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  • 2011-10-03T02:00:00Z on History
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  • 7h 7m (10 episodes)
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Why take any old car when you can get where you're going by rickshaw or hovercraft? For two real-life adrenaline junkies charged with circumnavigating the globe using every conceivable mode of transportation, it's not the destination that counts, but the journey itself. That's the challenge for Robert "Boston Rob" Mariano (Survivor, The Amazing Race) and Dennis Anderson (creator of the monster truck Gravedigger), hosts of the upcoming new series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS on HISTORY. The 10-part series premieres 4th Quarter, 2011, and is created by Thom Beers and his Original Productions team.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-10-03T02:00:00Z

1x01 Titicaca or Bust

Series Premiere

1x01 Titicaca or Bust

  • 2011-10-03T02:00:00Z43m

Dennis and Rob start the journey to their first destination -- Lake Titicaca in Peru. After a wrong-way bus trip and a ride down the world's highest zip line they experience a gnarly descent down a cliff face with only rebar ladders for support. On the Incan trail, they try new way of transportation: horses, llamas, motorbikes, and water taxis to arrive at the lake, where they race each other in the traditional reed boats of the indigenous people.

2011-10-10T02:00:00Z

1x02 The Boys From Impanema

1x02 The Boys From Impanema

  • 2011-10-10T02:00:00Z43m

Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro is the new destination, and trip includes a farm-harvester ride; and a trip down the side of a 40-story building on a motorized window-washing scaffold. Also: a railroad handcart.

1x03 Falling for Victoria Falls

  • 2011-10-17T02:00:00Z42m

Chinese fighter planes are used to start the journey to Victoria Falls, near Zambia; the savanna is crossed on German bikes; and an abandoned Japanese jalopy is transformed into a safari wagon. Also used are donkeys and canoes.

2011-10-24T02:00:00Z

1x04 Hold Your Hearses

1x04 Hold Your Hearses

  • 2011-10-24T02:00:00Z43m

After the boys leave the beautiful and legendary Victoria Falls they begin a new adventure to their next destination--Lake Tanganyika in Zambia. These two travelers will challenge themselves across Africa to get there. Having fun in a funicular, getting fired up on a steam train and dying to drive a hearse, Dennis and Rob will do anything to finally reach the second largest freshwater lake in the world.

2011-10-31T02:00:00Z

1x05 Hot and Bothered

1x05 Hot and Bothered

  • 2011-10-31T02:00:00Z43m

Next stop on the journey for Dennis and Rob: the birthplace of Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar. As the boys search for the birthplace of the lead singer of Queen, they stumble upon another queen... the African Queen to be exact. One of the oldest operational passenger ships in the world. From a hot air balloon ride to walking on stilts, these "rock stars" will search high and low for Mr. Mercury's home.

2011-11-07T03:00:00Z

1x06 Crash Buggies

1x06 Crash Buggies

  • 2011-11-07T03:00:00Z43m

2011-11-14T03:00:00Z

1x07 Beasts of Burden

1x07 Beasts of Burden

  • 2011-11-14T03:00:00Z42m

2011-11-21T03:00:00Z

1x08 Riding Rickshaw

1x08 Riding Rickshaw

  • 2011-11-21T03:00:00Z42m

Season Finale

2011-11-28T03:00:00Z

1x09 From Buffalo to Bangkok

Season Finale

1x09 From Buffalo to Bangkok

  • 2011-11-28T03:00:00Z43m

2011-12-05T03:00:00Z

1x10 Such Great Heights

1x10 Such Great Heights

  • 2011-12-05T03:00:00Z43m
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