Cambodia – The Lost World of the Khmer Rouge

Year Zero. The Killing Fields. Preserved by war in the isolated and forbidding final refuge of the Khmer Rouge are tantalizing hints of the “Asian Unicorn”, the khting vor. David Adams Journeys through the dark of Cambodia in search of this semi-mythical beast

Ethiopia – Keepers of the Lost Ark

Adams makes the pilgrimage from Lalibela to Gonder in the northern wilds of Ethiopia, and paddles by papyrus kayak across Lake Tana, His quest: to find the ark of the covenant.

Iran – People of the Flame

Adams travels the Iranian wilderness in search of the Zoroastrians, an ancient people who have tended a holy flame for the last 1500 years

Kamchatka – The Forbidden Zone

Adams travels across the simmering heat of the Sahara with a Tuareg caravan, haggles for a pillar of salt and skis down the biggest sand dune in the world. This is the Land of Fear

Kenya – Swahili Sinbads

Adams sails by dhow from Lamu to Zanzibar, stopping off on the beaches on East Africa to haggle and barter for his sea-passage. Sinbad lives again.

Libya – The Ancient Chariots of Libya

A vast desert country veiled from the East by fear, prejudice and misunderstanding. Adam Follows in the wheel tracks of Ancient Rome’s “Chariots of Fire” – the first wheeled vehicles to explore the Sahara and discover a little-known land of exotic brilliance, ancient cities and forbidding deserts.

Niger – The Land of Fear

Adams travels across the simmering heat of the Sahara with a Tuareg caravan, haggles for a pillar of salt and skis down the biggest sand dune in the world. This is the Land of Fear.