Worlds Apart

Imagine dropping a middle-class suburban family from New Jersey into the barren Kenyan desert with no electricity, plumbing or phones to live amid a traditional Kenyan tribe for a journey that turns their world upside down.

Imagine taking an overscheduled, overachieving suburban family from Virginia and dropping them into a tranquil village off mainland Papua New Guinea to live among the people of the Trobriand Islands, a place known as the "islands of love." Will they survive living off the land? More importantly, will they survive each other?

Imagine dropping a southern family from Birmingham, Alabama into the upper reaches of Ghana with no electricity, plumbing or phones to live amid the traditional Frafra people. What lies in store for the family will change them forever.

Imagine dropping a middle-class suburban family from New York into the hot Indian countryside with little electricity, no toilets and no easy way to reach the outside world to live among a traditional Rajasthani family for a journey that turns their world upside down.

This adventurous family of 5 will be transplanted halfway around the world- from their pristine new home in the upscale city of Chapel Hill- to a communal longhouse in the remote jungles of Malaysia.

What happens when an urban family from St. Louis Missouri is transplanted to the steppes of Mongolia to live with a family of semi-nomadic horse herders? Dropped into a world of collapsible houses, wild horses and back-breaking work, the Nobles learn as much about themselves as they do about this untouched terrain. It isn't called "Outer Mongolia" for nothing.

Imagine dropping an urban family from downtown Detroit into the soaring Andes Mountains of Peru to live with Descendents of the Incas for an experience that will turn their world upside down.

Imagine plucking a happy-go-lucky family from their quiet midwestern life and plummeting them into the stark realities of South American cowboy culture. Toss in some whips, some maggots, and triple-digit temperatures - and what do you get? - a family not quite sure if they should run for cover, or get back in the saddle.

What happens when an urban family from downtown Chicago forgoes their cell phones and fast food for a simple, communal lifestyle in a Moroccan mountainside village?

What happens when a wealthy family from Darien, Connecticut jets to the remote jungles of Darien, Panama and tries to survive as members of the Wounan tribe? The name may be the same, but the living conditions are not.

Imagine taking a middle-class suburban family to Africa and having them live with a semi-nomadic tribe. No electricity, no plumbing, no phones. In each episode of Worlds Apart, a family is taken to a remote location - from Mongolia to Kenya to Peru - for a hilarious journey of adventure and self-discovery.

What happens when four cosmopolitan New Yorkers trade the comforts of the Big Apple for the harsh realities of tribal life in northern Namibia?

What happens when four cosmopolitan New Yorkers trade the comforts of the Big Apple for the harsh realities of tribal life in northern Namibia?