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In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

2008NR1h 30m7.7

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo chronicles the journey of two ordinary guys as they set out to follow Polo's historic route.

Some people dream big dreams. Only a few bold adventurers live them. Two such adventurers are Denis Belliveau and Francis O'Donnell, who took a wild idea - they wanted to retrace Marco Polo's entire 25,000 mile land-and-sea route from Venice to China and back - and spent two incredible years of their lives trying to turn it into reality. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO chronicles the extraordinary journey of two ordinary guys - Denis, at the time a wedding photographer, Francis an artist and U.S. Marine veteran -- as they venture on foot, on horseback, on camel-back, in jeeps and trucks and boats and trains, through Venice, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, several former republics of the Soviet Union, China, Indonesia and India.


Info about In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

Studio(s): Return to Venice, Thirteen / WNET

Originally Released: Dec 01, 2008

Genres:Documentary