Tag: Mythical Roads

Trans Lapland

In this episode, we follow a big imaginary loop and make it come to life, a circuit of more than 3,200 kilometers, the Trans-Laponia, a road without night. During this circuit, we discover some unusual lifestyles along the shores of the Barents Sea and of the Baltic. In Turku, we meet Jenna and her tango gang,…


From Moscow to Irkutsk

Almost one and a half centuries have passed since the novel “Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar” was published in 1876. At the time, Russia was only known to a handful of erudite. But the land of czars is the stuff of dreams and “Michael Strogoff” was a rousing success. In this episode, we…


Land of the Long White Cloud

In this episode, we will explore New Zealand, also called Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. This documentary takes us to this beautiful island, which was formerly uninhabited, then colonized by the Maori People 1,000 years ago. About Mythical Roads: Whether remote or packed with tourists, recent or old, famous or forgotten, certain…


The Iron Curtain Trail

For almost half a century, Europe was forcibly divided into east and west by the Iron Curtain, a border stretching from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. For 40 years, the Iron Curtain has been the symbol of division between people—2 sides, 2 blocks. In the middle lay a frontier of wire mesh, walls,…


The Road of the Kings

The Tariq al-Sultani—Road of Kings—winds its way 1200 kilometers along the mountains that separate the Dead Sea from the desert high plateaus. It follows the old route of the Hebrews led by Moses. The Bible refers to this road for the first time. In this episode, we will cross the Edom Region, Jordan, and Syria…


The Road of the Sherpas

In the middle of the 19th century, British people declared that Mount Everest is the highest summit in the world. Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa mountaineer, was the first man who reached the roof of the world, together with Edmund Hillary in 1953. In this episode, we will follow in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and…


[Premiering on 8/14 at 5PM ET] The Road of the Sherpas

In the middle of the 19th century, British people declared that Mount Everest is the highest summit in the world. Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa mountaineer, was the first man who reached the roof of the world, together with Edmund Hillary in 1953. In this episode, we will follow in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and…


The Route of the Two Oceans

The thin ridge that links the two Americas is a miniature world. It concentrates a lot of diversities, more than we can imagine in any other region in the world. During the journey, we will follow the Inter-American Highway from Panama City to the Isthmus of Rivas in Nicaragua. This is the narrowest ridge of…


The Road of Blues (Part 2)

The second part of the trip will take us from Memphis, the home of founders and establishers of Blues, to New Orleans, accompanied by Ladell McLin, a young bluesman. Memphis is also the symbol of black emancipation in America, with the tragic end of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the famous Lorraine Motel. This road…


The Road of Blues (Part 1)

The first part of our trip will take us from Chicago, whose blues is part of the city’s cultural heritage, to Memphis, accompanied by Ladell McLin, a young bluesman. Chicago has attracted a lot of musicians, such as Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, and others. Today, the city still offers bluesmen the opportunity to…