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Visually we were blessed with some breathtaking back drops, courtesy of the Bolivian High Plains and the spine of Chile, and also the stars of the show – the vehicles, really put in an excellent performance. All the boys buy them unseen via the Bolivian internet Classifieds before they go out there, and as anyone who’s bought any car from the classifieds will tell you, you know what a gulf there can be between the pic in the ad and reality. Well, extrapolate that uncertainty a hundred times and then ask those vehicles to do a 1000 miles of rainforest, river crossings, Death Road, desert, volcanoes and dunes and you’ve got the recipe for a great car challenge.

Tonally then, this Special is a lot tougher than Vietnam and Botswana, and a lot more varied than the Pole trip. All the boys go through the mill – James with his fear of heights on Death Road, Richard with his fear of creepy crawlies (which he idiotically confessed to within earshot of us lot) and Jeremy with his fear of any sort of physical activity.

Throughout the journey nothing is easy. Even getting their vehicles off the floating pontoon they’re delivered on, and onto dry land, is a challenge film in itself. Then they have to build log bridges and cross them in the dark and so on – the shots of them getting up in the morning after four days of jungle life would make a great “Top Gear – the XXXXXX Pinups Calendar”. And that’s before we get to Death Road and the altitude problems on the High Plains.

It’s just a great road movie, so I hope you enjoy. Spread the word though, that it starts at 7.45, not 8, because it’s a 75 minute show, so put the new Wii game away a bit earlier.

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Originally posted by BarnshaW
dns error

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Originally posted by Doug
And most importantly there will be no star in a reasonably priced car

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Originally posted by davcohen
can i watch this on a (live) stream anywhere?

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