Customer Reviews

Living with the Mek

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What a great interesting show! Beautiful scenery and a complete break from American culture! Mark & Olly are easy to like and you get to watch them take all the dangerous risks and jabs at how unskilled they are at hunting and such while you watch from the comfort of your tv set!

Another good show of "living with the...", but you have to be the trpe of person that likes to see different life styles and culture to be able to enjoy it.

I do wonder why it is this short, no it isnt that short, but when it is filmed over 40 days as I seem to remember, I think there could be a lot more shown which isnt and more shown on the interviews, but ow well very good.

We absolutely love this show, and the other tribes Mark and Olly visted before(Kombai Tribe) and after, the newest one currently on the travel channel: Mark & Olly: Machigenga Tribe.

Believe me, I watch the all the popular shows like Lost and Prison Break, and this is just as riveting. On top of that, you learn a lot. It's fascinating to see how these tribes survive and their way of life. Mark and Olly always try their hardest and its so funny to watch the women in the tribe make fun of them for not being good at things like building huts, hunting or finding grubs to eat. It might sound boring, but it is by far one of our favorite shows. Definitely worth a watch!

I loved this series and have watched it many times. The copy first sent to me was defective in that one of the tracks would simply not play. I contacted Amazon and within a day got a response with a printable return label and notice that a new copy was on the way.

This is the way to keep business. Way to go Amazon! You have a customer for life and I would and do recommend you to everyone. Thanks again!

One of the most interesting films I have seen about tribal life, extreme trekking to find the elusive Kombai Tribe in the southern swamps of West Papua. Places where western men have never walked. Taking thier lives in danger, approaching tribes that have never laid eyes on a white man. I found it fascinating.

This is a captivating anthropological and adventure series of the way of life in a hunter-gatherer society, the Mek Tribe. It's fascinating to take a peek at how humans act and live while shunning contemporary life. The show does appear to be scripted at times due to the editing; I later found out that it had to be done due to translation issues.

Some may say that it is unethical for cameras and Western people to intrude their way of life, but the Kombai Tribe welcomed Olly and Mark and the production staff with welcome arms; perhaps we can learn something from the tribe. If you are sensitive about nudity, look elsewhere, as the tribe dons grass skirts and most of the men wear gourds on their privates. This is an educational and entertaining series.