Overland

Another great kingdom of the past, Ayutthaya, fell victim to the Burmese invasions. In Bangkok, we are brought back to the present and see life on the river Chao Phraya.

During the last days of the journey through Thailand, Overland will travel to the islands of the Andaman Sea to encounter people, as well as tropical fish and natural monuments.

In the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, we meet traditional members of the Country's Hindu minority, who express their faith with self-flagellation and rituals linked to times gone by.

Cambodia lives its present under the beacon of a great ancient past in Khmer, and Buddhist and Hindu cultures which left an incredible archaeological heritage all over the country.

Phnom Penh is a fast-growing capital home to a young population that is keen to escape the bitter memory of the country's awful past of tyranny, torture, and death.

The romantic idea of coming face-to-face with immense forests of Teak wood, elephants, monkeys, and tigers is brought crashing down to earth by deforestation.

The Overland team discover that there had just been a shootout in the area. Refugees escaping from other villages as the tension mounts, with soldiers everywhere.