Overview
A team of seven adventurers departs from San Francisco, California to begin a 66,000 km expedition around the world which follows following the lines of longitude through 26 countries. They drive four Land Rovers across four continents, exploring and interacting with the peoples, cultures and landscapes encountered during the expedition.
The series focuses on their journey, which combines elements of drama and adventure. Scenes from various episodes include high tensions in Panama when the team is stuck on the side of the road with two flat tires, spending New Year's Eve in Guayaquil, Ecuador where they explode effigies with the locals, and running out of gas in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The team takes their first dive on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia and are the first westerners to cross Myanmar east to west in over 50 years. After meeting the Dalai Lama at his Indian home in exile, they are detained in India, deported from China, and sent back into Pakistan. They slip months behind schedule, and are forced to cross Siberia during mid-winter in frigid temperatures of -59 degrees Celsius to compete their final leg of the journey through Russia, Alaska, Canada, and back home 15 months after their journey began.
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