Le Monde selon Léon

I am watching episode 7 of this extraordinary series and in Leon's journey from Los Angeles to India (mostly on his cute little yellow motorbike with sidecar, Kindness I) not once has he failed to find food and shelter for the night and have someone fill his tank with gas. Surprisingly (or maybe not so surprisingly) it is the people who have the least (the homeless man in Pittsburgh and the father in Varanasi, India) who give the most although people of all races, ethnicities and religions are very generous to a stranger. You will feel better about the state of the world just by watching.

This guy is not a pretentious guru, but his idea, strategy and message is nevertheless deep and impressive. The show is honest, touching and entertaining.

There are several people like the Denis O'Brien, who have been doing this kind of thing, and much more, for several years, without seeking any praise or fame.

This guy is so full of pretentious self-praising, it's sickening. He;s extrememly patronising. I'm surprised he isn't wearing a union jack on his travels. Although I like the idea of the program, this guy ruins it all. In reality, it's not an 'honest' program. Deep down inside, he knows that if things don't work out on his travels, he has the money to go where he wants. It's not a 'genuine' program.

This guy claims to be some sort of travel guru, yet he doesn't even know that the vast majority of Latin Americans only speak Spanish or Portuguese. He tries to communicate with Latin Americans in english (of course!!!), and the tiny amount of Italian and French that he knows. He rarely tries Spanish, the actual language of the people, even though he actually worked in Peru several years ago. So ignorant. He has the typical british attitude when travelling, to expect everyone to speak english, and not bothering to try communicate in the language of the country he is visiting.

The only reason we watched this is because this is a route that we have always wanted to do, but this is the worst show ever on it. We generally just leave it running in the background.

Watch 'Dara and Ed's Big Aventure' instead.

I get it, it is staged. I am not stupid. But it still shows that people are willing to do good even if it is small gesture.

Plus you to see so many different places.

I have seen the session 1 and already went to 2 place by watching this series. I love traveling and I like this.

I am not an expert on the shows financial side but I am sure, they do give back to those community.

Free advertisement for those community as well.

Why is it some people just don't see the good & find criticism in everything? I'm watching the second series & I find it to be very little about the guy Leon & much more about the good in the people he encounters. He offers a gift or help to certain people which move him...yes he has a crew so it's probably scripted to a certain degree but that doesn't mean kind people don't exist & that the people he encountered aren't real, does it? For f&@ks sake, can anything ever be just enjoyed anymore without looking for reasons to be cynical, critical, miserable & negative?

I think its a wonderful feel good show & it reminds me that there are wonderful, thoughtful, kind, generous, selfless & big hearted people in the world...a change from hearing the daily news stories of the bad things people do.