Excess Baggage - Lake Titicaca - Manchester, Bolivia - Malaysia

Lake Titicaca - Manchester, Bolivia - Malaysia

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John McCarthy meets the former debutante Meriel Larken who fell in love with Peru and rescued and restored a Victorian steam ship on Lake Titicaca. He is also joined by Chris Smith and Liz Peel who went by canoe through the Bolivian jungle in search of the village of Manchester; and Kung Fu expert Nick Hurst explains why he set off to Malaysia and China to spend time with his grandmaster Sugong.

Producer: Margaret Collins.

Published on Saturday, 14th April 2012.

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