Episode list

A nice journey of Philippe from Jakarta (the huge town with its traffic jams, the level crossing-the hairdresser and the barrier guards-,the talk with the young Indonesian man about Jakarta (the rising waters, the floods, the moving of the town to another island) to Sulawesi (the construction of the new railway, the talk with a landowner about the ceremony with the ancestors, and the meeting with the man in his "Tongkonan"-wooden house on stilts with the the shape of a boat, the visit to the sick father-the coffin and the preparing of the burial ceremony) passing by Garut (the ram flights,Siska the sheep breeder, the fighting rules, the strong music and the dances), by the travel by train and the talk with the passenger of Flores island about the Indoinesian identity (the common Indonesian language, the cultural diversity, the secular state), and by the Mount Bromo (the meeting with the two farmers producing chives and Chinese cabbage on the volcanic soil, the climbing of the volcano, the altar-the offerings of incense and vegetables,the prayers for the health of their families).

A nice journey of Philippe from Tsugaru Goshogawara (the Pot Belly Stove train-the stove in the middle of the wagon-the dried grilled squids-Philippe tasting the squids and drinking sake) to Abashiri in the north of Hokkaido (the hot spring at Shikaribetsu lake-the moment of relaxation in the hot water) passing by the platform near Hakodate (the photographer taking pictures of the Shinkansen-the passion for the trains-) by the the countryside of Hokkaido (the cabbage harvesting with the farmers-the explanations about this technique- and the meal in the house of the farmers -the soba noodles, the marinated cabbage and the drinking of sake-the secret of the happiness) by Hakodate (the train employee explaining all the work of the train conductor and of the track observer, the talk with the two smiling ladies about the shyness and restraint in Japan),and by Sapporo (the men making hard snowballs, the snowball fight with its rules).

A nice journey from Queenstown in Tasmania (the West Coast Wilderness Railway, the steam locomotive, the wooden cars) and the fishing moment ( the Tasmanian giant crabs) to Kalgoorlie (the gold rush of 1850, the bush, the couple with the metal detector, the small gold nugget, the camp and the moment of friendliness with the families) and the arrival by train at Perth passing by Melbourne (the travel by tramway, the meeting with Raymond, the snake hunter, the snake in the bedroom), by Adelaide (the Indian Pacific, the pleasant talks with the passengers, the stop at Cook and the banquet in the desert).

A nice journey of Philippe from Amsterdam (the "Stubbe's Haring" restaurant-the eating of a herring-, the talk with a Dutch woman about the Dutch character) to the island of Terschelling (the talk with a Dutch man in the train about the tolerance in the Netherlands, the boat tour with Chris to see seals, the animal rescue center , the care for the sick seals and later their release in the sea) passing by The Hague ( the employees of the town looking for the abandoned bicycles), by Rotterdam ( the Rotter Tram-Taste the City-the tramway in which the passengers enjoy visiting the town, eating good food and drinking good wines or champagne-), by the countryside (the field of tulips, the harvest by hand of the tulips, the language of the tulips), by the windmill (the meeting with a miller in charge of pumping the water from the parts under the sea level) by Simpelweld (the volunteers of the touristic train-the old "micheline" crossing the German border and the famous Siefried line) and by Amsterdam (the tasting of an original Gouda cheese in the Kaasbar,the women enjoying the Dutch cheeses).

A nice journey from Novi Sad ( the man with the bottle of water wishing good luck to a man walking towards the railway station, the COKO rapid train to Belgrade, the talk with a Serbian woman about the Serbian strong character, the fight for the Serbian identity , the pleasure of the celebrations and the protective mothers) to Vranje (the invitation for a cup of coffee,the hot springs, the medicinal virtues of the thermal waters and the brass band) passing by Belgrade, the capital of Serbia ( the collective wedding-the TV journalist, the couples walking to the town hall, the tradition since 1989, the collective "yes" and the waltz-, the sunglasses vendor on the railway track, the Blue Train of Tito- the bedroom of Jovanka Broz,the bedroom of Tito, the kitchen, the office and the great conference room-, the station of the train Belgrade-Bar-the cars and the sleeping cars), by Uzice (the monastery of Studenica with its frescoes, the Bubanj Memorial Park-the three fists-, the Kosmaj Partisan Detachement Park, the meeting with the couple and the magnetic circle for the healing of the illnesses) and the talk in the train with a Serbian man about the story of the Balkans and of Yugoslavia, the time of Milosevic and the friendly character of the Serbians), by Pozega (the floating house at the lake, the invitation of the couple to enjoy the floating house-the drinking of rakia and eating of charcuterie).

A nice journey from El Maiten (the steam train "La Trochita"-the narrow gauge-, the 100 years old steam locomotive and the the barbecue on the locomotive) to the Perito Moreno Glacier ( the boat tour with the rangers of the National Park, the falling of the ice blocks) passing by the Pampa (the site of the Gauchito Gil, the legend of the saint, the people praying of the protection of the saint), by the travel by train from Chascomas to Buenos Aires (the talk with the female wagon assistant), by Buenos Aires (the "Casa Rosada" and its story, the clients and the waiter in the restaurant and the tradition of the day 29 every month-the gnocchis, the banknotes under the plate and the good economical luck, the Italian immigration in Argentine), by Bariloche (the lakes, the chalets and the train station, the meeting with the happy woman in the train to Aguada de Guerra) and by the stop in the desert of Patagonia (the meeting with the 72 years old father and three sons working in a flat stone quarry).

A nice journey from Diego de Almagro in the Argentinian Andes ( the meeting with the maintenance team of the railway track, the climate at 3.500 meters above the seal level, the meeting with Santos and his two lamas-the red,orange and yellow mountains-the character of the lamas) to Villa Epecuen (the story of the flood of 1985, the town under 10 meters of water, the meeting with Pablo who still lives in the abandoned town) passing Cañada de Gómez (the train to Rosario, the meeting with the 77 years old lady, winner of a 26 kilometers race, the drinking of the mate), by Rosario (the home town of Lionel Messi and Ernesto Che Guevara,the meeting with one of the co-founder of the "Iglesia Maradoniana"-the story of this religion and its rules) and by Buenos Aires (the train to the Delta, the talk with a young Argentinian man about the inflation, the boat tour on the water canals with the floating grocery).