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Vice Guide To Travel DVD

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Vice's first installment in their DVD series is nothing short of insane (what would you expect from the dudes at Vice). The series features short documentaries on different themes, and for this one it's travel... to places you would never, ever want to go to even if you had to (of course). Think of it as National Geographic on drugs. So Vice sent out correspondents to various strange, and extremely dangerous locales such as Chernobyl, Pakistan, Paraguay, Rio, Beirut, Congo, and Bulgaria - and documented life as it happens and the adventures that occur. The locales and stories are truly eye-openin, fascinating and make you glad you didn't have to go experience it yourself. My boy Dave was one of the "lucky" correspondents and had the pleasure of going to the dark, deep jungles of the Congo to search for Mokele-mbembe (the last living dinosaur). On his hunt, he witnessed mind-reading shamans, pygmys, hooker villages, scorching heat, and other truly bizarre shit. You'll see him take mind altering elixirs, trek through the deepest rain forest, and give interviews while playing his drums with a bunch of naked, ass-shaking prostitutes in the back --- crazyness! But this is just a smidgen of what you get on the DVD - other adventures include chillen in the slums of Rio and going to a Baile Funk party (and getting shot at), meetings with PLO boy scouts and black market nuclear warhead dealers that hang with Osama, and more. Not for those that can't hang with the heavy shit. 7 shorts in all, plus a gang of extras. Presented in a hard cover, 72-page, full color book featuring interviews with the correspondents and pictures from all the weird places.

reviewed by snackmaster 10/02/2006