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Pedal the World (2015)
Nice but lack of narrative
I enjoyed the documentary, but some questions remain unanswered. Various ´friends´ just dissapear and you are left wondering why. When the grandpa dies, it is not clear whether he goes home and then flies back or what actually happens. Also, the itinerary to me makes no sense, as it seems in Asia he is just biking around in circles. From New York, our traveller takes a flight to Oslo and then cycles to Holland via Sweden and Denmark. There is no way to travel from Denmark to Holland overland skipping Germany. However, when he later crosses the Belgian/German (or French/German?) border, he is totally excited to get back to Germany after a year... I think the story could have been a lot more interesting focusing more on the people he meets and cultures he gets to know. Still worth the view though.