NPR Road Trips: Postcards From Around the Globe

Meet Colin Angus and Julie Wafael, who spent two years circumnavigating the globe using their hands and feet. Turn on the radio in Kathmandu and hear music from the 70s. Learn how robot jockeys are solving a human rights problem in Dubai. (It has to do with camel races.) Join in the wild festivities of Carnival in Rio. And walk through old Beijing before it’s demolished for high-rise development. NPR has correspondents all over the world. As listeners learn, most meet with friendliness and hospitality, even in the most out-of-the-way places.

 

Track Listing:

1. Introduction by Noah Adams
2. China: The New Silk Road
3. Switzerland: A Bit of Road and a Mischievous GPS Named Heidi
4. A New Passage to India
5. Papua New Guinea: Highlands Celebration
6. Teen to Attempt Solo Sail Around the Globe
7. Dubai: Robot Jockeys Give Camel Racing a Modern Twist
8. United Kingdom: A Very British Rail-Riding Experience
9. Brazil: Rio’s Carnival
10. Canada: Kayaking Among the Icebergs
11. Nepal: 1970s Nostalgia Thrives in Katmandu
12. Spain: Running of the Bulls—for Kids!
13. Antarctica: Wintering in the South Pole
14. China: A Walk Through Beijingʼs Vanishing Hutongs
15. Romania: Jet Lag, a Tool for Recapturing Youth
16. France: April in Paris

Audio Samples:

China: The New Silk Road


Antarctica: Wintering in the South Pole


Romania: Jet Lag, a Tool for Recapturing Youth


France: April in Paris

AudioFile RealTime Reviews for June 25, 2009:

Armed with a microphone and a tape recorder, NPR correspondents bring the listener along on travels to locations far and wide. Whether riding a bus on China's Silk Road, dancing in the streets of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, or listening to 1970s rock music in Kathmandu, the listener is instantly transported through the correspondents' lively descriptions and the sounds of everyday life in far-flung locales. Hear the sounds of a creaky long-distance bus, the splash of water against a kayak in the Arctic Ocean, and the din of the markets and back streets of old Beijing. It's an experience not to be missed!

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