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Each program transports viewers to unforgettable destinations around the world, documenting the journeys of vibrant, young travel guides -including the charismatic Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro and Megan McCormick - as they venture off the beaten path to encounter the people who inhabit the land, soak up the local culture, sample the cuisine and revel in the breathtaking vistas.
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Upcoming Episodes
03:30 PM
The Balkans
Episode #801
Zay Harding begins his travels in Kosovo, where he dances with a local Albanian band and visits Gazimestan, the site of a 500 year-old battle but which is currently patrolled by UN troops since the Serbian withdrawal. He moves on to Serbia where he participates in a moustache competition, backpacks by barge through Belgrade and enjoys the Guca Trumpet festival with the Roma gypsies. Next it's on to Bosnia Herzegovina where Zay explores the capital city of Sarajevo and the mountain villages of Lukomir and Mostar. His last stop is Montenegro and an exciting log-raft trip down the Tara River Canyon, the deepest in Europe.
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Thursday , February, 04, 2010
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03:30 PM
Ice Trekking The Alps
Episode #815
Zay Harding ski tours the legendary Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. Taking in Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn along the way, he undertakes a tough weeklong journey, traversing three Western European countries: France, Italy and Switzerland. He temps fate and frequent avalanches, masters the technique of off-piste skiing in powder-snow and learns how to negotiate his way out of a deep crevasse. Zay visits a local cemetery where thousands of intrepid climbers have lost their lives in pursuit to concur the Alps. Zay's trek allows him to sample the delicious French specialty tartiflette, make an exquisite Swiss Rosti and enjoy other regional cuisine.
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Friday , February, 05, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Galleons, Pirates & Treasure
Episode #816
Megan McCormick sets out in the footsteps of famous mariners and renegades of the Caribbean to learn firsthand about 250 years of perilous treasure hunting and brutal competition among the Spanish, English, Dutch, French and Portuguese. These pirates were vying for gold, silver and other riches. Galleons were sunk, thousands were killed and, for centuries after the New World was discovered in 1492, it was the pirates who ruled the waves. Megan explores the legend and lore to find out how far they went to lay their hands on these treasures, how hard it was to keep, and what still remains from that extraordinary era.
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Monday , February, 08, 2010
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03:30 PM
California
Episode #817
Justine Shapiro's adventure starts in Joshua Tree National Park and then heads to Palm Springs, the playground of Hollywood's golden era and home to the big business of wind power. Her next stop is Los Angeles, where she gets a taste of city's seedier East Side and Santa Monica's spectacular coastline. Justine heads up the coast to Hearst Castle and Big Sur, then detours inland to Gilroy for the town's annual garlic festival. Other highlights include stops in Yosemite and at Mono Lake, the ghost town of Bodie, the giant redwoods of Humboldt County and the Reggae on the River Festival in Garberville.
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Tuesday , February, 09, 2010
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03:30 PM
Mozambique
Episode #818
Ian Wright travels to one of the world's poorest nations, a country wiped off the tourist trail for 20 years by war but now on the rise again. He starts his journey in its capital Maputo, where he meets artists working to heal the wounds of war, views its colonial relics, lives it up in one of Africa's most luxurious hotels, and shops at a local market for a real taste of Africa. In Chimoio, Ian discovers how the central region of the country is dealing with the terrible landmine legacy of its civil war. From here, he crosses the mighty Zambezi River and continues his journey to Quelimane, where he stops at Africa's biggest coconut plantation before learning about how locals are dealing with the lethal spread of AIDS in Mocuba. Ian then travels to the first European settlement in East Africa, magical Mozambique Island, which was built as a replica of Lisbon in Portugal. Finally, he travels to the village of Mueba, famous for a massacre of its people by the Portuguese in 1960.
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Wednesday , February, 10, 2010
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03:30 PM
Western Canada
Episode #819
Zay visits western Canada, a vast landmass that is home to a mere 9 million people. He starts in Saskatchewan, where he canoes through the Prince Albert National Park, takes a train across the Great Plains to Saskatoon, then flies to Edmonton in Alberta. Here he checks out the province's biggest tourist attraction: the West Edmonton Mall, which is the size of New York's Central Park! Instead of shopping, Zay goes bungee jumping, swims and walks with the penguins. He hitches a ride to Calgary for the world's greatest outdoor event: the Calgary Stampede, and then heads to Lake Louise, known as the "Jewel of the Rockies," where he takes place in a grizzly bear study in Jasper National Park. Zay daytrips to Whistler, a world-renowned ski resort, where he goes ziptrekking, a unique way of seeing Whistler's old forest. His last leg takes him to the beautiful but isolated province of Yukon, where he rides the rapids on the Tatshenshini River.
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Thursday , February, 11, 2010
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03:30 PM
East Africa: Tanzania & Zanzibar
Episode #820
On the historic island of Zanzibar, Ian learns about slave trading and the work of anti-slavery campaigners like Dr. David Livingstone. In Tanzania, he explores the wildlife sanctuaries of the Selous Game Reserve and the Gome Stream Chimpanzee colony run by famed anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall. Ian takes a hot-air balloon ride over Tanzania's most famous game park, the Serengeti, populated by over 1.5 million wild animals, and finally ends his journey with a weeklong climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest elevation.
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Friday , February, 12, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Best American Hikes
Episode #821
Go climb a mountain with the Globe Trekkers! Among the challenges awaiting them include the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, Mount Rainier in Washington and the Sangre de Cristo mountains in Colorado.
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Monday , February, 15, 2010
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03:30 PM
Portugal & The Azores
Episode #822
Megan McCormick begins her journey in the beautiful Douro Valley whose vineyards produce port, the drink from which Portugal takes its name. She heads north to Peneda Geres National Park and then south to the pilgrim city of Fatima. Megan witnesses a unique style of bullfighting in Santarem, visits the Church of Bones in Lisbon, uncovers Portugal's Moorish past in Algarve and whale-watches in the Azores.
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Tuesday , February, 16, 2010
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03:30 PM
Panama & Colombia
Episode #823
Megan McCormick takes a trip through Colombia and Panama, two countries that are refreshingly untouched by mass tourism. In Panama City, Megan tries different Panama hats, which she learns are really from Ecuador but were misnamed as far back as the1850s when Americans were building the railroad during the Gold Rush. She visits the Panama Canal, the crucial byway that generates $1 billion a year for the Panamanian economy. In Colombia, Megan finds herself witness to a point-blank shooting. Undeterred, she decides to learn more about the country's crime-ridden history. She stops by Bogota's police museum to see an exhibition of the infamous drug dealer Pablo Escobar, and then visits the Caribbean coast and the beautiful historic city of Cartagena, where she learns about the city's Spanish colonial past and listens to some of Colombia's most popular rhythms, Vallenato.
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Wednesday , February, 17, 2010
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03:30 PM
Queensland & The Great Barrier Reef
Episode #824
Megan McCormick hangs ten at Surfers' Paradise on the Gold Coast and Noosa in Queensland. She catches the ferry to Fraser Island, the world's largest sandbar and home to a wide assortment of wildlife. Megan then heads to Airlie Beach and boards a yacht for a two-day tour of the Whitsunday Islands, known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Next she goes diving in Blue Pearl Bay, where she also gets tips for surviving a run-in with crocodiles from the Barefooted Bushman. Megan explores the wreckage of a cargo ship in the Magnetic Islands, learns all about coral in Cairns, meets a pearl diver on Thursday Island, hunts for wild boar on Cape York Peninsula and finally experiences the beauty of Lizard Island and Cod Hole at the very tip of the Australian continent.
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Thursday , February, 18, 2010
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03:30 PM
Los Angeles City Guide
Episode #825
Megan McCormick is star-struck as she begins her trip to Tinseltown. She first seeks out the homes of the rich and famous, then decides to see if they're hard at work at Paramount Studios, the only operating studio still located in Hollywood. Megan experiences the quirky Venice Beach, gets her culture fix at the Getty Center and window-shops along fabulous Rodeo Drive. Los Angeles is home to countless iconic buildings, and Megan visits just a few, including the Capitol Records Building and Graumann's Chinese Theatre. She then heads south to tour the Queen Mary, drives through the winding curves of Mulholland Drive and gets ready for her close-up at the famous Hollywood sign.
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Friday , February, 19, 2010
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03:25 PM
Globe Trekker Special: World War II In Europe
Episode #826
Our Trekkers visit many of the European sites that played a major role in World War II. From the forests of Compiegne in northern France to the island of Crete, where veterans and locals recount the first major airborne invasion by the Germans, this episode takes viewers on a haunting journey of discovery. Other locations include Nuremberg, Vienna, Dunkirk, the Italian town of Anzio, the Normandy beaches, Dresden, Berlin and Auschwitz.
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Tuesday , February, 23, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Slavery
Episode #827
Justine Shapiro, Megan McCormick, Ian Wright and Zoe Palmer journey across four continents to discover more about the origins and consequences of slavery. The Trekkers first visit London and Lisbon, two port cities where many slave ships originated their routes to locations such as Cape Verde - known as the "Middle Passage" - on the west coast of Africa. Other sites include plantations in Brazil, the Caribbean and the U.S. The episode also takes a look at how a strong Afro-Caribbean culture emerged from slavery's horrors.
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Wednesday , February, 24, 2010
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03:30 PM
Ethiopia
Episode #829
Ian explores the northern highlands of Axum where he visits the oldest church in Ethiopia and the supposed resting place of the Ark of the Covenant. He then heads south to Lalibela for Timkat, the most important festival in the country. Ian travels to Bahar Dar, visiting the spectacular Blue Nile Falls and sampling the delicious local cuisine. He journeys to the capital Addis Ababa where he drinks coffee with the locals, goes bargain hunting in the largest outdoor market in Africa and is pampered in a hydrotherapy center. His trip ends in the southern town of Arba Minch, taking part in the macho ritual of cow jumping and engaging in a stick fight with the Mursi, one of Africa's fiercest tribes.
Thursday , February, 25, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Best Dives
Episode #828
The Trekkers visit the top 15 dive sites worldwide. Each location is more exotic than the last, from the turquoise waters of Dominica and Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean, to the spectacular seas in Fiji, Micronesia and the Great Barrier Reef. The diving escapades conclude with the #1 spot - Borneo - where Holly is surrounded by a huge school of barracuda.
Friday , February, 26, 2010
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03:30 PM
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Episode #830
Justine visits Banos, a spa town that lies on the edge of the Andean foothills and the Amazon jungle, where she bathes in thermal baths heated by the nearby volcanoes and goes biking and hiking in the Pastaza Valley. She climbs the snow-capped Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano on earth and journeys to Ottovalo, Ecuador's most famous market. Here, the local Ottovalo Indians invite Justine to sample a great delicacy of Andean cuisine that dates back to pre-Inca time - guinea pig.
Wednesday , March, 03, 2010
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03:30 PM
The Balkans
Episode #801
Zay Harding begins his travels in Kosovo, where he dances with a local Albanian band and visits Gazimestan, the site of a 500 year-old battle but which is currently patrolled by UN troops since the Serbian withdrawal. He moves on to Serbia where he participates in a moustache competition, backpacks by barge through Belgrade and enjoys the Guca Trumpet festival with the Roma gypsies. Next it's on to Bosnia Herzegovina where Zay explores the capital city of Sarajevo and the mountain villages of Lukomir and Mostar. His last stop is Montenegro and an exciting log-raft trip down the Tara River Canyon, the deepest in Europe.
Rebroadcast
Thursday , March, 04, 2010
MPT2
03:30 PM
Utah & Colorado
Episode #802
Holly Morris kicks off her trip in Denver, where she visits the U.S. Mint and enjoys the city's many outdoor pursuits. Next she hikes the Mesa Trail, joins an archaeological research trip at Crow Canyon and delves into the history of the region's ancestral Pueblans. Holly travels to Utah, home to numerous ski resorts, the Great Salt Lake and a plethora of breathtaking national parks - including Arches, Zion and Bryce Canyon.
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Friday , March, 05, 2010
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03:30 PM
Utah & Colorado
Episode #802
Holly Morris kicks off her trip in Denver, where she visits the U.S. Mint and enjoys the city's many outdoor pursuits. Next she hikes the Mesa Trail, joins an archaeological research trip at Crow Canyon and delves into the history of the region's ancestral Pueblans. Holly travels to Utah, home to numerous ski resorts, the Great Salt Lake and a plethora of breathtaking national parks - including Arches, Zion and Bryce Canyon.
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Monday , March, 08, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Globe Shopper 2
Episode #803
Globe Shopper 2 picks up where its shop-happy predecessor left off -in hot pursuit of the latest and rarest, the cheapest and most expensive gifts a budding traveller can possibly trawl home. The seasoned shoppers hunt down classic furniture in Hong Kong, the antique emporium of the world; revisit tribal handicrafts with the Makonde tribes of Mozambique; fawn over carpets stretching from the Middle East to the Ottoman empire that begat them more than 2,000 years ago; squeeze into bikinis on Rio's sandy beaches; and slip into Victorian-inspired Lolita street fashions worn by the Japanese youth of today.
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Tuesday , March, 09, 2010
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03:30 PM
Micronesia
Episode #804
Micronesia is a chain of more than 2,000 islands, and Megan McCormick starts on Guam, site of a U.S. military base. Next it's off to Pohnpei, the capital island, where she hikes through lush vegetation to the Kepirohi waterfall. Megan explores the archaeological ruins of Nan Madol, dives among sunken Japanese warships at Chuuk and kayaks on Jellyfish Lake in Palau. She ends her travels on Yap, where she observes a colony of hump-backed turtles and swims with the manta rays.
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Monday , March, 15, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Planet of the Apes
Episode #805
Our Trekkers visit the last strongholds of many rare and sometimes endangered species of primates. Justine Shapiro heads to Thailand in search of the White-Handed Gibbon. Holly Morris, Ian Wright and Megan McCormick get up close and personal with the orangutan in Borneo and Sumatra, the chimpanzee in Tanzania and Zambia and the Mountain Gorilla in the remote mountains of Uganda. Ian glimpses the elusive Golden Bamboo Lemur on Madagascar, Eils Nevitt discovers the Black-Crowned Dwarf Marmoset - at six inches high, the world's second-smallest monkey - in the Amazon jungle and Zay Harding encounters two enormous and extremely rare apes in Africa: the Drill in Cameroon and the Mandrill, known as the world's largest monkey, in Gabon.
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Tuesday , March, 16, 2010
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03:30 PM
South Korea
Episode #806
Ian Wright starts his trip in the modern capital of Seoul. From there he will head to the Kyongju province, home of the ancient Shilla dynasty that ruled Korea for over 1,000 years. He sees the famous Pulguska temple, one of the great sites in Asia. He continues south to the volcanic island of Cheju, a favorite spot for honeymooners and home to the famous sea-diving women, aged women who free-dive for abalone and sea urchins. While there Ian climbs the extinct volcano and explores the world's longest lava tube. He takes in the Korean War site of Inchon, has a quick visit to the eerie DMZ and ends his journey trekking and paragliding in Songsan National Park.
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Thursday , March, 18, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Food Hour: Mexico
Episode #807
Tyler Florence kicks off his culinary adventure in Mexico City, where he explores the vibrant markets and discovers the potent chilies of the region. He travels next to Oaxaca, the heartland of cactus and mescal, the sister drink of tequila. Later Tyler samples chocolate in Puebla and whips up mole, the national dish. He celebrates at a festival devoted to vanilla and ends his journey on the east coast, where Mexican and Caribbean flavors combine to influence the local cuisine.
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Friday , March, 19, 2010
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03:30 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Volcanoes, Ring of Fire
Episode #808
In this episode, the Trekkers explore the world's most spectacular volcanoes, traveling from Pompeii, Stromboli and Santorini in Italy and Greece to Krakatoa and Mt. Fuji in Indonesia and Japan. Other explosive sites include Montserrat, Pacaya in Guatemala, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Mount St. Helens and Kilauea in the U.S. and Mont Pelee on Martinique.
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Friday , March, 26, 2010
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04:00 PM
Greece
Episode #809
Christina Chang begins her Greek idylls in Athens, where she explores the picturesque streets near the Acropolis, spends her evening in the student district of Exaria and listens to "rembetik," the Greek blues. She takes a detour to the Nea Momi monastery on the island of Chios, hikes through the Mani region, treks to Dragon Lake from the village of Mikro Papingo, witnesses a fire-walking festival in Seres, and visits the mountain-top monasteries of Meteora.
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Monday , March, 29, 2010
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04:00 PM
Globe Trekker Special: Great Natural Wonders
Episode #810
Join the Globe Trekkers as they explore some of the world's Great Natural Wonders. Megan discovers erupting volcanoes in Hawaii and Java, Ian encounters the Arctic, Justine hikes the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia, Eils Nevitt treks deep into the Amazon rainforest, and Holly Morris travels with the nomadic Tuareg tribe in the Sahara Desert. Other destinations include Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Victoria Falls and spectacular national parks around the world, from New Zealand and Botswana to Kenya and Ecuador.
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Tuesday , March, 30, 2010
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04:00 PM
Morocco
Episode #811
Ian Wright travels to this country of stark desert, high mountain ranges and some of the most richly cultured cities in the world, beginning his journey in the port of Tangier. He hitchhikes to the walled city of Fez, the most complete medieval city in the Arab world, where he spends a day exploring the Medina and winding back alleys before heading for the hammam and a brisk Moroccan massage. On a motorbike, he follows the Route of 1000 Kasbahs, an ancient caravan trail that runs out to the desert. He encounters a sandstorm while on a two-day camel trek and later attempts a climb up Mount Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa.
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Wednesday , March, 31, 2010
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