We watched a t.v show travel documentary called The Idiot Abroad, which focused on Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant sending Karl Pilkington on various journeys around the world.
He gets sent to different countries to speculate and try out all the different cultures. Karl knows pretty much nothing of the countries he visits, and he doesn't get to choose the countries he goes to. Ricky and Steve plan his journey and ring him up every now and then telling him where to go with the plans.
The documentary is trying to teach us about how different cultures are from other countries, and how they do a range of things different to us. For example, in the episode we watched from series one titled 'The Great Wall of China', Karl notices how the people eat foods he finds strange, like toads, scorpions, and even bird egg foetus! He tries out martial arts they have on offer, seeing how disciplined and controlled they are. He also samples a traditional Chinese massage, where a lady rubs his legs with a firey glove. It's quite a bit different to our culture.
But it made me thankful that we have public toilets with doors.
The type of viewer that may watch this documentary could be anyone who is willing to travel to different countries and try out their cultured routines, or for anyone simply wanting to travel.
It could also just be of interest and for educational purposes, to show how people from different countries live their daily lives.
He gets sent to different countries to speculate and try out all the different cultures. Karl knows pretty much nothing of the countries he visits, and he doesn't get to choose the countries he goes to. Ricky and Steve plan his journey and ring him up every now and then telling him where to go with the plans.
The documentary is trying to teach us about how different cultures are from other countries, and how they do a range of things different to us. For example, in the episode we watched from series one titled 'The Great Wall of China', Karl notices how the people eat foods he finds strange, like toads, scorpions, and even bird egg foetus! He tries out martial arts they have on offer, seeing how disciplined and controlled they are. He also samples a traditional Chinese massage, where a lady rubs his legs with a firey glove. It's quite a bit different to our culture.
But it made me thankful that we have public toilets with doors.
The type of viewer that may watch this documentary could be anyone who is willing to travel to different countries and try out their cultured routines, or for anyone simply wanting to travel.
It could also just be of interest and for educational purposes, to show how people from different countries live their daily lives.
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