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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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Day 1, Little Diomede, Bering Strait, Alaska, USA

Little Diomede in the Bering Strait.

Day 1, Little Diomede, Bering Strait, USA

Day 3, Nome, Alaska, USA

The Nugget Inn, museum with beds.

Day 3, Nome, USA

Day 8, Camp Island, Alaska, USA

The largest terrestrial carnivores in the world.

Day 8, Camp Island, USA

Day 15, Petropavlovsk, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Kronotsky Reserve. One of the twenty-five volcanoes.

Day 15, Petropavlovsk, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Russia

Day 18, Magadan, Magadan Oblast, Russia

Ivan on his way back to the Gulag site.

Day 18, Magadan, Russia

Day 22, Russky Island, Sea of Japan, Russia

Day off. Dancing on Russkiy Island.

Day 22, Russky Island, Russia

Day 23, Sea of Japan, Niigata, Japan

On the Sado Island Ferry.

Day 23, Sea of Japan, Japan

Day 27, Sado Island, Niigata, Japan

The Kodo apprentices in class.

Day 27, Sado Island, Japan

Day 35, Tokyo, Japan

Outside the Dojo Nabe.

Day 35, Tokyo, Japan

Day 41, Nagasaki, Japan

Lone British participant. Okunchi Festival, Nagasaki.

Day 41, Nagasaki, Japan

Day 47, Pulguksa Temple, Kyongju, South Korea

Learning their culture. South Korean schoolchildren at Pulguksa Temple.

Day 47, Pulguksa Temple, Kyongju, South Korea

Day 57, Mount Tai, Tai'an, China

Climbing Tai-Shan mountain. Only another two thousand steps to go.

Day 57, Mount Tai, Tai'an, China

Day 64, Danning River, Wushan, China

On the Danning River with Victor.

Day 64, Danning River, Wushan, China

Day 64, Wushan, China

Hair wash and scalp massage, value for money from the hairdressers of Wushan.

Day 64, Wushan, China

Day 74, Dong Dang, Vietnam

Friendship Gate, the way out of China and into Vietnam.

Day 74, Dong Dang, Vietnam

Day 79, Hue, Vietnam

A bathroom by the Perfume River. The basin is an American army helmet.

Day 79, Hue, Vietnam

Day 83, Saigon, Vietnam

Saigon style.

Day 83, Saigon, Vietnam

Day 84, Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Full colour religon. Service in progress at the Caodaist cathedral.

Day 84, Tay Ninh, Vietnam

Day 85, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

As elsewhere in Asia, rice planting is done by the women.

Day 85, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Day 87, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

My bag's bigger than yours controversy.

Day 87, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Day 88, Manila, Philippines

Grid-lock in Manila.

Day 88, Manila, Philippines

Day 89, Banaue, Philippines

The cloud clears. Mesmerizing glimpse of the two-thousand-year-old Banaue rice terraces.

Day 89, Banaue, Philippines

Day 99, Zamboanga, Philippines

Boy Primalion's cock farm outside Zamboanga.

Day 99, Zamboanga, Philippines

Day 101, Rio Hondo, Zamboanga, Philippines

Rio Hondo, the Muslim village in Zamboanga.

Day 101, Rio Hondo, Zamboanga, Philippines

Day 106, Sandakan, Malaysia

Sepilok Orang-utan sanctuary, Sandakan.

Day 106, Sandakan, Malaysia

Day 109, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Iban children near Nanga Sumpa longhouse.

Day 109, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Enjoying a head-hunting joke with the longhouse chief and another elder.

Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Welcoming the Minister outfit.

Day 111, Nanga Sumpa, Malaysia

Day 114, Gunung Mas, Indonesia

With the tea pickers at Gunung Mas.

Day 114, Gunung Mas, Indonesia

Day 117, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Gamelan musician and gongs which help to produce music like 'moonlight and flowing water'.

Day 117, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Day 119, Borobudur, Indonesia

'The centre of the galaxy'. Stupas and surrounding volcanoes at the top of Borobudur temple.

Day 119, Borobudur, Indonesia

Day 127, Katherine, Australia

Raine, Bluey and the crocodile midwife.

Day 127, Katherine, Australia

Day 128, Manyallaluk, Australia

Aboriginal boys give me directions.

Day 128, Manyallaluk, Australia

Day 131, Alice Springs, Australia

Camel mustering. The chase.

Day 131, Alice Springs, Australia

Day 136, Adelaide, Australia

'Udderley Yours' refuses to be rushed.

Day 136, Adelaide, Australia

Day 149, Mount Cook, New Zealand

The Mount Cook massif - highest point in Australasia.

Day 149, Mount Cook, New Zealand

Day 151, Dunedin, New Zealand

Monty Python's definition of a king - the only who's not got shit all over him.

Day 151, Dunedin, New Zealand

Day 159, Puerto Natales, Chile

The shrine of a thousand plastic bottles.

Day 159, Puerto Natales, Chile

Day 162, Lago Grey, Chile

Filming the icebergs on Lago Grey (before it turned nasty).

Day 162, Lago Grey, Chile

Day 170, Santiago, Chile

The memorial to the Disappeared. General Cemetery, Santiago.

Day 170, Santiago, Chile

Day 182, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Test-sailing a reed boat on Lake Titicaca.

Day 182, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Day 182, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Paulinho Esteban, reed boat-maker.

Day 182, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

Day 185, Cuzco, Peru

Corpus Christi Festival. Saints are paraded in front of the cathedral.

Day 185, Cuzco, Peru

Day 189, Cuzco, Peru

On the streets of Cuzco.

Day 189, Cuzco, Peru

Day 190, Machu Picchu, Peru

The Lost City of Machu Picchu. In the background, peak of Huayna Picchu.

Day 190, Machu Picchu, Peru

Day 193, Urubamba River, Pongo de Manaique, Peru

Wembley in Peru. Listening to penalties in the Pongo.

Day 193, Urubamba River, Pongo de Manaique, Peru

Day 217, Cosquez, Colombia

Guaceros scour the aqua nero (black water) for emeralds. Cosquez.

Day 217, Cosquez, Colombia

Day 220, Cartagena, Colombia

The murallas, Cartagena's eighteenth-century city walls. Beyond, the Caribbean and the gold route to Europe.

Day 220, Cartagena, Colombia

Day 221, Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City - largest in the world. It covers 1200 square miles.

Day 221, Mexico City, Mexico

Day 228, Los Angeles, USA

Epicentre of the American Dream.

Day 228, Los Angeles, USA

Day 237, Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Man on edge. Squamish Loggers Sports.

Day 237, Squamish, Canada

Day 237, Vancouver, Canada

Flagging down the Royal Hudson, outside Vancouver.

Day 237, Vancouver, Canada

Day 245, Bering Strait, Alaska, USA

Back in the Bering Strait. Not as welcoming this time.

Day 245, Bering Strait, USA

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