WHAT'S NEW?
Tropic of Cancer is being released as a DVD boxset. It's
available at a discount from Amazon
here.
The
paperback edition of
Tropic of Capricornhas
been published - click here to get a copy from Amazon at
a bargain price.
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MOZAMBIQUE - the village
of Macavene inside Mozambiques Limpopo National Park
- The Mozambican government and many foreign
conservationists think villagers should be moved out
so the park can be left as a wilderness - But dont
humans also have rights?
MADAGASCAR Tropic of
Capricorn presenter Simon Reeve on his journey around
the southern border of the tropics
TRANSDNIESTRIA - in
front of the Soviet-era flag.
SOMALIA - Simon and
gunmen needed as protection in Mogadishu, Somalia
PARAGUAY - with young
Ache children in the Mbaracayu forest
SOMALILAND - in
Somaliland with guide Yusuf and guards
TAIWAN - Simon with a
Taiwanese Aboriginal chief
PARAGUAY Simon out
hunting with men from the Ache community in the
Mbaracayu forest - some Ache groups did not meet
white visitors until 1978 and there can be few groups
on the planet forced to adapt and change so
quickly
NAGORNO-KARABAKH Simon
Reeve in mountains on the border between Armenia and
the unrecognised state of Nagorno-Karabakh - still
the focus of ongoing tension and conflict between
Armenia and Azerbaijan2
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO: Simon with Pakistani UN peace-keepers in
the back of an armoured personnel carrier -
protection during gun-battles with armed
militias.
DR CONGO Simon Reeve and
guide Emery Makumeno - at least 4m Congolese have
died in the deadliest conflict since WW2
KENYA - Simon with a
father and son team of traditional circumcisers in
Kenya. The father said he could get into a 'frenzy'
and cut 100 boys young men an hour
NAMIBIA following the
Tropic of Capricorn around the southern border of the
tropics
NAMIBIA: In an open-air
kitchen at remote settlement in eastern Namibia, I
warm my hands by the wood fire while Terence cooks us
a buttery breakfast gruel in an iron pot.
BOTSWANA Simon with
village elder Mongwegi in the San Bushman settlement
in the Kalahari Desert - most San have been relocated
out of the desert but some still survive among their
cousins the ferocious black-maned lions
MOZAMBIQUE Helena Zibane
looks on as Simon leaves her hut on Bazaruto island
off the coast of Mozambique
MADAGASCAR – Simon
with a giant baobab. These extraordinary trees - one
of the great symbols of Madagascar, are being
destroyed as forests across the island are chopped
and burned
MOZAMBIQUE - the ancient
sport of Bokdrol Spoeg, or kudu dung sptting - South
African hunters who fail to catch an antelope spit
their dried pellets in the direction of their
departing meal
MADAGASCAR - an
impressive penis that once belonged to a zebu in
Madagascar. Now on the menu at a cafe in the capital.
It tastes as bad as it looks
ARGENTINA out on a hunt
for wild honey with Roque Miranda from a Wichi
community near Capricorn - the forest around the
Wichi is being logged at an extraordinary rate and
this community faces extinction