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14. Rust Belt Part II: The American Rebirth
2017 - Season 17
Spanning the American Midwest and its Great Lakes states for innovations that ignited an industrial revolution.
13. Rust Belt Highway, USA
2016 - Season 17
A road trip through Pittsburgh, Detroit and Flint, Mich.; Cleveland, Toledo and Akron, Ohio; American industries; Rust Belt.
12. Hawaii 2
2016 - Season 17
Globe trekker Zoe D’Amato sets out on a grand adventure to explore 4 of Hawaii’s mounds of beauty – Big Island, Maui, Oahu and Kauai.
11. The Wild West, USA
2016 - Season 17
In this Globe Trekker Special, Zay Harding, Sami Sabiti, Holly Morris, Justine Shapiro and Ian Wright explore the extraordinary history of America’s spectacular Wild West.
10. The Rise and Fall of The British Raj
2016 - Season 17
The “Raj” – stout British governors of 18th and 19th century India - gets the Globe Trekker treatment in a sweeping history special presented by travellers Bobby Chinn, Zay Harding, Katy Haswell, Holly Morris and Ian Wright. They span the Asian subcontinent to illustrate the spectacular story of the rise and fall from grace of the once mighty British Empire.
9. Sacred Places Special: Great Mosques
2016 - Season 17
We travel all across Africa – to Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar, South Africa, Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger, and Cape Verde – in search of the continent’s Top 10 adventures.
8. Top Ten African Adventures
2015 - Season 17
In this program, Zay Harding embarks on a five day voyage from Cape Town on the last authentic British Royal Mail Ship, travelling 2000 miles across the South Atlantic to one of the world’s most remote inhabited islands – the tiny British Overseas Territory of St Helena, marooned over 1300 miles from the nearest mainland. The island is blessed with spectacular scenery and a fascinating history, but as yet it has no airport, so it’s very rarely visited.
7. Delhi and Agra
2016 - Season 17
Delhi is an incarnation of 7 cities all borne out of a bloody history. It’s a city teeming with extraordinary life flowing through the 22 million plus inhabitants who make India’s capital one of the most vibrant in the world.
6. Poland
2016 - Season 17
We visit some of the planet’s most spectacular and grandest mosques. Islam, founded in the 7th Century in what is now Saudi Arabia by the Prophet Muhammad, spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and into Europe, Africa and Asia.
5. Isolated Islands: Saint Helena
2015 - Season 17
Poland is not a country one would normally associate with jolly travel destinations but think again! This country is rich in folklore and history – and surprisingly, not all of it is dark. Certainly, this is what globe trekker, Megan McCormick, discovers on her traipse across Silesia, Pomerania and Warmia Masuria for this very insightful Globe Trekker in Poland.
4. Top Ten South American Adventures
2016 - Season 17
Several Lonely Planet hosts introduce different locations. 10/ Guyana - Kaieteur National Park and waterfall. 9/ Argentina - Lanin National Park and volcano. 8/ Venezuela - Los Llanos Wetlands, looking for Annaconda. 7/ Chile - Futaleufu. White water rafting. 6/ Paraguay - Mbaracayu Forest Nature Reserve. Hunting with Ache tribe. 5/ Bolivia - Uyuni. World's largest salt flats. 4/ Brazil - Trekking the Amazon rainforest. 3/ Bolivia - Yungas. Cycling the world's most dangerous road. 2/ Colombia - Sierra Nevada. Trekking to the lost city of the Tairona. 1/ Venezuela.
3. Road Trip Ruta 40: The Andes
2015 - Season 17
A motorcycle journey along Ruta 40 in Argentina. Included: the Salinas Grandes; the natural wonders of Seven Colors Hills; and Tilcara, a city that dates back some 10,000 years. Also: pre-Columbian ruins in Pucara; and the National Park of Leoncito.
2. Road Trip Ruta 40: Patagonia
2015 - Season 17
Zay Harding visits Patagonia on Hwy 40. He climbs Volcan Lanin, visits the Lake District in San Carlos de Bariloche, the former Hippie colony of El Bolton, Cueva de las Manos (cave of hands), Mount Fitzroy and Cabo Virgenes Lighthouse. We see beautiful scenery. He has to fill gas containers as some areas of the road have no services.
1. Building England 2: The Age of Architects
2015 - Season 17
Judith Jones visits Queen's House; St. Magnus the Martyr and St. Paul's Cathedral in London; townhomes of Bath; Osterley House; Trafalgar Square; Buckingham Palace.