Angela

Hello Everyone,

1 Highlander 1986 got me to Eilean Donan in 2013 with the Jacobite Steam Trains.

2 Working Girl 1988 Staten Island Ferry- family trip in 2006

3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Treasury at Petra and a great overhead shot of the Siq- finally made it with the Jordan, Sinai and Cairo trip in 2010.

Now I have Shimla at the top of my television lists to do. Ever since I have seen the Indian Hills Railway, this is the next trip. Unfortunately JY do not have this in their Indian tours yet :rolleyes:

Jan

Jan, 

I agree, I would like to go to Shimla too, after watching the same programme. I hope JY takes note! 

Dyuti

Like others, I watch most holiday and nature TV programmes and get my inspiration and interest from those. Simon Reeve's recent visit to Colombia has whet my appetite for South America even further. I visited Cuba after watching a TV programme by someone.

Regards

Sylvia

For me, I want to visit as many places as possible before "my time is up"

The only thing stopping me is lack of funds to travel the world so it maybe time to start thinking of a criminal career to fund this thirst ha ha

Faithful

1 Highlander 1986 got me to Eilean Donan in 2013 with the Jacobite Steam Trains.

2 Working Girl 1988 Staten Island Ferry- family trip in 2006

3 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Treasury at Petra and a great overhead shot of the Siq- finally made it with the Jordan, Sinai and Cairo trip in 2010.

Now I have Shimla at the top of my television lists to do. Ever since I have seen the Indian Hills Railway, this is the next trip. Unfortunately JY do not have this in their Indian tours yet :rolleyes:

Jan

I'd forgotten about the World's Most Dangerous Roads, I loved that series and wish they'd made more.  I've watched them all several times at this stage but the good thing about them is that you saw so much of the countryside of whatever country they were in.  I loved Dara O'Briain and Ed Byrne's trip through Central America as well - and am currently enjoying the Hotel programme too.  The one featured last night in Ecuador is amazing!

Cheers,

Bob

On the plus side, the JY tour did take us to Talkeetna which, legend has it, is the place where Northern Exposure and "Cicely, Alaska" were born. Apparently, two of the producers found themselves stopping over in Talkeetna and spending a leisurely afternoon in a bar people watching, they came to the conclusion that they had found a suitably eccentric selection of characters and places on which to base their show. For example, Ruth Anne's store in NE, in which you could buy anything and everything, was based on Nagleys General Store in Talkeetna. I can also confirm that the residents of the town, just like in "Cicely", really do largely resemble delegates at a ZZ Top convention! 

Mandy

The new 'Amazing Hotels: Life Behind The Lobby' programme on BBC2 I find to be fascinating as well. The first episode about the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore reminded me of when I was there last year with JY.

Keizer, you are so right about the old cowboy films made in places like Monument Valley. They made me want to visit the USA's National Parks, and I when I visited in 2013 I was thrilled to see that Monument Valley was just how I imagined it to be - practically unchanged since John Wayne rode the plains!

And what a great idea to bring back programmes like 'Wish You Where Here'...I always looked forward to watching it with John Carter and Judith Chalmers.

Cheers

Mike

I really enjoyed Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways and have absolutely loved the World's Most Dangerous Roads with celebrities traveling on some of the most infamous roads across the globes.. their trips through Bolivar, Madagascar and Ethiopia were amazing..