Kamchatka: The Frozen Forbidden Zone | Journeys To The Ends Of The Earth | Real History

Legend tells of a utopian kingdom hidden among the towering mountains of inner Asia. A paradise on Earth, yet a place apart. A place of spiritual contentment and eternal life. A place that's become known to the West as Shangri-La. For century's romantics, adventurers and the devout risked their lives searching for this heaven on Earth. Many perished in the quest. Those who returned told of a journey through hostile lands, of crossing treacherous mountain passes & desert gorges in their search for a valley where people live for hundreds of years. To this day its whereabouts remains a mystery...

The Sahara is the biggest desert on earth ... it takes its name from the Arab word for "emptiness". In the dead heart of that emptiness there's a place called the Tenere. The Tenere takes its name from the Tuareg word for "nothing". A nothing the size of France in the middle of an emptiness the size of the United States. It's no wonder the locals call this place "The Land Of Fear". David Adams retraces the trade routes of the people who call this stove-hot corner of the planet home.

David Adams re-lives the last days on the last trail of two American heroes, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, through the deserts of Bolivia. In 1908 the two legendary outlaws disappeared in the south of Bolivia not far from the border of Argentina. Were they killed by the Bolivian Cavalry? Or did they fake their deaths and escape to the USA and Europe as rich men? This is the mystery tackled by David Adams and the "Journeys" team. He recreates the lives and adventures of Butch and Sundance from La Paz in the north, to San Vincente to the south. And in the process he discovers what life was really like for them, and the true story of what happened in their final hours.

Cambodia is a country of impenetrable jungles and ruins lost in time. Where kings became gods and monks still seek heavenly peace. Now, this mysterious land has begun to open up to reveal the dark beauty that has lured adventurers here for centuries. For more than 30 years, the jungles have been cut off from the modern world, and much of that time it has been a Khmer Rouge stronghold. David Adams boldly penetrates these jungles to meet with former Khmer Rouge militants to enter the last bastion of the Khmer Rouge and visit the final resting place of one of the most ruthless killers in history, Pol Pot. Their new purpose is to protect the forests and the populations of endangered wildlife. Though jungles and along the river the trek is not easy, nor is it in vain.

David Adams explores the stories of the African pharaohs in Sudan. Sudan is one of the remaining frontiers in the world. Once upon a time, this vast desert country was home to a sophisticated and intriguing civilisation. An ancient monarchy that was Africa's crown jewel. Egypt was previously ruled by a kingdom. Kush is the name of a kingdom. On a journey into the land of the Black Pharaohs, David Adams goes down the Nile from Lake Nasser to Khartoum in pursuit of the enigmatic country of pyramid builders and sun worshippers.

Nowhere else on Earth is the difference between the tranquillity & beauty of the physical world and the brutality & disorder of the people who live in it brought into such sharp contrast as it is in the former Soviet satellites. Right in the middle of it all lies Georgia. Today it's a place trying to emerge from the iron grip of the Kremlin but once it was a land of mystery and dragons. This is where Prometheus was bound to his rock, where Medea cast her spells, where one of Noah's sons set up house after the biblical flood - and where Jason went in search of the Golden Fleece.