
HK2NY: Hong Kong to New York - Backpacking Documentary Series Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world?
Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well James and Karl did and filmed it all. The backpacking documentary follows James and Karl as they travel through 20 countries in 4 continents over 9 months, covering a distance of over 42,000 miles.
- Created By
Karl WatsonJames Walsh
- First Aired on
Sep 28, 2014
- Popularity: 1.3419
- 3 votes
- Networks
- Production
YouTube (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Mar 27, 2020
Last episode: Episode 11 - Backpacking in USA & Canada
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 11 episodes

Hong Kong to New york
Aired
Episode 1Episode 1- Backpacking in Hong Kong & China38 min
In this first episode of our backpacking documentary series we travel to Hong Kong and China. We begin our adventure with a few days in Hong Kong before heading to Guilin, China, where we enjoyed the Chinese New Year festivities and explored the nearby countryside of Yangshou and the Longji Rice Fields.
Episode 2Episode 2 - Backpacking in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia39 min
In this second episode of our backpacking documentary series we travel to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. An action packed journey through South East Asia - this episode has a bit of everything: partying, wake boarding and rock climbing on Castaway Island in Halong Bay; tubing in Laos; visiting the Killing Fields in Phnom Penh; exploring Angkor Wat; firing AK-47s at a shooting range; travelling to a fishing village near Siem Reap plus lots more.
Episode 3Episode 3 - Backpacking in Thailand37 min
In this episode we have an entire month to travel in Thailand Starting with enjoying the delights of Khao San Road in Bangkok; going on a jungle adventure in Chiang Mai before going on the longest canopy zip line in the world at Flight Of The Gibbons. Then we head south to experience the beaches, parties and paradise on the islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Phi Phi.
Episode 4Episode 4 - Backpacking in Bali22 min
Episode 4 of our backpacking documentary series sees us skip through Malaysia & Singapore to spend more time in Bali! This episode is all about Bali. Things don't go to plan in Malaysia which buys us some extra time to enjoy Kuta, the Gili Islands, Ubud and climbing Mt Batur an active volcano.
Episode 5Episode 5 - Backpacking in Australia - Outback: Darwin to Alice Springs32 min
Episode 5 of our backpacking documentary series sees us in a new continent as we travel through Australia. We travel with Wayoutback Tours for a road trip through the Australian Outback from Darwin to Alice Springs, exploring the national parks with a fantastic group and a guide that pushed our experience to another level. Crocodile Dundee, didgeridoos, snakes, spiders - every Australian cliché you can think of is here. Setting off from Darwin our tour takes them through Kakadu National Park, Mary River National Park & Litchfield National Park. Heading south they stop at the Old Daly Waters pub before exploring Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve.