This two-disc, four-episode set covering magnificent, populous India in all four directions opens in “North India,” with travel guide/British wit Andrew Daddo at the holy Ganges River in Varanasi, a startling place to behold as well as a gathering site for Hindus and one of the world's busiest cremation capitals. Daddo proceeds on motorbike to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, in time for celebrations of the birth of Krishna. In “South India,” free-speaking Justine Shapiro reveals the wonders of India's southern tip, including the attractive (and inexpensive) Madras, a solid destination for tourists looking for a relatively comfortable place to stay. Shapiro also watches a Bollywood movie scene in production, and visits a 30-year-old "Utopian" community called Auroville, inhabited by white Europeans and American expatriates. In “West India,” merry Megan McCormick survives the madness of Bombay, and in “East India,” Holly Morris relaxes in the peaceful Andaman Islands. A typically excellent armchair tour from the extensive Globe Trekker series, this is highly recommended. Aud: P. (T. Keogh)
Destination: India
(2003) 2 discs. 200 min. DVD: $29.95. Pilot Productions. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 1-932702-00-8. Volume 19, Issue 4
Destination: India
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