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Around the World in 80 Ways Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

10 Episodes 2011 - 2011

Episode 1

Titicaca or Bust

Sun, Oct 2, 201144 mins

Dennis and Rob begin the journey to their first destination - Lake Titicaca, Peru. In South America, a wrong-way bus trip leads to a ride down the world's highest zip line, followed by a gnarly descent down a cliff face with only rebar ladders for support.

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Episode 2

The Boys from Ipanema

Sun, Oct 9, 201144 mins

Dennis and Rob start their journey to Ipanema Beach in Rio De Janeiro by heading down the side of a 40 story building in Sao Paulo, Brazil on a motorized window washing scaffold. From there, they race across Brazil utilizing farm harvesters, railroad handcarts--and even ostriches to get to Rio.

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Episode 3

Falling for Victoria Falls

Sun, Oct 16, 201143 mins

Dennis and Rob begin their journey to Victoria Falls high above the treacherous "skeleton coast" of Africa in antique Chinese fighter planes. Next, they cross the African savannah on odd German bikes unbelievably once used to help douse fires.

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Episode 4

Hold Your Hearses

Sun, Oct 23, 201144 mins

After the boys leave the beautiful and legendary Victoria Falls they begin a new adventure to their next destination Lake Tanganyika in Zambia. These two travelers will challenge themselves across Africa to get there. Having fun in a funicular, getting fired up on a steam train & dying to drive a hearse, Dennis & Rob will do anything to finally reach the 2nd largest freshwater lake in the world.

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Episode 5

Hot and Bothered

Sun, Oct 30, 201144 mins

Next stop on the journey for Dennis and Rob: the birthplace of Freddie Mercury in Zanzibar. As the boys search for the birthplace of the lead singer of Queen, they stumble upon another queen the African Queen to be exact. One of the oldest operational passenger ships in the world. From a hot air balloon ride to walking on stilts, these "rock stars" will search high and low for Mr. Mercury's home.

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Episode 6

Crash Buggies

Sun, Nov 6, 201144 mins

Dennis and Rob start off with a bang on one of the world's fastest roller coasters... the Formula Rossa in Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. They cool off by going indoor skiing at the famous Ski Dubai. Racing dune buggies in the sand and riding camels in the desert, the boys experience a whole new world of travel.

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Episode 7

Beasts of Burden

Sun, Nov 13, 201143 mins

Here the boys are in Mumbai, India. The streets are overflowing with people and Dennis and Rob need a way out. They score some Tuk Tuks and race their way out of the busy streets. Elephants, ox-carts and other new forms of transportation will eventually get them to their destination of the beautiful Lake Pichola.

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Episode 8

Riding Rickshaw

Sun, Nov 20, 201143 mins

The boys get wheeled around on their first leg of this journey in a rickshaw. Even though good ol' boy Dennis has been riding tractors for years, he finds out that driving a tractor down a crowded Indian road isn't as easy as he thought. Rolling to sacred temples and squeezing into a tiny Tata Nano car are fun and bizarre ways they use to get to the annual Monsoon Festival in Calcutta.

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Episode 9

From Buffalo to Bangkok

Sun, Nov 27, 201144 mins

The boys are in southern Thailand and time is ticking for them to get to their destination of Bangkok. Dennis and Rob take a short trip on some long tail boats, bump around in the floating markets and find out that there is more than one way to ride a buffalo. Will all their horseplay get them to Bangkok? Or will they just get stuck in the mud?

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Episode 10

Such Great Heights

Sun, Dec 4, 201144 mins

Last stop for Dennis and Rob! Final destination; the City of Angels in beautiful California. They ate, they drank, they travelled around the world. This bittersweet end of the journey has our heroes riding cupcake cars and breaching the salty sea like dolphins.

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