Amazing Adventures 2

In the second episode of Amazing Adventures, Ian Wright meets ordinary travelers around the world who experience incredible adventures.

Embark on one of the toughest survival courses in the world with nine ordinary people who have each paid over $2000 to experience four days in the Amazonian rainforest. Following Jeff and Mike, two trained leaders, they trek in the heat and humidity, face dangers from insects, wildlife, and infections, and learn how to find water in plants and hunt for food.

For years the Soviet space program was a closely guarded secret, but today its legendary space center, 'Star City', located near Moscow, has finally opened its doors to the public. Enter the massive centrifuge where all the top astronauts train, and feel the zero gravity in a special jet used to prepare astronauts for space travel. At 33,000 feet the engines are switched off, and the plane plummets to earth! Everyone inside becomes totally weightless, floating and spinning around. Ian meets a retired millionaire who risks his life for the ultimate adventure: flying in a MIG 25 at four times the speed of sound.

In the middle of the Arctic Circle, a group of adventurous men and women are en route for one of the craziest experience of their lives. They dive and explore the icy waters of the Arctic depths. Underwater they see the beautiful plates of ice stacked on top of each other and beams of light piercing though the ice holes.

It has taken Kurt Osborne over three months to cover 3,000 miles across America. And it is not by car, it is by one wheel of a bike. Since he was about eight years old, Kurt had always been the Wheelie King, jumping on the rear wheel of his bike like no one else. It has become a passion and Kurt now makes sure that he never ever comes off his wheelies.

Spend some time with a group of surfers who travel the world in search of the most radical surf spots. In Tahiti, they take the most frightening wave on the planet, Teahupoo. Once a year, because of the storms and the coastline, you get monster waves the size of five story buildings, and only a handful of the best surfers in the world can ride it.

Remy is a Frenchman, but this is not the only thing that makes him special. Remy is trying to cross the Pacific Ocean wearing a pair of plastic shoes. His whole journey will take him six months, and he'll be doing it entirely alone, surviving by catching fresh fish, drinking boiled sea water, and dragging his supplies behind him: dry food, astronauts' rations...and a few bottles of wine.

David Kirk is the man who brought Bungee jumping in Britain. Bungee jumping is one of the most popular adrenaline sports. David did the first Bungee jump in the world off Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol in 1979. The British police were not impressed with his antics, and flung him into jail! 21 years later, David is flying to Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, South Pacific, to come and see where Bungee jumping originated: on this small island tribal people climb a huge 80 foot wooden tower, wrap vines around their ankle and hurtle themselves off the ground.

In Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, we meet the Italian Giorgio Machinelli. He is traveling across all four continents for a three year around the world tour on his Vespa. With his rucksack, his guitar, 20 liters of fuel, two spark plugs and a space tire, Giorgio is going to cover a distance equivalent of traveling from the earth to the moon!

Finally try to see things from a different point of view and walk along with Harry, who walks across bridges backwards.

After meeting so may eccentric people, Ian feels a bit exhausted...but he is more convinced than ever that life is certainly interesting!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Globe Trekker
• Globetrekker
• Amazing Adventures
• Ian Wright
• Amazon rain forest
• Star City
• Moscow
• Russia
• extreme travel
• travel adventure
• Arctic diving
• Kurt Osborne
• surfing
• Teahupoo
• David Kirk
• Bungee jumping
• Pentecost Island
• Vanuatu
• Kathmandu
• Nepal
• Giorgio Machinelli