Word Travels — Season 1, Episode 1: Bolivia: High on the Write Stuff

Episode synopsis

Travel writers, like all journalists, have different beats. Enjoying the "people" side of a story, Dimon investigates indigenous female wrestling, while Esrock hits the mountains to bike down the world's most dangerous road. Getting online to file and pitch stories may be a challenge, so it helps to be blessed by Andean priests on Lake Titicaca.

About Word Travels

Word Travels is an adventure travel television documentary series. An original Canadian production, the show debuted on OLN on January 30, 2008 and airs in Canada on OLN and CityTV, and worldwide on Nat Geo Adventure. The show is co-hosted by Robin Esrock and Julia Dimon, produced by Omni Film Limited, and filmed by Sean Cable. The first season of Word Travels aired on OLN in Canada and began airing internationally on the National Geographic Adventure worldwide in October 2008. The second season began airing on the OLN on January 18, 2009, and aired on National Geographic Adventure in September, 2009. Season 3 was filmed between April and October 2009, and debuted in Canada on OLN on March 7, 2010. It airs on Travel Channel in 21 languages around the world. Word Travels is often misspelled as World Travels.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Ethiopia North: Agreeing to Disagree
• E3Venezuela: Slugging It Out In The Jungle
• E4Jordan: Press Trip Cinderellas
• E5Colombia: A Story Clear as Mud
• E6Ethiopia South: Going Tribal
• E7Dubai: File Under: Boomtown
• E8Latvia: My Job is a Prison
• E9Yukon: A Story Tough to Swallow
• E10Lithuania: Digging Up Roots
• E11Thailand: I’ve Got a Big Story Here
• E12Hong Kong & Macau: Underground And Over Edge
• E13New Zealand: Nothing To Fear But Reality Itself