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The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 2

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 14, 2019 / By HDclump

Americas with Simon Reeve episode 2: in this second leg, Simon is in the United States travelling down the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Colorado. In the wide-open prairies of Montana, the cowboy way of life is under threat from a long-term decline in the rural economy, but Simon meets a former Silicon Valley executive who has envisaged a new future for the land. The hugely ambitious American Prairie Reserve is attempting to turn three million acres of former ranches, farms and public lands into a protected habitat for America’s wildlife, reintroducing iconic species long extinct, including the […]

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The Americas with Simon Reeve episode 1

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / October 7, 2019 / By HDclump

The Americas with Simon Reeve – begins his most ambitious journey yet: travelling the entire length of the Americas, north to south. In this first leg of his epic journey, Simon travels from the frozen beauty of Alaska down through Canada to Vancouver and the border with the United States. Landing on a huge glacier in Alaska’s Denali National Park, Simon witnesses firsthand the brutal impact of global climate change in the remote north of the planet – ice is receding here at an alarming rate. The Americas with Simon Reeve Hunting caribou with Native Americans,

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Egypt from Above

Travel / 1 minute of reading / May 23, 2019 / By HDclump

Egypt from Above – an ancient land famous for its great pyramids, temples and tombs. This was once home to one of the most powerful and pioneering empires on the planet. Now, on a fascinating and dramatic aerial journey that covers the entire country, Egypt From Above reveals how the vibrant nation of today was born from its dramatic past. Egypt from Above – Egypt’s Ancient Empire part 1 Flying across Egypt reveals how the ancients’ achievements shaped the modern nation. Egypt from Above – Engineering the Future An aerial journey reveals how Egypt

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Reef Wrecks episode 4 – Roatan

Nature, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / February 21, 2019 / By HDclump

The number of shipwrecks off the coast of Roatan suggest that these waters pose a threat to passing vessels – but the fact is most of these ships were deliberately sunk. The purpose? To create artificial reefs that attract a dazzling array of marine plants and creatures, in a bid to form a sustainable ecosystem. Roatan Roatan is an island in the Caribbean, about 65 kilometres off the northern coast of Honduras. It is located between the islands of Útila and Guanaja, and is the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras. The island was formerly known as

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Reef Wrecks episode 1 – Bonaire

Nature, Travel / 2 minutes of reading / February 14, 2019 / By HDclump

The small island of Bonaire is a Caribbean diving destination that boasts a unique collection of shipwrecks transformed into makeshift coral reefs. These artificial habitats provide a haven for marine life in a constantly changing ecosystem. The ocean floor is home to centuries’ worth of sunken vessels integrated into marine habitats. Explore extraordinary wrecks around the world and learn how these artificial structures have become a part of the ecosystem–and in some cases, a vital tool in reversing the effects of human impact. Bonaire Bonaire is an island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Together with

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Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – episode 2 – Nepal

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / December 11, 2018 / By HDclump

Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – episode 2 – Nepal: Nadiya Hussain was born and brought up in Britain but her family is from Bangladesh. Recently she made a surprise discovery about her DNA that led her first to visit Thailand and Cambodia. Now, on the last leg of her travels, she takes a trip to the remote Himalayan country of Nepal to learn more about its people, places and food as part of her adventure to further explore her identity. Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – episode 2 – Nepal Her journey begins in Kathmandu, where she joins a supper

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Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – episode 1 – Thailand and Cambodia

Travel / 2 minutes of reading / December 4, 2018 / By HDclump

Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – Nadiya Hussain was born and brought up in Britain but her family is from Bangladesh. In this first programme of two, she makes a surprise discovery about her DNA which sees her travel solo for the first time, exploring the people, places and food of Thailand and Cambodia. Nadiya’s Asian Odyssey – episode 1 – Thailand and Cambodia Nadiya’s search for connections in these countries takes her from the world-famous temples of Angkor Wat in the north of Cambodia and to a Muslim island in the deep south of Thailand. She journeys deep

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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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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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Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey ep. 1

Far Eastern Odyssey / 1 minute of reading / October 7, 2018 / By HDclump

Rick Stein takes the viewer on an epic culinary journey by sea, down rivers and overland to explore the Far East’s diverse food cultures, which have soared to the heights of popularity the world over. Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey ep. 1 He begins his odyssey in Cambodia, a country still recovering from the regime of the Khmer Rouge. Nevertheless, tourists are beginning to return to this land dotted with sugar palms, paddy fields and small villages. Rick discovers the joys of freshly caught swimmer crabs cooked with green peppercorns from Kampot, once the king of

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The Pacific In The Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill ep. 6

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

In a bid to find the not yet existent North West passage Cook encountered vast ice ranges and saw the impact of colonisation first hand when entering part of Alaska already overtaken by the Russians. Forced back by the ice shelf Cook retreats to Hawaii for R&R before returning to the Arctic the following summer. But that was not to be. After nearly eleven years of voyaging from the Antarctic to the Arctic Circles trading, observing, befriending chiefs and villagers alike, even participating in local culture Cook is clubbed and stabbed and drowned in a quintessentially tropical paradise?

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