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Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe
Season 10
Episode 1005
Celebrating the world through their festivals is a great way to experience a country and its people. This episode begins in Venice, California at the annual holiday boat parade. Then Joseph returns to San Antonio's world-famous riverwalk and the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland for their Christmas celebration. Joseph shows that Christmas is about more than twinkling lights and cups of cheer.
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Joseph makes a pilgrimage to the ancient Hindu and Jain temples of Khajuraho
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Travelscope traces America’s birth in Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown, VA.
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Joseph explores Guatemala’s Mayan legacy at the temples of Tikal and Yaxha.
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Joseph visits the ancient Spanish colonial capital of Antigua.
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Joseph embarks into the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia on the Slovenian border.

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Joseph heads to Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands for cultural encounters.
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Travelscope celebrates the historic and modern in Austria’s capital, Vienna.
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Joseph paddles the gentle New River and then battles to stay afloat on the raging Gauley.
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Joseph travels to the driest place on the planet, Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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Joseph starts his Chilean adventure in Santiago, and then heads into the Andes.
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Joseph introduces viewers to the amazing province that Albertans call home.

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Island hopping from Matangi to the pristine waters of Jean-Michel Cousteau’s resort.