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If Not Now, When? Meet the Aristocratic French Brothers Behind Prime Video’s Adventure Travel Series 100 Things To Do Before You Die
Travel is often about the places we visit — but increasingly, it’s about how we experience them. In a world of carefully curated itineraries and picture-perfect moments, French brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud are taking a different approach: embracing the unpredictable, the unexpected and the moments that don’t go according to plan.
My Soho Times Arts Editor, Gillian Smith, sat down with the brothers during their London stopover for a chat about their new Prime Video adventure series 100 Things to Do Before You Die, their appetite for risk, and why sometimes the best experiences happen when you stop waiting for the “right” moment.
If you’re looking for an extreme travel show to enjoy from the safety of your sofa, I have to admit you’re pretty well covered across both broadcast and streaming services. But have you seen it all? Unless you’ve tuned into new Prime Video series 100 Things to Do Before You Die, I think not.
Much in the spirit of their fellow countryman Jules Verne, whose Victorian-era novel Around the World in 80 Days was groundbreaking for its time, brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud have decided what’s needed is a whole new approach to the travel, adventure and risk business as seen on TV.
The number one attribute required? A shared funny bone (essential), along with a sense of the ridiculous and a willingness to put yourself in situations that most people would hesitate to embrace.
But then, when you’re in search of memorable experiences rather than perfectly curated moments, that’s the road you head down. Preferably with your brother — when you get on as well as these two clearly do.
So, in the same spirit of adventure and, as ever, in search of answers, MST caught up with Matthias and Bastien on a London stopover to find out just why they think life begins the moment you stop putting things off.
Q: First things first — who’s the older brother?
Matthias: You’re going to make one of us happy and one of us very sad. Technically… I’m the elder.
Q: Where did the idea for the series come from?
Bastien: One drink, then maybe a few more drinks… and we came around to the whole idea behind the show.
Matthias: We’d heard too many friends and colleagues saying, “I’ll do it later. Later in the day, the week, the month…” We kept thinking, “Come on, just wake up. You do it or you don’t do it.” Then one day we realised that was us — we were exactly the same!
Bastien: People put too many constraints on themselves, but they’re their own constraints. They’re always postponing stuff, when actually it’s pretty easy to get a plane ticket.
Q: How much of what we see on screen was planned?
Bastien: We had plans, but you can’t really know in advance what’s going to make a good sequence. Some things we prepared for days and dropped because they weren’t funny. Other things just happened.
When you see us on horseback, that wasn’t part of the original plan. We just randomly came across the opportunity. We took it, and it’s one of the key moments in the show. Very often, nothing is going to go as planned when you’re on the road.
Matthias: You organise as much as you can beforehand, but sometimes things don’t turn out exactly as expected — and that’s often for the best.
Q: Did filming live up to your expectations?
Matthias: It was funnier and more challenging than we expected.
Sometimes we were scared, but we do the stuff anyway. Otherwise, there’s no point. We always try to go further, go one better, to keep pushing.
But at the end of the day, the crew has to sleep! Honestly, if it were just Bastien and me with GoPros, we’d probably still be there.
Q: Your crew do seem pretty fearless too?
Bastien: They were! The core crew was French, plus we had an amazing wider team in the Philippines.
Q: So, they’re happy to jump out of a plane with you at a moment’s notice?
Bastien: Yes. Well… sometimes we had to push them. With no parachute (laughs), but with a camera. Always a camera.
Q: Has making the pilot made you want to pause and regroup?
Bastien: No. Not at all. We already have ten episodes lined up.
Matthias: The challenge now isn’t finding somewhere nobody’s been before, because there are hardly any places left off the map. The challenge is to do something no one else has done before — and to be more genuine, more authentic.
We want to spend more time with the people we film and show… more brotherhood, if you like.
Q: So, what makes the perfect destination?
Bastien: Since we want to do one country per episode, it needs enough contrast — urban life, wild places, more remote locations. We like aquatic activities… or deserts and plains. Wherever danger lurks!
Q: Have you always been adventurous?
Matthias: Maybe it comes from our parents. They always liked to give us a taste of new things.
Bastien: It’s not only about being adventurous. It’s about being interested in other people, meeting them where they live, experiencing their lives and then adding some adventures unique to the location.
Q: So, what was the story behind the “Sorry Mum” sign in the helicopter?
Matthias: Because if you met our mum… after all that, she’s not actually that adventurous!
Beyond the adventure
At its core, 100 Things to Do Before You Die is less about ticking experiences off a list and more about embracing curiosity, uncertainty and the unexpected moments that make journeys memorable.
In a world where travel is increasingly documented before it’s experienced, Matthias and Bastien’s message is simple: sometimes the best stories happen when you stop waiting and start doing.
Over to you… What’s on your list?
Screenshot100 Things to Do Before You Die is now streaming on Prime Video
Written by Gillian Smith, Arts Editor @mysohotimes | Images Courtesy of Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud
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First Bolinao visit
Fonts used: Cubao and QuiapoLast month, I was required to do a second RT-PCR test to rule out COVID-19 after recovering from dengue. It was a few days before our ninth year of marriage. Since I can telecommute and have a usable lab result, I made the most of the chance by going with my husband to Pangasinan for a full week where he was staying for work.
Those were my calmest days since the pandemic happened because I was mostly alone in a hotel room where no one needed me to do some chore. Even eating good food was a convenient choice of going to the cafe to enjoy a meal that I won’t be preparing or requesting for it to be delivered to my room instead. An attendant comes by to clean the room daily and I never needed to turn off the air conditioner. It was all basic hotel experience, but that privilege to be lazy is just what I crave once in a while because it is not a usual encounter for me. It was also my break from our little humans who we won’t be able to bring anyway.
On Wednesday, our anniversary, we ordered noodles, dim sum, a pot of tea, and cheesecake for dinner. On Friday, I was on leave, and we moved to Patar to stay by the beach until Sunday.
I had fresh rolls of film to spare so I brought along an analog camera. All images on this update are film scans. I think this is my best batch so far because I got fewer blanks and overexposed shots. ✨
- 📸 Camera: Minolta Prod-20’s
- 🎞️ Film: Lomography Color Negative 400 (35mm)
Photos of where Jap was staying for work. This was before we transferred to Patar.
Brgy. Patar, Bolinao, Pangasinan 🏝️🌊
Lodging: Liway Beach Huts
Other places in photos: Saint James the Great Parish, Cape Bolinao Lighthouse, Bolinao FallsThe resorts in the outskirts looked more upscale and had a lot of parked cars so we avoided them to spend less and to distance ourselves from crowds. But as you drive further, the cars get fewer and you get to see more humble accommodations. We picked a place with quaint little huts and got lucky that we were the only guests. We shared the beach only with a few dogs who live in the vicinity; although there’s an exception on low tide as few locals gather to collect seashells.
Our short stay felt like a private getaway. My favorite part was drinking as we casually lounge on the sand, watching the sunset, listening to music, and conversing mostly by singing along to songs. Those were days when it seemed sensible to just be bums and not give a care about anyone else because there was literally no one else to mind. The absence of people can make the nights scary though since it seemed like a perfect opportunity for a psychopath to massacre visitors who can get little to no help. But anyway, we’re safe and I was simply paranoid. 😅
Expenses ⬇️ | Click for the details.- Lodging at Liway Beach Huts: ₱ 2,000 per night
2-bedroom air conditioned unit with bathroom, fridge, and common kitchen right outside it. It seems that we were given a discounted rate.
- Bolinao Environmental Fee: ₱ 40 per person, good for 4 days
Required if you want to visit tourist spots in the town. You need to pay for 1 pass per person and it can be used to visit all places so always keep it with you.
All cacti I saw in Cape Bolinao Lighthouse had similar markings because some people probably thought it was cool to highlight their presence in this way.
I’m going to be preachy here 🤷♀️ ⬇️
This kind of ignorance, multiplied, is why we are bound to collectively suffer dangerous climate changes. The world does not owe us anything, but we have an obligation to mind the only place where we all can live. Sure, they’re looking at Mars as a second habitable planet, but even if that’s made possible within our lifetime, are you and your loved ones even qualified to be deemed important given the skillset demands of sustaining and growing a start-up humanity on another planet? Or are you rich enough to buy your spot there? ~pffft
