Documentary
Action & Adventure
Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well James and Karl did and filmed it all. The backpacking documentary follows James and Karl as they travel through 20 countries in 4 continents over 9 months, covering a distance of over 42,000 miles.
Top-rated
Sun,
28 Sep, 2014
S1.E1Episode 1- Backpacking in Hong Kong & China
In this first episode of our backpacking documentary series we travel to Hong Kong and China. We begin our adventure with a few days in Hong Kong before heading to Guilin, China, where we enjoyed the Chinese New Year festivities and explored the nearby countryside of Yangshou and the Longji Rice Fields.
Top-rated
Mon,
01 Dec, 2014
S1.E2Episode 2 - Backpacking in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
In this second episode of our backpacking documentary series we travel to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. An action packed journey through South East Asia - this episode has a bit of everything: partying, wake boarding and rock climbing on Castaway Island in Halong Bay; tubing in Laos; visiting the Killing Fields in Phnom Penh; exploring Angkor Wat; firing AK-47s at a shooting range; travelling to a fishing village near Siem Reap plus lots more.
Karl Watson
Self
James Walsh
Self
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In this travel documentary, 2 friends, Karl and James quit their regular day jobs and travel the world for 9 months. During this series, the whole journey through 4 different continents is filmed using nothing but a Handycam.
This is for me the best travel documentary series on the whole of YouTube. Nothing really compares to the immersive and real feeling that you get whilst watching. Honestly some of the best escapism content out there.
I first had the opportunity to watch the series in 2016, and ever since I return and rewatch it every now and then. By now the music feels nostalgic much like the soundtracks of movies like Jurrasic Park and Indiana Jones.
The development of these two random British dudes on their journey around the world is one I find to this day one of the best travel series on the whole Internet, unmatched in its combination of providing entertainment, escapism and inspiration.
For me an absolute 10/10
helaaspindakaas27 May, 2023
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