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Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Bhutan (Part I): Gross National Happiness
Season 7
Episode 709
Joseph heads to the Kingdom of Bhutan, beginning in Paro with a conversation with an esteemed Buddhist master and an invitation to watch a local thangka (spiritual art) artist at work. From there he travels to the capital of Thimphu where he is confronted by the modern pressures that ancient Bhutan faces as it strives to preserve and promote its cultural heritage.
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Joseph follows the Rhone River through France to the Mediterranean sea.
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In Part 2 - Joseph visits ancient burial sites and homes of present-day Armenians.
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Joseph crosses Armenia to sites where some of the world’s oldest artifacts were found.
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Join Joseph as he ships out on a Peruvian Amazon journey from the jungle town of Iquitos.
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Joseph visits Rarotonga and Aitutaki, the Cook’s most popular islands.
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Join Joseph along the medieval streets of Hungary, Austria and Germany.
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Joseph finds a world full of surprises on his second visit to South Korea.
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Joseph makes his way through some of the best and undiscovered parts of Europe.
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Joseph continues his travels in the path of the Protestant Reformation.
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Join Joseph as he follows the historical trail of the Protestant Reformation.
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Joseph and Julie travel to their favorite Texas town, San Antonio, for fiesta.
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Joseph visits Northeast Ontario, Canada, a vast land of trees, water and rock.