Welcome to My Strange City

Amid the dizzying heights of the Andes Mountains sits Laz Paz, Bolivia, the first city on Alexandra's itinerary. The Mirandas, the friendly family she will be staying with, helps Alexandra acclimatize to life in the mountains, and introduces her to elements of Bolivian culture that they keep close to their hearts. Also, meet famous Bolivian chola Glenda Yanez.

Welcome to Ganvie, land of the unsubdued, the free, the resistance, and of peaceful waters. In Ganvie, the Tofinu people live on the water. To do so they must move at a careful pace, learn to live without excess, and form deep bonds of family and friendship to survive.

Join Alexandra as she visits with a friendly, forward-thinking family in Las Vegas, Nevada, a city certainly not built on winners (unless you become one), where anything is possible, and where water is so much of a precious resource the city employs water waste investigators.

Welcome to Aarhus, Denmark, a city that illuminates the essential societal values Dans hold dear, values that include trust and honesty, health and happiness, and a strong belief in your fellow people. When people strive to work together in such a harmonious manner, Alexandra comes to find out, it can lead to living in one of the safest, most prosperous countries in the world.

Once at a crossroads of ancient trade routes, the ksar of Chinguetti, Mauritania exists like a pearl in the desert on the western edge of the Sahara Desert, a force of nature whose sand reaches every crook and crevice of life in this land. To those who call Chinguetti home, it is a land they choose to live and adapt in.

Only 650 miles from the North Pole, there are three seasons in Longyearbyen: Polar summer, Northern Lights winter, and Sunny winter, and the elemental side of nature is a common factor in all decisions. The crystalline, light-lit hues of the land can soften the harsh reality the cold brings and remind one that true spirit shines from within.