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Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 2

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / December 27, 2018 / By HDclump

Simon Reeve embarks on the second leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. Setting off from a snowy mountain ski resort in Cyprus, Simon finds an island and a capital city still deeply divided between Turkish Cypriots in the north and Greek Cypriots in the south. Simon joins the UN troops who patrol the line that separates the two sides, one of the world’s longest-running peacekeeping missions. From Cyprus, Simon heads to the Middle East, a region of the Mediterranean that’s also no stranger to conflict and division. Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 2 In […]

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Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 4

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 28, 2018 / By HDclump

In Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 4: Simon Reeve embarks on the fourth and final leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. Taking a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar, Simon’s first stop is Ceuta, a Spanish exclave surrounded by Morocco. This is one of the few land borders between Africa and the European Union. Simon joins the Spanish border police who check engines and even dashboards for stowaways trying to reach Europe. Migrant and refugees attempting to cross Ceuta’s fortress border have quadrupled in the last year. Undaunted by Morocco’s failure to issue a filming

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Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 3

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 21, 2018 / By HDclump

Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 3: Simon Reeve embarks on the third leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. He begins in Libya – a country well off the tourist trail and torn apart by revolution, insurgents from the so-called Islamic State and western air strikes. Simon visits the Mediterranean city of Sirte, which has been the scene of heavy fighting. Here Simon witnesses some of the worst destruction he has ever seen, with entire neighbourhoods of the city completely flattened. He also visits the remains of Leptis Magna – one of the world’s best-preserved Roman

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