Mexico to the Bahamas

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Episode 1 of 6

Duration: 1 hour

Simon Reeve starts his epic journey around the world following the Tropic of Cancer, the northern border of the tropics region.

In this first episode Simon travels from the beautiful Pacific coast of Mexico, where he visits the luxurious holiday resorts of Baja California, before crossing the country's rugged interior.

Along the way he goes on patrol with a heavily armed police unit in Culiacan, headquarters of the fearsome Sinaloa drug cartel, and gets more than he bargained for from a female Lucha Libre wrestler.

The Tropic of Cancer skirts Havana, where Simon learns how allotments are helping the Cubans counter the effects of the US trade embargo; and in the Bahamas he discovers the hidden menace on the beautiful coral reefs that make these islands famous.

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  • MARINAS ON THE PACIFIC COAST

    MARINAS ON THE PACIFIC COAST

    Simon visits a new marina developed to attract wealthy Americans, and discovers the Mexicans are planning to build another 17 marinas, on the same grand scale, along the pristine Mexican coastline.

  • MEXICAN ELITE POLICE

    MEXICAN ELITE POLICE

    In the city of Culiacan, Mexico, where Simon goes on a raid with an elite police unit battling drug barons and their heavily-armed killers.

  • DIGGING FOR GOLD

    DIGGING FOR GOLD

    Simon investigates why a giant mine looms over one of the most picturesque towns in Mexico.

  • LUCHA LIBRE

    LUCHA LIBRE

    Princessa, a star of Mexico's Lucha Libre wrestling, takes Simon through a training session, which leaves him battered and bruised.

  • CUBA'S ORGANAPONICOS

    CUBA'S ORGANAPONICOS

    72 year-old Chalo Hernandez shows Simon around his organic allotment, called an organaponico, in Havana, Cuba.

Credits

Presenter
Simon Reeve
Director
Chris Martin
Producer
Elena Cosentino
Executive Producer
Lucy Hetherington
Executive Producer
Sam Bagnall
Writer
Simon Reeve

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