Brazil to Rio de Janeiro • 2022 • episode "S1E2" • Simon Reeve's South America

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Simon starts his travels through Brazil in one of the remotest regions of the Amazon with the Waiapi people, who cling on to their traditional way of life, which is under threat from logging and mining interests. In Manaus, the city at the heart of the Amazon, he visits a neglected indigenous neighbourhood and meets a nurse who was the only source of healthcare during the pandemic. Simon ends this leg of his journey on the west coast in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where the government has built a hi-tech control room to monitor all parts of the city for potential disasters such as floods.

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Simon Reeve's South America • 2022 • 5 episodes •

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Brazil to Rio de Janeiro

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