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社会科学类纪录片，Discovery Channel 频道 ???? 年出品，是 DC Globe Trekker 系列其中之一。

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• 　中文片名　：
• 　中文系列名：勇闖天涯
• 　英文片名　：Globe Trekker Season 10
• 　英文系列名：DC Globe Trekker
• 　电视台　　：Discovery Channel
• 　地区　　　：美国
• 　语言　　　：英语
• 　时长　　　：约 52 分钟/EP
• 　版本　　　：VHS / DVD
• 　发行时间　：????

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Globe Trekker transports viewers to unforgettable destinations through its stunning photography and spirit of adventure. In each episode, we send our charismatic hosts Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro, Zay Harding, Megan McCormick, Brianna Barnes, Holly Morris, Judith Jones and more off the beaten path to soak up the local culture, sample the cuisine and revel in breathtaking vistas. Globe Trekker’s motto? “living as the locals do!”

Explore your favourite Globe Trekker episodes by using the drop down menu below to find out more about your favourite series or show.

分集介绍

　Ultimate Mexico

For over 4000 years, Mexico has been the home of huge and complex civilizations and today it’s one of the most colourful cultures in the world. In this ultimate guide to Mexico, Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro and Zay Harding explore the country’s many different facets.

In search of the history of Mexico, Justine and Ian trek into the mountains and the jungles, climbing the mighty pyramids and seek out the remains of Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tulum and Tenochtitlan to find out how the Mayans, Aztecs and other pre-colonial Mexicans lived, died, and worshipped.

Ian then heads to the coast to investigate the arrival of Cortez and his conquistadores near Acapulco in 1519. Between them, Ian and Justine see how the arrival of Christianity and the oppression by the Spanish transformed the culture of Mexico right up to the present day. Cortez brought the horse to America and Ian’s attempts to join in a Mexican rodeo demonstrate the brilliance of Mexican horsemanship and the bullriding abilities of Ian! Justine visits a bullfight, more popular these days in Mexico than in Spain, and she joins the annual pilgrimage to the Basilica de Guadeloupe. Ian finds Christian and pre-Christian beliefs blending in the mysterious Day of The Dead festival.

Mexican artistry, food and drink also show a blend of indigenous and Spanish flavours, from the silversmiths of Taxco and the tile makers of Talavera, to the global influence of Mexican ingredients and cuisine. Justine finds the origins of tomatoes, maize, peppers, tequila, chilli and chocolate and Ian finds that a tortilla can make a pretty good Frisbee.

But away from the cities, Mexico offers adventure, from cliff diving and surfing near Acapulco, to desert treks in search of prehistory. Ian comes nose to nose with whales in Baja. Zay Harding sweats it out with the Tarahumara Indians in the spectacular Copper Canyon and rafts the jungle white-water of Veracruz.

And finally, Ian goes back deep into Mexican history, living in the jungle with the last descendants of the Mayan people of Palenque, the Lancandon Indians and taking a spiritual journey into the overgrown jungle home of their ancestors.

　Belgium & Luxembourg

Our traveller Katy Haswell visits Belgium and Luxembourg, two countries that are somewhat overlooked despite being at the crossroads of Europe and finds that although they’re small inimage:Katy Haswell watches the horse back shrimp fishing in Oostduinkirke, Belgium stature, they’re big in attractions. Starting in Antwerp in Belgium, Katy visits the stunning townhouse of the famous Renaissance painter Rubens before giving into her sweet tooth at one of the ever present Belgian chocolate shops. The city is also the centre of the world’s diamond trade and Katy goes to the district to learn about its ancient traditions.

Then it’s off to Bruges, a medieval gem where she tries her hand at lace making and carillion bell ringing. On the coast in Oostduinkirke, Katy watches the traditional form of horse back shrimp fishing before traveling to the First World War battle fields surrounding Ypres where she discovers some trenches exactly as they were left many decades ago.

From here she journeys to the capital Brussels where she discovers art noveau, sea snail street food, the EU headquarters, cartoon murals and the medieval festival of the Ommegang image: carnivalheld in its central square. Stopping off to learn about the famous battle of 1815 in Waterloo, Katy continues to the tiny town of Hasselt where she stays in a castle before visiting the beautiful caves of the Ardennes and watching one of Belgium’s 400 varieties of beer being brewed.

Then it’s over to Luxembourg where Katy learns about the Battle of the Bulge trail and samples one of the many festivals that take place here, proving there’s a lot more to these small countries than meet the eye!

　Mozambique

Ian Wright travels to one of the world’s poorest nations, a country wiped off the tourist trail for twenty years by war but now on the rise again – welcome to Mozambique!image:Ian wright

Ian starts his journey in its capital Maputo where he meets artists working to heal the wounds of war. He views the city’s colonial relics, lives it up in the Polana Hotel, one of Africa’s most luxurious hotels, and shops at Ipanaema market - a real taste of Africa.

Up the coast Ian finds himself in the Bazaruto Archipelago, a strip of islands off the coast that are fast developing as a diver’s paradise. Here he comes up close to one of the world’s most endangered animals, the dugong.

Pressing on north to Chimoio, Ian finds out how the central region of the country is dealing with the terrible landmine legacy of its civil war. From here Ian crosses the mighty Zambezi River and continues his journey to Quelimane where he stops at Africa’s biggest coconut plantation before learning about how locals are dealing with the lethal spread of the AIDS virus in Mocuba. Then Ian travels to the first European settlement in East Africa, magical Mozambique Island, which was built as a replica of Lisbon in Portugal.

image: Mozambique woman and childFinally, Ian travels to Mueba, Mozambique’s most remote area where you won’t find many travelers! He stops in the village of Mueba, famous for a massacre of its people by the Portuguese in 1960. As the men of the village perform the animal dance to bring healing to the land, Ian finds it a fitting summation of the country as a whole – a place in which people are looking to the future and trying to heal the wounds of its recent troubled past. Travel in Mozambique is still hard but worth all the effort!

　Cameroon

image: cameroon childrenZay Harding veers off the tourist trail to explore the Central African country of Cameroon. Here he meets many different ethnic groups from the hunter gatherer pygmies of Djoum, tothe Kirdi of the north who predict his fortune using crabs, to the chiefdom of Oudjilla where he meets not only the king but also his fifty wives!

In between, he attempts to complete the grueling and steep Mount Cameroon Marathon, tries his hand at Bakweri wrestling, visits a vibrant market in Torou and comes face to face with all sorts of wildlife including hippos and gorillas.

　Florida & The Bahamas

Lavinia Tan visits one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, a place with more sun, sand, sea and theme parks than you can possibly visit in one go but also a place with the Lavinia Tan at the Winter Partylargest sub tropical wilderness in the USA and the only place in the Western hemisphere to have launched man into space – it can only be Florida and the Bahamas.

Lavinia samples the sights of Miami, including the Cuban Calle Ocho street party, South Beach‘s Art Nouveau architecture, the Gay and Lesbian Winter Party and the striking Holocaust Memorial.

From there it’s off to Florida Keys for diving and Ernest Hemingway‘s home before traveling to Cape Canaveral for an astronaut experience and to Orlando where she visits not just Disney World but also Celebration, the corporation’s very own planned community.

Then it’s on to St Augustine, America’s oldest town, a place with Spanish colonial architecture before experiencing a real contrast at Daytona Beach’s Bike Week. In the Everglades, image: Lavinia Tan hits the Harley at Daytona Beach's Bike Week festival Lavinia meets the Seminole Indians and watches alligator wrestling.

Finally, she ends up in the Bahamas where over three million tourists sun worship every year where she visits a massive straw market, takes a mini submarine out to a World War Two wreck, goes diving with sharks and ends her journey kayaking through a tropical nature reserve.

　Pacific Northwest USA

Our traveller Sami Sabiti sets off through the sparsely populated Pacific Northwest states of Washington and Oregon in the USA, an area of immense, awe inspiring natural beauty, hi-image:Sami Sabiti tries Dune surfing in Oregon Dunestech, forward looking cities and some of the friendliest people in the United States.

Sami starts his trip in Seattle where he samples its markets, conquers his vertigo on the Space Symbol, visits the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and finishes up by hanging out with a local band. Next it’s off to the western most point of the United States where Sami meets the local Native Americans at La Push and cooks a traditional salmon barbeque. Then he heads south to the logging town of Hoquiam for the annual Loggers Play Day where Sami competes in some of its unusual events like timber sawing and log rolling.

After visiting the historic town of Astoria, the end of the Lewis & Clarke expedition, Sami hitches a ride to the renowned Oregon Dunes where Sami goes dune-buggy riding. Across the Cascade Range of volcanoes, Sami drops in on the Pendleton Round Up where the highlight is the Native American bare back racing before returning west up the Cascade Gorge to the area’s most beautiful volcano,Mount Hood.

After exploring the eco city of Portland by bike and popping into Mount Angel’s Oktoberfest beer fest, Sami learns about the awesome power of the active Mount St Helens. Here he image: Sami Sabiti at the Pendleton Round Uphears the amazing story of a lucky survivor of the 1980 eruption who returns to the volcano for the first time since his ordeal, making him rather uneasy before his climb to the snowcapped peak, which he manages despite a sudden snow storm!

　Southeast China

Zay Harding travels through four provinces of the southeast of China, one of the world’s ultimate traveling destinations and a place of fascination in every way.

image: Zay Harding in southeast ChinaHe starts in the country’s fourth largest city Guanzhou, capital of the province of Guangdong, its gateway to the west where he visits a Buddhist temple, learns about the Opium War won by the British Empire, visits the Qingping Market full of unusual fare and then dines out on it!

Flying to the province of Hunan, Zay hikes through the Wulingyuan National Park where he climbs to the top of the park’s highlight, one of its many stunning rock pinnacles. Moving on to Shaoshan, Mao’s birthplace, and then toNanchang, the historic revolutionary city, Zay learns all about the infamous Chairman.

Then it’s off to Ruijin, where the communist army started the Long March where Zay meets a surviving marcher who still wears his uniform. Near Yongding in the Fujian province, Zay visits the extraordinary houses of the Hakka people which house up to 40 families and often have 70 rooms! Moving onto Anxi, a massive centre of tea export and home to the world’s Zay Harding meets a Long March survivorbiggest tea market, and Dehua, a major centre of ceramics, Zay discovers the products that made Fujian province so rich. In the ancient port of Quanzhou, Zay sees the mixture of ancient and modern before taking the boat over to the Mazu Festival at the temple that’s her spiritual home.

The last leg of Zay’s trip takes him to the developing Chinese tourist resort island of Hainan Dao. It’s also home to the minority group Li group who he visits before hitting the stunning beaches – a much needed rest after 2,000 miles of traveling!

　South Africa 2

S-AfricaJustine Shapiro and Sami Sabiti return to South Africa to see how much the rainbow nation has changed in the decade since the end of apartheid.

They start their journey in beautiful CapeTown where they explore the beaches and its gay district before heading to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, and experiencing a healing sangoma ceremony in a black township on the city’s outskirts.

East of the city, Sami samples the wines of the Stellenbosch, while Justine visits an ostrich farm and attempts to ride one.

In central South Africa, Sami descends into the diamond mines of Kimberley, while back on the coast, Justine experiences the extreme Hindu festival of Kavadi in Durban which is home to South Africa’s Indian and Pakistani population.

Sami heads far north to Thohoyandou where he hooks up with the Venda people who are renowned as the country’s most skillful artists. He helps them paint their huts and make their drums while Justine takes a safari in what’s probably the most famous game reserve in the world - Kruger National Park - home to the biggest variety of animals in Africa. image: Sami Sabiti dances with the Gumboot Miners at Gold Reef Mine, Jo'burg They reconvene in Johannesburg where Sami meets Winnie Mabaso who runs a kitchen for AIDS orphans and provides care for her local community. Then it’s off to the Gumboots Miners’ dance at the Gold Reef Mine and visiting the Apartheid Museum, a lasting monument to the new South Africa.

They finish their journey in the Soweto township which is home to the only street in the world that two Nobel Prize winners lived on; they visit a shebeen (drink joint) and Justine visits the nanny she had as a child growing up in South Africa.

　Tokyo City Guide

Throwing Ian Wright into the heart of the world’s most extraordinary capital is bound to be interesting. In Tokyo, Ian crosses between the spiritual aspects of the peace-loving Buddhist image: Tokyo skylineSenso-Ji temple and the Bushido philosophy of the Samurai warriors – through which he learns to wield a lethally sharp sword. He explores the hi-tech of Odaiba‘s technology centres and the weird and wonderful aspects of the Tokyo fashion scene.

Outside the city, Ian joins in with two of the great harvest festivals in Aomori’s Nebuta Festival and the Akita Kanto Festival, where he tries the traditional trick of balancing a thirty foot bamboo pole and twenty giant paper lanterns on various parts of his body.

A crowded climb up the 11,000 foot Mount Fuji leads to Ian exploring Tokyo’s fragile volcanic environment – including the Earthquake training centre and the joys of an onsen, or volcanic hot spa. Ian Wright climbs Mount Fuji A sushi breakfast in the Tsukiji Fish Market, noodles in one of the ubiquitous ramen shops, chicken yakitori barbecue under the rail tracks ofShinjuku and squid balls and beer at the baseball ensures Ian stays well fed and bizarre cocktails in the Alcatraz ER nightclub keep him fuelled throughout the trip to one of the greatest cities on earth.

　Western Canada

Globe Trekker traveler Zay Harding visits the west of Canada, a landmass bigger than the entire area of the European Union encapsulating the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta,image: Zay Harding canoeing to the home of Grey OwlBritish Columbia and the Yukon - yet home to a mere nine million people.

He starts his epic journey in the province of Saskatchewan, where he canoes through the Prince Albert National Park, former home to Canada’s legendary Grey Owl, its first famous conservationist. He lived in a remote cabin alongside his adopted beavers who built their lodge inside his home and only after his death was it discovered he was in fact an Englishman called Archie Belaney. He takes a train south across the Great Plains, the flat lands known as Canada’s bread basket, to Saskatoon from where he flies to Edmonton in Alberta.

Alberta’s capital Edmonton has made its money from oil but Zay’s here to check out its biggest tourist attraction, the West Edmonton Mall, the world’s biggest, stretching over five million square feet – as big as New York’s Central Park. There are over 800 shops in the complex but that’s not what Zay’s interested in. He goes bungee jumping, swimming, walking with penguins, shooting practice before flopping into bed in Canada’s most popular hotel, Fantasy Hotel, where each room has a different theme. Zay hitches a ride with a singing trucker down to Calgary for the world’s greatest outdoor event – the Calgary Stampede.

After getting kitted up in the requisite Wild West attire, Zay gets down to the serious cowboy business of drinking and dancing. The next morning he checks out some of the Stampede’s top events – the most famous of which is the chuck wagon racing. Zay talks to Kent Bentsmiller, one of the top racers around, about how to get started – sadly, he doesn’t get any further than mucking out the stables! He visits the Indian Village where he meets the Indian princess who explains the Native American association with the Stampede and tries a traditional Stampede delicacy – prairie oysters. Not for the faint hearted, they come in a variety of flavours and are actually bulls’ balls!

Off again, Zay takes a car from Calgary along the gorgeous scenery of the Icefields Parkway, one of the world’s greatest scenic drives. He stops at Lake Louise, known as the image: Zay at the Calgary Stampedejewel of the Rockies, and the Alcabasca Glacier and takes a swim in hot springs. Then he meets Gordon Stenhouse who’s running the biggest grizzly bear study in the world – taking place in and around Jasper National Park. Zay goes out with some of his crew to conduct field work by setting bait to attract and record bear movements.

Onto British Columbia, Zay takes a Via Rail train from Jasper to Vancouver, one of Canada’s premier cities with two million inhabitants. He checks out the stunning Museum of Anthropology, Before chilling at theMarijuana Party of British Columbia where they sample 25 of the top strains of BC bud – known among smokers as one of the best producers of weed in the world. Of course, Zay doesn’t inhale, but for some reason, he’s got the munchies for which there’s no better establishment for tucking into hearty, delicious food than Swagat, Vancouver’s original First Nations restaurant.

Only a day trip away is Whistler, one of the world’s premier skiing resorts and a veritable summertime adults’ playground. Zay hits the tracks hard on his mountain bike – one of the most popular summer sports. He also goes zip-trekking, a unique way of seeing Whistler’s old forest, where he literally flies through the treetops.

The final leg of his journey takes Zay to the beautiful isolated province of Yukon and Dawson City. During the gold rush, Dawson City was the largest city north of San Francisco – during the six years of gold fever it’s estimated that $100 million worth of gold was unearthed here. Now it’s home to a mere 18,000! Zay goes to Bonananza Creek where it all started before joining Dave Miller, a second generation gold miner, to see how it’s done nowadays and Simon Mason Wood who weighs and melts the gold into bars. Later that day, Zay’s in the bar for a local image: Indian village at the Calgary Stampedetipple, a sour toe cocktail, a drink with a real petrified human toe – not something he enjoys at all!

For his final adventure, Zay takes to the Tatshenshini River which runs through one of the most deserted wilderness areas in the world. After a wild ride along rapids, he finds himself in a glacial lake where the wind stops him going any further. Despite this, there’s no doubt it’s an amazing place to end his journey – a fitting tribute to the wondrous beauty that is Western Canada.

　Ultimate Caribbean

Our travelers Justine Shapiro, Ian Wright and Megan McCormick set out on a voyage around the massive gulf that separates the North and South American continents. They delve beneath image: Ian Wright learns about Fidel Castro in Cubathe perception many people have that the Caribbean is merely a rich man’s playground, to bring you the Ultimate Caribbean experience.

There are hundreds of tiny islands strung out across the Caribbean but the largest islands have the strongest characters. We visit Trinidad, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic to discover the history of the Caribbean – and its decidedly dark underside. It was colonized by European settlers who put the native Carib and Arawak Indians to work on the sugar plantations; when they were virtually wiped out the colonists brought over millions of African slaves to work in them. Our travelers visit Santo Domingo, a plantation on Jamaica and meet the Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves who still live in the hills).

The wealth generated by the cultivation of the Caribbean’s fertile land turned the Caribbean into a decadent playground for the Western elite. Cuba was a favorite, as Ian discovers, until Justine Shapiro dresses up for the Trinidad Carnival 1959 when Fidel Castro overturned the government and brought in communist rule. Haiti has fared less well; it’s the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has been dogged by dictatorship for 200 years. In fact, the gulf between rich and poor has been a constant source of conflict in this region; Justine goes to Grenada to find out about the coup that led to a US invasion of the country in 1983.

Getting around the Caribbean can be challenge: Justine risks her life on the Jamaican bus system, Ian chooses the train over the bus in Cuba, home to the only rail system in the Caribbean, takes a brightly-coloured Tata in Haiti and then gives up on public transport altogether and hires a car instead!

It’s true that it’s really hard to find genuinely budget accommodation in the Caribbean, but if you do some digging you can find some pretty special resting places. Ian takes a quick tour of Taking shade in Jamaicasome of them in Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica. When it comes to food, however, you’ll find more than your fair share of bargains, for the Caribbean is a natural treasure trove whose cooking culture draws on traditions from across the world. Our travelers sample Creole food, jerk chicken and curried goat, washed down with rum.

Eighty per cent of the population are Christian but at its heart is something much more African. Ian visits Souvenos in Haiti to discover the secrets of voodoo while Megan meets a voodoo priest over the border in the Dominican Republic. With some religious rituals, the links is a little more tenuous; such as the Shakespeare Mass on the small island of Cariacou but if you want to experience the mother of all religious events go toTrinidad for the carnival! Justine dresses up in a scanty costume and takes to the streets with the tens of thousands of revelers.

If you want to avoid the crowds, head to some of the smaller islands such as St Kitts, which still has a seriously English feel, while Dominica remains a jungle paradise. Tobago is a beautiful peaceful island and a great place to get involved in local events – the Bacoo Goat Race is the place to be seen! Just outside the Caribbean, the Turks & Caicos Islands are the place to escape.

Animal lovers will find another sort of paradise in the Caribbean, like exceptional diving, swimming with dolphins, avoiding alligators, and communing with massive leatherback turtles. If you want to go trekking, Dominica has the biggest rainforest in the Caribbean and big tracts of it are still untouched, while Megan discovers the Dominican Republic‘s pine forests are a great place to go mule riding. Jamaica also offers some wonderful views – for an amazing experience climb the Blue Mountain in time for the sunrise – a perfect way to end our Caribbean odyssey!

　Ultimate Caribbean

Our travelers Justine Shapiro, Ian Wright and Megan McCormick set out on a voyage around the massive gulf that separates the North and South American continents. They delve beneath image: Ian Wright learns about Fidel Castro in Cubathe perception many people have that the Caribbean is merely a rich man’s playground, to bring you the Ultimate Caribbean experience.

There are hundreds of tiny islands strung out across the Caribbean but the largest islands have the strongest characters. We visit Trinidad, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic to discover the history of the Caribbean – and its decidedly dark underside. It was colonized by European settlers who put the native Carib and Arawak Indians to work on the sugar plantations; when they were virtually wiped out the colonists brought over millions of African slaves to work in them. Our travelers visit Santo Domingo, a plantation on Jamaica and meet the Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves who still live in the hills).

The wealth generated by the cultivation of the Caribbean’s fertile land turned the Caribbean into a decadent playground for the Western elite. Cuba was a favorite, as Ian discovers, until Justine Shapiro dresses up for the Trinidad Carnival 1959 when Fidel Castro overturned the government and brought in communist rule. Haiti has fared less well; it’s the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and has been dogged by dictatorship for 200 years. In fact, the gulf between rich and poor has been a constant source of conflict in this region; Justine goes to Grenada to find out about the coup that led to a US invasion of the country in 1983.

Getting around the Caribbean can be challenge: Justine risks her life on the Jamaican bus system, Ian chooses the train over the bus in Cuba, home to the only rail system in the Caribbean, takes a brightly-coloured Tata in Haiti and then gives up on public transport altogether and hires a car instead!

It’s true that it’s really hard to find genuinely budget accommodation in the Caribbean, but if you do some digging you can find some pretty special resting places. Ian takes a quick tour of Taking shade in Jamaicasome of them in Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica. When it comes to food, however, you’ll find more than your fair share of bargains, for the Caribbean is a natural treasure trove whose cooking culture draws on traditions from across the world. Our travelers sample Creole food, jerk chicken and curried goat, washed down with rum.

Eighty per cent of the population are Christian but at its heart is something much more African. Ian visits Souvenos in Haiti to discover the secrets of voodoo while Megan meets a voodoo priest over the border in the Dominican Republic. With some religious rituals, the links is a little more tenuous; such as the Shakespeare Mass on the small island of Cariacou but if you want to experience the mother of all religious events go toTrinidad for the carnival! Justine dresses up in a scanty costume and takes to the streets with the tens of thousands of revelers.

If you want to avoid the crowds, head to some of the smaller islands such as St Kitts, which still has a seriously English feel, while Dominica remains a jungle paradise. Tobago is a beautiful peaceful island and a great place to get involved in local events – the Bacoo Goat Race is the place to be seen! Just outside the Caribbean, the Turks & Caicos Islands are the place to escape.

Animal lovers will find another sort of paradise in the Caribbean, like exceptional diving, swimming with dolphins, avoiding alligators, and communing with massive leatherback turtles. If you want to go trekking, Dominica has the biggest rainforest in the Caribbean and big tracts of it are still untouched, while Megan discovers the Dominican Republic‘s pine forests are a great place to go mule riding. Jamaica also offers some wonderful views – for an amazing experience climb the Blue Mountain in time for the sunrise – a perfect way to end our Caribbean odyssey!

　Ultimate China

With over 1.3 billion citizens and a land mass barely larger than the USA, it would be easy to think China is just crammed with people, but as Globe Trekker’s Ultimate China shows, this is aimage: a rickshaw driversland of incredible diversity.

Megan McCormick starts out in the old capital,Xianyang, which was established over 2000 years ago and is the home of Emperor Qin’s huge mausoleum with its army of terracotta warriors. On a brief journey through the history of the nation, Megan McCormick, Justine Shapiro and Zay Harding visit the forbidden city of Beijing and the centuries of Imperial reign. During these centuries, we find that China led the world in arts and sciences and became rich selling silk, porcelain and tea along the silk route and from ports such as Quanzhou. But the Imperial era was brought to an end by the Opium wars with Britain and the series of revolutions that followed, culminating in the communist revolution under Mao Zedong. Justine meets a teacher who experienced Mao’s oppression in the cultural revolution and Zay talks to one of the original “long marchers” who fought beside Mao against Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalist army.

Now in the years after Chairman Mao, China is beginning to open up, becoming a major trading nation again. Megan finds shopping heaven in Shenzhen and Shanghai and goes to the races in Hong Kong. Zay meets a Chinese Canadian who has decided to come back to China to live.

As China begins to open up, religion and traditional practices and philosophies are returning. We visit stunning Buddhist and Taoist temples, mosques and churches and see a stunning Megan McCormick hikes the Great Wall of China from Beijing festival to the Goddess of the sea, Mazu. Megan tries Tai chi and a traditional massage, Zay has his skin cleaned by nibbling fish and foot-scraping therapists, and Justine undergoes acupuncture and has a bonfire lit on her belly! They also experience the vast range of Chinese cuisine, from delicious dim sum to scorpion’s on a stick.

China seems to be modernizing at an incredible place, but many millions of Chinese still live peasant lifestyles. Away from the cities, Justine visits the beautiful Miao people of the south west and sees the swinging festival of the Akka people. Zay sees the extraordinary Tolou mud homes of the Hakka people of Fujian. And between them all they see that China has stunning rural landscapes, ranging from jagged mountains to vast deserts. In the midst of that, Chinese ingenuity is everywhere, from elevators up mountains, to the Great Wall of China and, most recently and dramatically, the Three Gorges Dam project which is transforming the Chinese landscape forever.

　Ultimate India

In this episode, our explorers take you to the ultimate travelers’ destination – India. Megan McCormick blows herself away with the hot native cuisine, Holly Morris gets a close up view of Holly Morris meets a Saddhu in East IndiaIndian sanitation, Andrew Daddo tries his hand (and the rest of his body) at the ancient practice of yoga, and Justine Shapiro hugs her way to spiritual enlightenment – and that’s just the beginning of their trip across this stunning sub-continent.

India has some of the most overcrowded cities in the world. We explore the notoriously busy yet highly academic Calcutta, a city synonymous with poverty but working to overcome it, the old and new capital of Delhi, and Mumbai, India’s biggest city. Mumbai has Asia’s biggest slum as well as some of the world’s most expensive real estate; it’s also India’s economic powerhouse and home to the world’s biggest film industry, churning out a whopping 750 films per year. Chennai is India’s southern capital where you can experience some of its faded colonial beauty in a former palace that’s now a backpackers’ hotel.

India’s popularity with travelers has given rise to all manner of accommodation catering to them and while they’re almost always cheap, remember that they’re not always cheerful, as Andrew Daddo visit the Taj Mahalour travelers discover. That said, there are some gems, from teepees in Goa to straw huts in theAndaman Islands, more English than England hotels in the old hill stations of Shimla andDarjeeling and the luxurious rice boats cruising the backwaters of tropical Kerala.

You can’t come to India without constantly encountering religious beliefs. The majority faith is Hinduism with its 800 deities. We make offerings to the gods, explore the ghats of the sacred Ganges River, and meet the wandering holy men called Sadhus. In Calcutta, we visit the Kalighat temple, dedicated to the greatest goddess Kali; in Bikaner the deity is manifested in a very different way in the Kani Mata Temple teeming with hordes of holy rats. Elsewhere our travelers get a spiritual charge from a guru and stay in an ashram. Many people come to India to visit just one in particular – the Osho ashram in Pune - begun by Bhagwan Rajneesh, a guru notorious for his views on sex and his 93 Rolls Royce cars! For something utterly different we then journey to the Indus Valley full of ancient temples and mysticism.

The religious fervor of India’s faiths has spawned many colorful and chaotic festivals. InMadurai in the south, we witness the stunning Hindu Float festival; up north, we go to Justine Shapiro is blessed by an elephantMathurafor the Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Hindu deity, Krishna. One of the largest Hindu festivals is held on Sagar Island in West Bengal where the Ganges meets the sea; on the winter solstice, people converge here to perform puja (prayer) to the gods and cleanse their spirits. Not all festivals are religious in nature; thePushkar Camel Festival is an annual event where traders come from all the country to do serious business.

Travel in India is very cheap but because it’s so vast it can be a daunting prospect. Inside the cities there’s a variety of transport options ranging from the traditional rickshaw to the scarifying automobile kind and in Calcutta you’ll even find a subway system built by the Russians. Interstate travel throws up a whole lot more options, from the notoriously loud video buses, to riding a classic Enfield motorbike, to taking the train on the world’s fourth biggest rail network.

Thousands of years of civilization have given India a wealth of historic sites. Must-sees include the Rajput city of Jaisalmer in the desert, the monument to love, the Taj Mahal in Agra, andMegan McCormick at the Pushkar Camel FestivalUdaipur, home of the maharajas.

Mountain escapes are an integral part of the India experience – the old British hill top retreats such as Ooty and Darjeeling offer a relaxing slice of colonial life, but if that’s too sedentary then we go trekking in some of the world’s most fabulous scenery in the Himalayas or in the northeast region of Arunchal Pradesh where we meet the Adi people.

The Indian cuisine is a real draw for travelers and there’s almost nowhere on earth that you’ll find such a rich and varied array of dishes. In Southern India we dig into a thali served up on banana leaves, eat an idli (rice dumpling) breakfast, find out just how big paper-thin dosa snacks are, before visiting Cochin in Kerala, former centre of the spice trade to see the only pepper exchange in the world. Even better, we drink sweet chai tea, party with the locals at a hot toddy bar in Kerala and sample the infamousbhang (marijuana) lassi.

Away from the cities, India has some of the best beaches and islands in the world. We head to Lakshwadeep, the beautiful coral islands in the middle of the Arabian Sea, back to the mainland to the new hippy hangout of Varkala, and then inland to the backwaters of Kerala. Up the coast we relive the sixties in the old Portuguese colony of Goa before jetting west to theAndaman Islands with their stunning untouched reefs and protected tribes. A perfect way to end a grueling but inspiring trip to bring you the Ultimate India!

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