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Odyssey: Driving Around the World

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including rooftop tents where the team spent many nights out of the cold. The bumpers carried winches and lighting for rescue and low visibility driving. There were few troubles with the vehicles as a whole, but the punishing roads took its toll over time. Strut and exhaust bolts loosened up in South America, windows dropped into doors in the Outback, and a U-joint broke in Siberia. The biggest obstacle was fuel economy, which averaged around 12 mpg.
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Three Land Rovers are seen during the series, but the expedition actually included a fourth, the film crew vehicle. They were equipped with a V8 petrol engine and slight suspension modifications to accommodate for slightly larger tires. The roof racks carried necessary supplies and equipment
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east to west in over 50 years. After meeting the Dalai Lama at his Indian home in exile, they are detained in India, deported from China, and sent back into Pakistan. They slip months behind schedule, and are forced to cross
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A team of seven adventurers departs from San Francisco, California, to begin a 66,000-kilometre (41,000 mi) expedition around the world that follows following the lines of longitude through 26 countries. They drive four
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during mid-winter in frigid temperatures of −59 °C (−74 °F) to compete their final leg of the journey through Russia, Alaska, Canada, and back home 15 months after their journey began.
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and head south through 26 countries of North America, South America, Australia, and Asia, and back home 15 months later. The team's experience include encounters with a
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also took the opportunity to help bring social consciousness to three other philanthropic organizations they encountered during the expedition.
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through Pakistan before descending into China. Their route continues north through Kazakhstan and into Siberia where they head for the city
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The series focuses on their journey, which combines elements of drama and adventure. Scenes from various episodes include high tensions in
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television series. It follows the 66,000-kilometre (41,000 mi) driving expedition of seven Americans, including travel writer
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across four continents, exploring and interacting with the peoples, cultures and landscapes encountered during the expedition.
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accidents cope with their debilitating injuries, chosen by the team after they come across a musical band of mine victims in
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when the team is stuck on the side of the road with two flat tires, spending New Year's Eve in
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is the title of the documentary travel adventure series itself, with
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the team travels over the highest motorable road in the world, the
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to Alaska. Their home stretch first takes them up to
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Index

ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World
Documentary
Rolf Potts
Dalai Lama
Michael J. Fox
James Cameron
Nat Geo Adventure
OLN
The 101 Network
Life TV
Extreme Sports Channel
Drive TV
The Israeli Travel Channel
documentary
Rolf Potts
San Francisco
Pol Pot
Buddhist
Dalai Lama
Michael J. Fox
James Cameron
Burgess Productions
Land Rovers
Panama
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Atacama Desert
Chile
Great Barrier Reef
Cairns

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