From tropical beaches that lead into underground rivers to hanging coffins on the side of mountainous cliffs, The Philippines likes to do things differently.
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HONG KONG: CHASING THE DRAGON
No Kung fu, no slow motion shoot outs, no Jackie Chan sliding down a skyscraper on his arse, Hong Kong is nothing like the movies. Just like Los Angeles then.
MONGOLIA: THE WRATH OF THE KHANS
Or “how to survive -31 degrees celsius in the Gobi without even trying”
RUSSIA: MURDER ON THE TRANS SIBERIAN EXPRESS
Two russians, possibly spies, try to poison me on a train, and we drive on a frozen lake in the middle of Siberia.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
From the ghost of Rasputin, to the looming presence of Putin, what’s it really like today on the other side of the old Iron Curtain?
COLOMBIA: THE ROAD TO EL DORADO
A journey from Colombia’s prettiest and most colourful town on the Caribbean coast, to learn about the legendary City of Gold in Bogota’s highlands. There is also an Irish pub here.
VENEZUELA: UP
I co-pilot a plane straight into a Disney-Pixar movie. Amazingly no one dies. I’ve since forwarded my CV onto Ryanair.
A long forgotten plateau in the heart of South America. I’d heard whispers of living dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. The author of Sherlock Holmes wouldn’t lie to us surely?
BRAZIL: ROCK IN RIO
Brazil: from top to bottom. As always the bottom part is more fun.
ARGENTINA: CHASING WATERFALLS
“Poor Niagara”
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