Unfortunately, I can’t afford to travel all the time. It would certainly be nice to be able to take off for several months, lazily making my way through the French countryside or sitting at a beer garden in Munich, enjoying conversation with some of the locals. But while we’re wasting away at our day jobs, there’s always television to take us on a journey.

Everyone is aware that travel is big business. In the US there is even an entire channel dedicated to travel (although I’m not sure what World Poker Tour has to do with travel and not just broadcasting the latest fads). And nobody would be surprised that there are a wide variety of travel shows to account for anyone’s tastes. I’ll talk about five shows that I enjoy the most.

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