
The Island Diaries
In order to thrive in such rugged conditions, locals have become extremely resourceful.

In order to thrive in such rugged conditions, locals have become extremely resourceful.

Spain's second-largest city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, with around 30 million tourists visiting Barcelona each year.

From Rio to Messolonghi - along the Gulf of Corinth past Nafpaktos to Delphi, via Thermopylae to Cape Sounion on the Aegean Coast, and all the way to Athens.

As a Portuguese and African melting pot off the coast of Senegal, Cape Verde has an infinite wealth of breathtaking sceneries. Despite its limited resources, locals have never parted ways with their legendary kindness and passion for music.

A city with a history of the trend and counter trend, San Francisco is home to living a greener and simpler life.

In Scotland, Gerard heads to a pub for local whisky and visits local farms and historical sites.

When arriving in Venice, Narelle visits an old friend who is the head chef at the hotel Cipriani in Casanova's gardens.

Patrick and Narelle will visit the local commercial fish auction to meet up with a buyer who selects produce for one of the town's finest restaurants called El Gato.

Gérard and Laurent travel to Roscoff in Brittany to see lobster fishing, visit apple grower and cider maker Eric Baron and meet chef Patrick Jeffroy in Carantec.

In Scotland, Gerard heads to a pub for local whisky and visits local farms and historical sites.

When arriving in Venice, Narelle visits an old friend who is the head chef at the hotel Cipriani in Casanova's gardens.

Patrick and Narelle will visit the local commercial fish auction to meet up with a buyer who selects produce for one of the town's finest restaurants called El Gato.

Jordan is a country of contrasts, and so are the personalities of these writers. Dimon lifts the veil to discover the hip bars and malls of modern Amman, while Esrock channels his inner Indiana Jones and gallops into the ancient city of Petra. With posh hotels and five-star feasts in the desert, both relish the luxury of a sponsored press trip.

In this episode, the journalists head deep into the Orinoco Delta for a lesson in jungle survival. While Esrock takes the plunge to swim with dolphins, abseil a canyon and catch a piranha dinner, Dimon goes where only few have been before in a hunt for the elusive Moriche worm. For each, it's a journey full of surprises.

Episode Six kicks off in La Mancha, Spain at Bodegas Isidro Milagro. Michael and Charlie step into a wine factory - one that produces over 100 million liters of wine a year. Charlie has some fun creating his own wine in their laboratory, and The Wine Guys survive an unexpected hailstorm! After drying off, the guys head up country to visit Alto Landon, an organic winery in the hills of Castilla La Mancha.

Set in idyllic Tuscany, Italy, we grasp the ideal altitude for growing grapes at the Tenuta Buon Tempo winery - 250 metres above sea level.

With its countless natural hot springs and hiking trails Taiwan offers moments of pure tranquility.

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is a young city undergoing rapid change and development within a fragile governmental framework while the island boasts one of the highest economic growth rates in Asia, it maintains a tenuous relationship with China.

This part of our journey, Epirus, starts in the wilderness near the Albanian border.

The Channel Islands in all their rich and abundant natural glory, each with its own personality and living conditions and each inspired one way or another by British history and French culture.