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Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Peru
45 mins
Adventurous youngsters Scott and Casey traveled the world for six years before settling on a remote, desolate beach along the Peruvian coast. They run a kite-surfing school there, a novelty sport attracting tourists. When Scott gets a visit from former army mate David, even the military man finds his macho program of extreme sports excessive, but seasoned adventurer Ben thrives.
Episode 2
Morocco
45 mins
Ben visits an oasis in the Morococoan Sahara, where British-born Karen, who moved to Australia for a successful career in show-business, lost her heart and settled down among the poor, simple locals of a Berber town. Combining ancient adobe techniques and modern desires, she built over seven years on a tourist resort, mainly aimed at artists seeking desert inspiration. It requires ongoing maintenance in the most hostile environment, luckily helped by friendly neighbors, who still assume all foreigners must be rich and can't believe any Western wants to immigrate, as they dream of emigrating. Ben finds she has a close bond with the family of er late local husband Youssef, without whom he life became lonely and even harder, but she soldiers on.
Episode 3
Panama
45 mins
In Boquete, in the highlands of western Panama, Ben joins Andi and Rick and their son Cole, from Oregon, USA. He learns why they left their comfortable lives in the States behind to create and develop a unique coffee plantation.
Episode 4
Sri Lanka
45 mins
Nature and animals loving Britton Ben travels the the 'Pearl on the Indian Ocean', where life is expensive due to imports. An estimated two million domesticated street dogs and some canine pets are the otherwise neglected patients of a charitable veterinary clinic. It's set up and takes all time, energy and passion from Janey, a young vet surgeon, who dropped her North East England practice to 'make a real difference' rather then chip tagging and vaccinating. Indeed the dogs desperately need help, even many with (poor) owners, and she risks biting, flees or even contagious diseases for each of them. Five even share her modest home, while fund raising is hard but yielded full equipment, striving to British veterinary quality standards while educating the well-meaning locals by examples and sterilization and vaccination campaigns, the greater dream is to establish similar clinics in other poor countries and for other neglected animal species.
