Combine a ride through the region's recent history with some of the most remote and wild regions of the country in Salavan and Attapeu.
In the century since the days of Roosevelt, big game populations have nosedived across the continent, and this region counts among the last wild pockets left in the country.
London 2012 has been the best British performance in an Olympics for 100 years, and the country has gone wild.
Beyond the towns and villages, much of the country still feels fantastically wild.
Their tests showed that SIV is endemic in wild chimpanzees in the country.
There are about 4, 000 wild elephants in the country and a smaller number of domesticated ones used in sacred roles in Buddhist and Hindu temples.
There are at most 60 wild tigers left in the country, about 20 of them Siberians.
This is country where the local scrub of wild olive, thyme and holm oak give it a Spaghetti-Western feel.
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The Scottish government hopes the bill will ensure that both wild and farmed fish continue to be managed properly without harming fishing on the country's rivers and lochs.
The few aid organisations in-country report a big rise in people taking to the hills to forage for wild foods.
Mr. TOM CHAPLIN (Vocalist, Delmore Brothers): (Singing) We were just a plain old hillbilly band was the plain old country style, we'd never played the kind of songs that it drives anybody wild...
One of the region's richest sources of revenue here is tourism, and trail riders come from across the country hoping to catch a glimpse of the wild horses.
"One of the biggest reasons for carrying a handgun is we spend a lot of time in the back country, so it's protection from wild animals, " Turner said.
Wild honeybees, meanwhile, which were once common across the country, have nearly disappeared.
Professor Johnson said he would also like to see large areas of Australia designated as "wild country", where dingoes were accepted as a natural part of the ecosystem.
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Hikers, cross-country skiers, bikers and climbers all lust for these hills - they are the perfect combination of wild, accessible, unspoiled and inviting.
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