Globe Trekker

rahul · Oct 29th, 2005, 21:01

India was featured in the PBS show Globe trekker last sunday 10/23/2005, specifically western india. They did a tour of Osho ashram in Puna, showed an interview with Jackie shroff of bollywood and finally a tour of Goa.

Unfortunately none of the beautiful spots or tourist spots of bombay like Gateway of india were highlighted.

camelgirl · Oct 29th, 2005, 22:36

Saw this show and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Classic Globetrekker stuff, not the usual travelogue, which is why it's such a great series. They always look for the road less traveled, usually budget minded with always youngish, slightly unkempt & grotty "guides" to show us the locale. The globetrekker series is rarely aimed at any major highlights in any country, though they do include them.

I'm a huge fan of this series (& especially Ian Wright & Shilpa Mehta) and love that it shows that you can still travel the world with a backpack and see and do fantastic things besides the usual tour oriented highlights--which don't really need highlighting since every travel show, guidebook and tour take care of that!

SinghandSons.Com · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:20

Ditto

Saw it on Sky Digi

Rob_The_Pom · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:25

Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides/Lonely Planet (all the same programme just different names) is excellent. Ian Wright, Shilpa Mehta and Megan McCormick are all excellent presenters. They should dump Justine Shapiro though, she's dreadful. Backpacking with her would be the stuff of nightmares.
Whereas Ms Mehta or Ms McCormick can join me on the road any day of the week! Most of the India episodes are pretty damn good, as is the one on Nepal - Wrighty was in top form.
The episode on Pakistan is also excellent, and a Aussie guy I knew in Pushkar was in it.

aurovon · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:35

I love this show! Did yall see the show about the islands right next to Australia? I can't remember whats it called. But it was awesome!!

iwanttogoback · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:39

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Did yall see the show about the islands right next to Australia?

new zealand? new guinea? great barrier reef? abrolhos?

there is a reasonably lengthy coastline here...

TREKorDIE · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:45

I love the show.................just dont understand, how is Ian able to taste any food.....I mean ANY

aurovon · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:46

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Originally Posted by iwanttogoback

new zealand? new guinea? great barrier reef? abrolhos?

there is a reasonably lengthy coastline here...

Nope. Maybe Abrolhos, but not too sure. It was a small group of islands named something, and I believe one of them was french territory. If it helps, Ian was in it.

aurovon · Oct 30th, 2005, 21:49

Ah ha! found it

http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/..._and_samoa.php

camelgirl · Oct 30th, 2005, 22:00

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Originally Posted by Rob_The_Pom

They should dump Justine Shapiro though, she's dreadful. Backpacking with her would be the stuff of nightmares.
Whereas Ms Mehta or Ms McCormick can join me on the road any day of the week! Most of the India episodes are pretty damn good, as is the one on Nepal - Wrighty was in top form.

dump Justine....she's just so whiney or spoiled or superior or something, I can't figure it out but she always annoys me. I have to admit though, just once I agreed with her acting the "princess"...it was in the Southwest United States, I think Santa Fe, New Mexico, and she went to a hostel kind of place. They charged her about $30 for a bunkbed in a tiny room of 4 people (that makes it a $120 a night rip-off room rate) and they made her clean the toilets the next morning because she got up too late for the easy jobs the other roomies had to do. That was just wrong, wrong, wrong!!!! She got really angry and I had to agree with her

Rob_The_Pom · Oct 30th, 2005, 22:15

I remember that, and you're quite right. It was a complete con. I'd have told the owner to shove his hostel bed up his ****. I'm not paying for a room/bed in a hostel/hotel to have to do the cleaning, and I don't see why anyone should.

cyberhippie · Oct 30th, 2005, 22:33

Yeah Ian Wright my kind of traveler!! Strangely I met a guy in India this year who had travelled with him before he landed that lovely job for Lonely planet or Globetrekkers as it now is!!
Seems he was exactly the same as a normal traveler, up for anything and always in a good mood!!

Digital Drifter · Oct 30th, 2005, 22:35

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Originally Posted by iwanttogoback

new zealand? new guinea? great barrier reef? abrolhos?

there is a reasonably lengthy coastline here...

Understatement. Period. LOL

Stop knocking the yanks. I just got water through the nose. :-)

Rob_The_Pom · Oct 30th, 2005, 22:36

Wrighty comes from Ipswich, which is about 25 minutes from where I live.

He gets away with so much simply because he keeps a smile on his face.

I wonder why we've never had a thread on this before?

iwanttogoback · Oct 31st, 2005, 13:06

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Ah ha! found it

cool - very beautiful part of the world (so i hear), but a very long way from me, i'm on the indian ocean.

we don't get globe trekker, but we do get lonely planet six minutes. worth watching? it's on at a time of day i don't usually have the tv on.

Oct 29th, 2005, 21:01	#1
rahul Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 51	Globe Trekker India was featured in the PBS show Globe trekker last sunday 10/23/2005, specifically western india. They did a tour of Osho ashram in Puna, showed an interview with Jackie shroff of bollywood and finally a tour of Goa. Unfortunately none of the beautiful spots or tourist spots of bombay like Gateway of india were highlighted.

Oct 30th, 2005, 21:25	#4
Rob_The_Pom offcourse essentric Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hopping between Oman and the UK Posts: 1,278	Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides/Lonely Planet (all the same programme just different names) is excellent. Ian Wright, Shilpa Mehta and Megan McCormick are all excellent presenters. They should dump Justine Shapiro though, she's dreadful. Backpacking with her would be the stuff of nightmares. Whereas Ms Mehta or Ms McCormick can join me on the road any day of the week! Most of the India episodes are pretty damn good, as is the one on Nepal - Wrighty was in top form. The episode on Pakistan is also excellent, and a Aussie guy I knew in Pushkar was in it. __________________ The solution to your troubles is at the bottom of a glass

Oct 30th, 2005, 21:45	#7
TREKorDIE A Trekker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: INDIA Posts: 359	I love the show.................just dont understand, how is Ian able to taste any food.....I mean ANY __________________ TREKorDIE: " BECAUSE IT IS THERE ! ! ! "

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cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,013	Yeah Ian Wright my kind of traveler!! Strangely I met a guy in India this year who had travelled with him before he landed that lovely job for Lonely planet or Globetrekkers as it now is!! Seems he was exactly the same as a normal traveler, up for anything and always in a good mood!! Last edited by cyberhippie : Nov 1st, 2005 at 13:06.

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Oct 29th, 2005, 22:36	#2
camelgirl 10 year Visa okee dokee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Swannanoa NC usa Posts: 982	Saw this show and enjoyed it thoroughly. Classic Globetrekker stuff, not the usual travelogue, which is why it's such a great series. They always look for the road less traveled, usually budget minded with always youngish, slightly unkempt & grotty "guides" to show us the locale. The globetrekker series is rarely aimed at any major highlights in any country, though they do include them. I'm a huge fan of this series (& especially Ian Wright & Shilpa Mehta) and love that it shows that you can still travel the world with a backpack and see and do fantastic things besides the usual tour oriented highlights--which don't really need highlighting since every travel show, guidebook and tour take care of that!

Oct 30th, 2005, 21:20	#3
SinghandSons.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London Posts: 29	Ditto Saw it on Sky Digi

Oct 30th, 2005, 21:35	#5
aurovon Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 54	I love this show! Did yall see the show about the islands right next to Australia? I can't remember whats it called. But it was awesome!!

Oct 30th, 2005, 21:49	#9
aurovon Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 54	Ah ha! found it http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/..._and_samoa.php

Oct 30th, 2005, 22:15	#11
Rob_The_Pom offcourse essentric Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hopping between Oman and the UK Posts: 1,278	I remember that, and you're quite right. It was a complete con. I'd have told the owner to shove his hostel bed up his ****. I'm not paying for a room/bed in a hostel/hotel to have to do the cleaning, and I don't see why anyone should.

Oct 30th, 2005, 22:36	#14
Rob_The_Pom offcourse essentric Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hopping between Oman and the UK Posts: 1,278	Wrighty comes from Ipswich, which is about 25 minutes from where I live. He gets away with so much simply because he keeps a smile on his face. I wonder why we've never had a thread on this before?

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