ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World
| Odyssey | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Adam Burgess |
| Starring | Rolf Potts, Nick, Todd, Nancy, Justin Mounts, Chanda, Neil special guests:The Dalai Lama, Michael J. Fox, James Cameron |
| Narrated by | Gareth Wesley |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Adam Burgess |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nat Geo Adventure, OLN, The 101 Network, Life TV, Extreme Sports Channel, Drive TV, The Israeli Travel Channel |
| External links | |
| Website | |
ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World (aka ODYSSEY) is a documentary television series. It follows the 66,000-kilometre (41,000 mi) driving expedition of seven Americans, including travel writer Rolf Potts. They depart from San Francisco 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 Pol Pot survivor in Cambodia, a Buddhist orphanage in Myanmar, and the Dalai Lama in India. Guest appearances include actor Michael J. Fox and director James Cameron.
Burgess Productions produced the series. ODYSSEY is the title of the documentary travel adventure series itself, with Driving Around the World as the subtitle for the first season.
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 Land Rovers across four continents, exploring and interacting with the peoples, cultures and landscapes encountered during the expedition.
The series focuses on their journey, which combines elements of drama and adventure. Scenes from various episodes include high tensions in Panama when the team is stuck on the side of the road with two flat tires, spending New Year's Eve in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where they explode effigies with the locals, and running out of gas in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The team takes their first dive on the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia, and are the first westerners to cross Myanmar 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 Siberia 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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