, and a trip to Kumasi, birthplace of Kente cloth where the textile is still woven...
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Simon Reeve begins this final episode the remote Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, a country facing monumental change with the construction of a new transoceanic waterway set to rival the Panama Canal. Reeve then travels to the Honduran island of Roatán, a haven for marine life and tourists - as well as for people fleeing unimaginable violence on mainland Honduras. He ends his Caribbean journey on the iconic island of Jamaica, discovering a country confronting...