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Full Circle

Full Circle was the longest of my TV journeys. We set out from a remote island in the Bering Strait and returned there ten months later having followed the Pacific coastline for some 50,000 miles.They call this coastline the Ring Of Fire, as massive tectonic forces are pushing the floor of the Pacific Ocean upwards and outwards. We travelled through seventeen countries, past active volcanoes, and deserts where it’s not rained for hundreds of years. We crossed the snow-capped Andes, and sailed through the mighty gorges of the Yangtse. An amazing experience and here’s a feast of fine photographs to remember it by.

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bering strait
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machu picchu
magadan
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manila
manyallaluk
mekong delta
mexico
mexico city
mount cook
nagasaki
nanga sumpa
new zealand
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peru
philippines
pongo de manaique
puerto natales
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sado island
saigon
sandakan
santiago
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alaska
alice springs
australia
banaue rice terraces
bering strait
bolivia
borobudur
british columbia
california
camp island
canada
cartagena
chile
china
colombia
cosquez
cuzco
danning river
dong dang
dunedin
eastern russia
gunung mas
hue
indonesia
japan
katherine
kronotsky reserve
kyongju
lago grey
lake titicaca
little diomede
los angeles
machu picchu
magadan
malaysia
manila
manyallaluk
mekong delta
mexico
mexico city
mount cook
nagasaki
nanga sumpa
new zealand
Nome
peru
philippines
pongo de manaique
puerto natales
russkiy island
sado island
saigon
sandakan
santiago
shanghai
south korea
squamish
tai'an
tay ninh
tokyo
toyama
usa
vietnam
wushan
yogyakarta
zamboanga
adelaide
alaska
alice springs
australia
banaue rice terraces
bering strait
bolivia
borobudur
british columbia
california
camp island
canada
cartagena
chile
china
colombia
cosquez
cuzco
danning river
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dunedin
eastern russia
gunung mas
hue
indonesia
japan
katherine
kronotsky reserve
kyongju
lago grey
lake titicaca
little diomede
los angeles
machu picchu
magadan
malaysia
manila
manyallaluk
mekong delta
mexico
mexico city
mount cook
nagasaki
nanga sumpa
new zealand
Nome
peru
philippines
pongo de manaique
puerto natales
russkiy island
sado island
saigon
sandakan
santiago
shanghai
south korea
squamish
tai'an
tay ninh
tokyo
toyama
usa
vietnam
wushan
yogyakarta
zamboanga
  • Full Circle, Day 1, Little Diomede, Bering Strait
  • Full Circle, Day 3, Nome, Alaska, USA
    The Nugget Inn, museum with beds
  • Full Circle, Day 8, Camp Island, Alaska, USA
    The largest terrestrial carnivores in the world
  • Full Circle, Day 15, Kronotsky Reserve, Eastern Russia
    Kronotsky Reserve. One of the twenty-five volcanoes
  • Full Circle, Day 18, Magadan, Eastern Russia
    Ivan on his way back to the Gulag site
  • Full Circle, Day 22, Russkiy Island, Eastern Russia
    Day off. Dancing on Russkiy Island
  • Full Circle, Day 23, Toyama, Japan
    On the Sado Island Ferry
  • Full Circle, Day 27, Sado Island, Japan
    The Kodo apprentices in class
  • Full Circle, Day 35, Tokyo, Japan
    Outside the Dojo Nabe
  • Full Circle, Day 41, Nagasaki, Japan
    Lone British participant. Okunchi Festival, Nagasaki
  • Full Circle, Day 47, Kyongju, South Korea
    Learning their culture. South Korean schoolchildren at Pulguksa Temple
  • Full Circle, Day 57, Tai'an, China
    Climbing Tai-Shan mountain. Only another two thousand steps to go
  • Full Circle, Day 64, Danning River, Wushan, China
    On the Danning River with Victor
  • Full Circle, Day 64, Wushan, China
    Hair wash and scalp massage, value for money from the hairdressers of Wushan
  • Full Circle, Day 74, Dong Dang, Vietnam
    Friendship Gate, the way out of China and into Vietnam
  • Full Circle, Day 79, Hue, Vietnam
    A bathroom by the Perfume River. The basin is an American army helmet.
  • Full Circle, Day 83, Saigon, Vietnam
    Saigon style.
  • Full Circle, Day 84, Tay Ninh, Vietnam
    Full colour religon. Service in progress at the Caodaist cathedral.
  • Full Circle, Day 85, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
    Mekong Delta. As elsewhere in Asia, rice planting is done by the women.
  • Full Circle, Day 87, Mekong Delta, Vietnam
    My bag's bigger than yours controversy. Mekong Delta.
  • Full Circle, Day 88, Manila, Philippines
    Grid-lock in Manila.
  • Full Circle, Day 89, Banaue rice terraces, Philippines
    The cloud clears. Mesmerizing glimpse of the two-thousand-year-old Banaue rice terraces.
  • Full Circle, Day 99, Zamboanga, Philippines
    Boy Primalion's cock farm outside Zamboanga.
  • Full Circle, Day 101, Zamboanga, Philippines
    Rio Hondo, the Muslim village in Zamboanga.
  • Full Circle, Day 106, Sandakan, Malaysia
    Sepilok Orang-utan sanctuary, Sadakan.
  • Full Circle, Day 109, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia
    Iban children near Nanga Sumpa longhouse.
  • Full Circle, Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia
    Enjoying a head-hunting joke with the longhouse chief and another elder.
  • Full Circle, Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia
    Welcoming the Minister outfit.
  • Full Circle, Day 114, Gunung Mas, Indonesia
    With the tea pickers at Gunung Mas.
  • Full Circle, Day 117, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
    Gamelan musician and gongs which help to produce music like 'moonlight and flowing water'.
  • Full Circle, Day 119, Borobudur, Indonesia
    Borobudur. 'The centre of the galaxy'. Stupas and surrounding volcanoes at the top of Borobudur temple.
  • Full Circle, Day 127, Katherine, Australia
    Raine, Bluey and the crocodile midwife.
  • Full Circle, Day 128, Manyallaluk, Australia
    Aboriginal boys give me directions.
  • Full Circle, Day 131, Alice Springs, Australia
    Camel mustering. The chase.
  • Full Circle, Day 136, Adelaide, Australia
    'Udderley Yours' refuses to be rushed.
  • Full Circle, Day 149, Mount Cook, New Zealand
    The Mount Cook massif - highest point in Australasia.

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