Deadliest Journeys

We are in the Quan Hoa mountains in the Northwest of Vietnam. It is one of the poorest and most isolated regions in the country.

Suriname is found at the heart of the Amazon: a country of jungle. At 163,000km squared, it is a sixth of the size of France, covered in dense, green forest.

Locals in the Amazon watch the forest disappear thereby forcing them to gather wood in dangerous conditions to make a living.

In Mongolia former jade hunters have been reduced to a tough life since mines have been shot down. Their other source of income remains cattle farming.

To reach the inhabitants of this isolated place, drivers go through great danger: they face the Pamir mountains with their huge glaciers and extreme temperatures. The altitude, more than 7000 meters, has defeated the armies of the most fierce conquerers.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Caribbean. 5 years after the earthquake which hit Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas, the effects of the catastrophe are still being felt.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the mountainous roads of Georgia are virtually no longer maintained. Due to the courage of a few brave men, food and medicine are brought to the residents of villages in the most remote areas of Europe.

Years of war have left Congo's infrastructure in ruins.

Deep in the Amazon in Brazil illegal villages are popping up as people flock here hoping to be the lucky one whose life is changed forever. They all come here in search of one thing; gold.

Many Bangladeshi Muslims take a six-hour pilgrimage to Dhaka.

Bolivia is a country ravaged with torrential rain, flooding and landslides. It is no surprise that after all the money the country has spent on safe roads, it has turned out worthless.