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Equator with Simon Reeve episode 2

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / November 13, 2019 / By HDclump

Equator with Simon Reeve episode 2: He travels across Indonesia, where he encounters paradise islands undiscovered by tourists and an environment under threat. In Sumatra and Borneo he meets orangutans and gets adopted by head hunters. This part of his journey ends on the island of Sulawesi, where he takes to the water with the Bajo sea gypsies. Documentary series in which Simon Reeve takes a 25,000 mile journey as he treks through rainforests, climbs up volcanoes and travels through war zones on a trip around the Equator. Equator with Simon Reeve episode 2 On Earth, […]

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Equator with Simon Reeve episode 1

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / November 11, 2019 / By HDclump

Equator with Simon Reeve episode 1: Simon Reeve journeys 25,000 miles, trekking through rainforests, climbing active volcanoes and travelling through war zones on his way around the equator. He catches malaria in Gabon and struggles on through the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo, goes rafting on the source of the Nile and witnesses a bullfight in Kenya. His journey ends in the desert on the Somalian border where thousands of refugees have escaped the fighting in their homeland. Equator with Simon Reeve episode 1 On Earth, the equator is about 40,075 km (24,901 mi) long, of

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The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 5

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / November 11, 2019 / By HDclump

The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 5: In this fifth leg, Simon travels across Central America from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. He begins by diving on a coral reef on the coast of northern Belize and visits a rescue centre for orphaned manatees. In Belize’s Chiquibul National Park, Simon witnesses a gun battle between armed park rangers and intruders from neighbouring Guatemala intent on clearing the rainforest for farming. The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 5 Simon’s next stop is Guatemala, where over half the population live

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The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 4

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / November 4, 2019 / By HDclump

The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 4: In this fourth leg of the journey, Simon travels through Texas and down the length of Mexico. Simon Reeve continues his journey through the Americas. The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 4 In Texas, Simon joins the US Border Patrol, who constantly pick up migrants who have illegally crossed the dangerous Rio Grande river in search of a new life in the United States. In the midst of this humanitarian crisis, Simon meets one woman who risks her life to take vital supplies across the border to stranded migrants

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The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 3

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 28, 2019 / By HDclump

The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 3: in this third leg of the journey Simon travels down the length of California. In northern California he explores the land of the giant redwoods, where he learns that only a fraction of old growth forest survives. Climbing 250 feet into the canopy of a giant redwood, Simon joins a team of arborists who are cloning the world’s biggest and most successful trees in an attempt to replant the forests that they hope can help to tackle climate change. California has recently suffered from severe droughts that have helped to create

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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 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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Mediterranean with Simon Reeve episode 1

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 10, 2018 / By HDclump

Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of his epic four-part journey around the Mediterranean. At the centre of this great sea, and surrounded by crystal clear waters, is Simon’s first stop, the beautiful island of Malta. Driven by a surge of tourists, modern-day Malta is booming. But beneath the picture-postcard image lies a country accused of being a haven for money laundering and organised crime, where journalists can be murdered by car bombs. When Simon takes a ferry to his next destination, Calabria in southern Italy, he discovers a region in the grip of Europe’s most powerful

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