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Bolivia and Peru
Episode 8 of 10
Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes before embarking on a 1,000-mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.
Michael Palin travels the Pacific Rim through 18 countries. In Bolivia, he visits Lake Titicaca, on the roof of the Andes, and meets Meriel Larkin, a formidable Englishwoman who is restoring a 140-year-old steamer. He then follows the 1,000-mile path of the Urubamba River by train, lorry, canoe and river boat before visiting the wondrous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.
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