equator to pole

watched the 2nd part of Pole to Pole last night, it's been an interesting series, more relaxed and secure with itself, it spends time looking at the places Michael visits and there's a strong sense of hope in many of the nations he visits, even though his own seems to flag in the last couple of episodes.  The series covers half the distance of ATWI80D but takes nearly twice as long getting there, so there's more time spent finding good shots, interesting people, to make each episode the best it can be and it works too, its a very rich and varied series with a little twist at the start of the final episode.