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.
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.
Investigating an age-old Polynesian mystery in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. Rapa Nui is the most isolated inhabited island in the world.
BOLIVIA: HIGHWAY TO HELL
From the world’s highest capital city in La Paz, to the depths of the Atacama desert, Bolivia leaves me feelin’ salty.
PERU: THE LOST CITY
High in the Andes of Peru a wonder of the world lay hidden for centuries. Then I found it and had a beer.
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