Tropic_of_Cancer《北回归线旅记》

旅游类纪录片,BBC 频道 2010 年出品。

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/tropicofcancer/

  • 中文片名 :北回归线旅记
  • 中文系列名:
  • 英文片名 :Tropic of Cancer
  • 英文系列名:
  • 电视台 :BBC
  • 地区 :英国
  • 语言 :英语
  • 时长 :约 59 分钟/集
  • 版本 :TV
  • 发行时间 :2010

在經過他赤道和南迴歸線的旅行廣受好評後,賽門芮夫再度踏上他的熱帶冒險:北迴歸線之旅,旅行北半球邊境的熱帶地區,共通過18個國家。賽門的不平凡歷程將他從墨西哥天堂海灘的太平洋海岸,在加勒比海,撒哈拉,跨越國界到幾十年來封閉外國人的北非,然後穿過沙漠,阿拉伯和偏僻的叢林亞洲,最後旅程結束在夏威夷。一路上,賽門見證各式各樣的奇異、美麗與危險,其中包括大象洗澡,在午夜開車經過塔尼亞邊境的雷區而逃離緬甸。他會見了不起的人:在墨西哥見到蒙面女子摔跤運動員,巴哈馬遇見海地難民,並探討了氣候變化的挑戰,貧困,毒品貿易,工業污染和被遺忘的衝突。總共超過22835英里,通過一些在這個地球上最惡劣的環境,賽門帶領觀眾進入一個迷人、有趣和扣人心弦的旅程

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Simon Reeve starts his epic journey around the world following the Tropic of Cancer, the northern border of the tropics region. In this first episode Simon travels from the beautiful Pacific coast of Mexico, where he visits the luxurious holiday resorts of Baja California, before crossing the country’s rugged interior. Along the way he goes on patrol with a heavily armed police unit in Culiacan, headquarters of the fearsome Sinaloa drug cartel, and gets more than he bargained for from a female Lucha Libre wrestler. The Tropic of Cancer skirts Havana, where Simon learns how allotments are helping the Cubans counter the effects of the US trade embargo; and in the Bahamas he discovers the hidden menace on the beautiful coral reefs that make these islands famous.

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The second leg of the journey sees Simon dodge the Moroccan secret police in Western Sahara, travel on one of the world’s longest trains in Mauritania, visit a forgotten refugee camp in the Algerian desert where more than 100,000 people live, and take a swim in a Libyan oasis with a government minder who bears an uncanny resemblance to Colonel Gadaffi.

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Simon rejoins the Tropic of Cancer in Egypt and follows it through Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Oman. In Southern Egypt, next to the ancient temple of Abu Simbal, Simon meets Nubians struggling to maintain their culture following the damming of the Nile and dives in the pristine reefs of the Red Sea. In Saudi Arabia he goes racing with the Jeddah Boyz; and in Dubai he meets construction workers suffering in the economic downturn and he watches as rare baby green giant turtles start their own epic journeys as they head into the Arabian Sea from the beaches of Oman.

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In India, Simon’s journey takes him from the coast of Gujarat in the west to Kolkata in the east. Along the way he spots the shy and beautiful Indian wild ass, learns of the violence between Hindus and Muslims in Gandhi’s home city of Ahmedebad and visits the site of one of the world’s worst industrial accidents in Bhopal, where people still claim to be suffering from chemical spills. In the setting for Kipling’s Jungle Book, Simon bathes an elephant and in Kolkata he ponders a new car that is so affordable that it could add to the city’s already unbelievable congestion.

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This episode takes Simon through Bangladesh and on a perilous covert journey into Burma, where western journalists are banned. In Bangladesh Simon sails down the mighty Padma River and visits fishermen who use trained otters to drive fish into their nets. Further on he sees the river banks crumbling before his eyes - increased river erosion is thought to be caused by global climate change - and in the capital Dhaka he meets some of the millions of child workers. From North East India, Simon treks through jungles and across rivers into Burma to meet the Chin people - an ethnic group who are brutalised and oppressed by the Burmese government.

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The last leg of Simon’s journey begins in the jungles of Southeast Asia and ends in the tropical paradise of Hawaii. Prevented from following the tropic through China by the Chinese government, Simon instead discovers the increasing Chinese influences in neighbouring Laos and Vietnam. And in Laos, he samples some local delicacies - roast squirrel (or is it rat?) and caterpillars. In Vietnam, he discovers cruelly caged moon bears, farmed for their bile, which is used in traditional medicines. Next stop is Taiwan, and in the Tropic of Cancer primary school he meets some of the world’s highest achieving children. The journey around the world ends in Hawaii - a tropical paradise blighted by environmental problems, including some of the dirtiest beaches on the planet.

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