Salty Tour / Thrifter's Guide to Luxurious Travels / 짠내투어

 짠내투어 literally means a salty tour but it can also has meaning as a cheap tour. 

Well... the show is a about having a tour in foreign country with a limited money. It's broadcasted on tvN every Saturday at 22:20 (KST) since November 25, 2017.
I never heard about this show before. Thanks to Chanyeol being its guest in ep 25, I get to know about this show and totally hooked.

Park Myung Soo, Park Na Rae, Kim Sang Min, and Jung Joon Young are the first batch member of the show. The four of them plus guest(s) are having a budget trip. The member will compete with each other to be the guide of the day with a certain budget for foods, transportation, entertainment and place to stay. At the end of the trip, the guest(s) and members will vote whose tour is better in terms of food, accomodation, and a special different term based of the places. The winner can get a small luxurious wish at the end of the trip and can bring out one member to enjoy it together.
Because of a past incident, Kim Sang Min has stepped down from the show. Moon Se Yoon and Heo Kyung Hwan are added to the regular casts. 

This show is currently being subbed by Viu from ep 26. Is it a Chanyeol's effect? XD Well, I heard ep 25 (Chanyeol's first appearance) was getting so much love and quite high rating.
Salty Tour on VIU 
But honestly, this show idea is awesome. It's such a good information for backpacker travelers. I'm quite surprised with some places that isn't a traditional tourism places. It's also said that this show points out 2 things : good quality for the price and small luxury.
Aren't you tempted to have a budget trip??! ^^


PS : I really hope Viu to sub the earlier episodes. I wanna watch from the first episode. XD Or maybe tvN can provide eng subs for international fans.

(cr source : Viu, Wikipedia)

Where On Earth?? / 거기가 어딘데?? (2018)

Here come one of my fave PDnim, Yoo Ho Jin with a brand new variety show : Where On Earth?? It's a traveling based reality show in KBS every Friday, 11PM KST. The first episode is broadcasted on June, 1st 2018.

Ji Jin Hee, Cha Tae Hyun, Jo Sae Ho, and Bae Jung Nam were "trapped" to join the expedition team in Where On Earth. They were challenged to explore unusual places by themselves.
The first expedition was Arabian Desert - Raqi, Ash Sharqīyah, Oman. They got a mission to walk on feet for around 40 km in 3 days 4 night in the desert.
They got briefed by a professional explorer and choosing Ji Jin Hee as the captain of the expedition.

Ji Jin Hee is the captain team. He is the one with the power of decision making on the expedition. He also assigns the role for members.
Cha Tae Hyun is the information source. He's like the news/gossip channel on TV for the team.
Jo Sae Ho is the health center. He makes the sanitary, boasting the member's mental and improving the spirit. But from the preview, it seems he is the one who get hurt a lot XD LOL.
Bae Jung Nam, is the chef of the expedition team. He prepares the groceries, daily menus and cooking for them. The food looks amazing for sure.

I love the idea for exploring the untouchable places on earth. It seems to have a bigger risk than a usual travel based TV show but interesting for sure. As far, I'm quite agree with the member combination. But I think 4 members is too small, right? Or maybe they have plan to invite guests? We'll see along the broadcast.

If not careful, this show will be to similar with the law of the jungle, esp if one day they'll visit a forest like places. The editing process will also be the key point. Places like dessert is usually no entertainment sources. If the members aren't fun or maybe too exhausted to be entertaining, it'll be disaster without a fun editing skill.
Can't wait for the next episode.
Where to watch :

• Viki
• KBSWorld Youtube Channel
• Viu
• Kocowa

(source : wikipedia)