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Tue 3
Mexico to the Bahamas — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
Simon traces the path of the northern tropic around the globe, a journey in which he explores the environment, culture, history, politics and people of 18 countries. He begins in Baja California on Mexico's Pacific coast, crossing the country's rugged interior, before heading east to Cuba and ending the first leg in the Bahamas
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Wed 4
Western Sahara to Libya — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
Simon continues to trace the path of the northern tropic around the globe, joining travellers on the coast of Western Sahara to partake in the extreme sport of kite surfing, and meeting activists who campaign for indigenous people's rights. He continues on through the world's largest minefield, takes a gruelling train ride across Mauritania and visits huge refugee camps in the Algerian desert
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Thu 5
Egypt to Oman — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
The third leg of Simon's journey takes him from the banks of the Nile to the edge of the Indian Ocean in Oman. Along the way he is introduced to Nubians displaced by the formation of Lake Nasser in the 1960s and nomadic Bedouins who have been forced to move by a seven-year drought scientists believe is due to climate change. On Egypt's southern coast, he dives in pristine coral reefs, before seeing the unexpected sides of Saudi Arabian life
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Fri 6
India — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
Stage four of Simon's journey takes him across the areas of India rarely visited by tourists, including the unique desert environment of 'Little Rahn', home to the threatened wild ass, and Gandhi's home city of Ahmedabad, where he sees evidence of ethnic tensions between Hindus and Muslims. In Bhopal, he finds a city still contaminated by chemicals 25 years after an infamous industrial accident, while in the city of Kolkata he ponders the congestion that continues to spiral out of control
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Mon 9
Bangladesh to Burma — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
Simon witnesses the effect of extreme poverty on the people of Bangladesh, where children are put to work for as little as 30 pence a day. His journey down the River Padma shows the threat of climate change on the densely populated country as melting Himalayan ice prompts the collapse of its banks, and introduces him to the national sport of Kabbadi, from which he escapes with only minor injuries. He then crosses the border to Burma to begin the most dangerous leg of his trip
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Tue 10
Laos to Hawaii — Tropic of Cancer with Simon Reeve
The final leg of Simon's journey along the northern tropic begins in Laos, where he takes a boat down the Mekong River, and in Vietnam he investigates the trafficking of young women into China. Simon then heads to Taiwan where he visits the typhoon-damaged central highlands and he concludes his trip in Hawaii, which he discovers may not be quite the paradise the tourist brochures claim
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