Not that people of Bengal need an excuse to pack up and set off, but if they are looking for directions, this show can give them ideas. Patricia Schultz’s best-selling travel guide 1000 Places to See Before You Die may be prohibitively priced for many here, but Discovery Travel & Living has created a show with the same name where a young couple put their lives on hold to see the world, using the book as their primary guide.

Newly-weds Albin and Melanie Ulle travel across 13 countries, discovering hole-in-the-wall favourites like the colourful Peruvian restaurant Songoro Casongo. They stomp grapes at an Italian vineyard, pan for gold in the Yukon, ride ostriches in South Africa and gamble the night away in ritzy Monaco.

Through Albin and Melanie, the viewer experiences every location first-hand. Local experts are continually consulted for travel tips and history.

Today at noon or on Sunday at 11pm, the duo land in India. Follow them exploring the Taj Mahal, the Humayun Tomb and the Bahai Temple or just riding a rickshaw in Delhi.

If this is familiar fare, wait for the Nepal-Bhutan trip next weekend or Cambodia the week after. While the Himalayan kingdoms provide adventure sports, Cambodia offers history at Angkor and unspoilt nature at Tonle Sap, the world’s largest floodwater plain.