The Pearl

Australian outback is dry. Water is vital and precious. It’s scarce out there. Most years see very little rainfall. Survival is a challenge. Life is tough. But about every twenty-five years or so, cyclones and heavy rains in Queensland and Northern Australia, send floodwaters on a 1,000km journey south to nearby Lake Eyre, which on…

For thousands of years, the same yellow sun has risen over the vast collection of people that we have come to call India in the last century. The term country doesn’t capture it. Twenty-eight states — more like Twenty-eight countries — with many traditions, languages, and styles stretching over a geography that varies from the…

On the 7th of October, the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched a deadly attack against Israel. Over 5,000 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza. Hundreds of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel by land, and air. At least 1,400 Israelis have been killed and more than 3,000 injured by Hamas terrorist attacks. In response, Israeli…

The island of South Georgia located near the bottom of the world in freezing Antarctic waters is one of the most inhospitable and remote places on planet Earth. No humans live here permanently. Conditions are just too harsh. It is also the scene of one of the greatest survival and rescue stories of all time.…

From a poor, unknown family, mending pots by day and getting into trouble with local gangs by night, John Bunyan ended up in prison. Then he became one of the best known authors of all time. This is the story of how a hooligan and soldier became a preacher, prisoner and famous writer. Watch the…

The Great Zimbabwe Ruins, located in the heart of Southern Africa, are one of the most stunning ancient monuments in the world. All the towers and structures were built out of millions of stones balanced perfectly on top of one another without the aid of mortar. Many believed that the ruins were the remains of…