I love love love Globe Trekker, a TV show on Travel Channel. They don't have it online and we don't have cable at the house in CoMo, so I have to sit down in my parents' basement and watch hours of it on DVR whenever I am back in STL. There are three main guides: Justine Shapiro, Megan McCormack, and (my favorite ever) Ian Wright. But there's some new (to me) guides and I have a flaming crush on Zay Harding. Just like my nerd crush Jared Cohen, Zay's resume almost makes me gag with the amount of amazingness. My nieces (ages 7 and 5) and I watched Zay travel across the Haute Route of the Alps through Switzerland, France, and Italy yesterday. It was dreamy.
Here's an excerpt from his biography (imagine me swooning):
"Since being snapped up as a host for Globe Trekker, Zay has motorcycled through Vietnam; explored the hidden underground caves of Laos;gone snow-trekking and bungee jumping in Switzerland; kayaked and skied in Austria; tried biking down ski-slopes, sailing, canoeing, rafting, and riding with cowboys in Canada; and retraced the communist Red Trail in Southeast China. He was crowned "Champion of Wrestling" in Buea, Cameroon, where he entered a traditional wrestling match and won - beating the defending champion of ten years!"
