Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

"If Marco Polo were alive today, where would he go?"

Journeys to the Ends of the Earth is a 1999 television series commissioned by the Discovery Channel. Its two year production made it the most expensive adventure travel series ever commissioned in Australia. The series was co-produced by David Adams. It was nominated for Best Documentary Series by the Australian Logie Awards.

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Created By	Stuart Scowcroft David Adams
Status	Ended
Original Name	Journeys to the Ends of the Earth
First Air Date	June 3, 2001
Last Air Date	June 3, 2001
Seasons	3
Episodes	13
Episode Runtime	50min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	Australia, United Kingdom
Production Companies	Becker Entertainment Discovery Channel International Travel Channel
Networks	Discovery

S01E01

The Lost Buddhas of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)

Afghanistan is not so much a country as a series of shifting borders. A place with no easily definable physical or civil boundaries. A place where war is an everyday fact of life. A place where more children will learn to use a gun than will go to school. About 1.5 million have been killed during the past 20 years of war. Perhaps another 4 million have fled. Every major road has been torn apart by tank treads. Almost every major building left standing has been blown full of holes. This is the most militant Islamic state on Earth but it was once was peace loving and Buddhist. In the Bamian Valley north of Kabul the two largest statues of Buddha on the planet were carved in the third century. David Adams was the last Westerner to exhaustively film them before they were blown up in 2001.

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