1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,560 Now on BBC News, time for The Travel Show. 2 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,920 Hello, and welcome to The Travel Show with me, Lucy Hedges. 3 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,480 This week, we're looking back at some of the amazing trips 4 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,040 and awesome adventures we've had so far on the show this year. 5 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:45,200 Here is just a taste of what's coming up. 6 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,400 You're actual no good to me here if you can't function 7 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:54,480 and you can't fight. 8 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,720 OK, I'll do my best. 9 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:58,960 Are you ready to go now? 10 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,440 I am ready to go down. 11 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,160 All right. 12 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,080 This place is like the Chelsea Flower Show on steroids. 13 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,280 There you go, run out, run out! 14 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,080 Well, if if you enjoyed that then stick around and relive some 15 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,320 of our favourite moments with us. 16 00:01:16,320 --> 00:01:18,720 We're kicking off at one of world's favourite TV shows, 17 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:20,400 well, apart from this one, of course. 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,040 Game of Thrones ended back in May, much to the disappointment 19 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,920 of millions of fans all over the world but its legacy lives 20 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:31,200 on in Northern Ireland, as Crystal found out last month. 21 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,800 OK, so I have a confession - I am a giant Game of Thrones geek. 22 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,440 And I'm super excited, because this place has to be top 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,600 of the list for any true superfan. 24 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,800 Welcome to Castle Ward, or to what many TV viewers 25 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:56,600 will know as Winterfell. 26 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,400 And well, when in Winterfell... 27 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:05,520 Arrrgh! 28 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,680 Evening my lady, where do you hail from? 29 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:09,720 From London. 30 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,800 London. 31 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:17,240 And which house do you represent? 32 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,120 Oh, I'm not sure I have a house. 33 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,200 House of Larwood. 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,120 House of Larwood, never heard of them, sounds 35 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,280 like something the Night's Watch would have dragged in. 36 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,880 I believe you are here to learn how to do archery. 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,800 I need people to hunt or to fight. 38 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,880 OK. 39 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:31,320 Are you up to the task? 40 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,360 I hope so. 41 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:34,480 I hope so too, otherwise there is a penalty. 42 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,520 Oh. 43 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,600 Oh, a beheading... 44 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,880 That seems measured. 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,960 Absolutely, because you are no good to me here at Winterfell if you 46 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,400 can't hunt and you can't fight. 47 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:45,640 I will do my best. 48 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,840 Thank you. 49 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,480 In this series, no character is safe from a grisly end, 50 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,600 so it never hurts to know what you're doing 51 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,320 with a bow and arrow. 52 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,160 Select your arrows by the tip, never by the feathers and never 53 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,200 further down the shaft. 54 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,280 OK? 55 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,640 Think of it coming out of a quiver, three fingers on the drawing string 56 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:07,480 and then draw back so that it brings to your right eye. 57 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:08,680 Loose! 58 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:09,760 All right. 59 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,440 I hit actual thing! 60 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,520 Your first arrow ever and you hit the target. 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:16,560 OK. 62 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:17,720 Archer ready. 63 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,320 Draw! 64 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:20,560 Hold... 65 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,520 Loose! 66 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,760 Look at that. 67 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,040 Yes! 68 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:28,080 Well done, you. 69 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,240 Yeah! 70 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,080 So this place used to be a farm and yet now it's 71 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,120 a huge tourist attraction. 72 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,880 How did that happen? 73 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,760 We are where Game of Thrones started, so it's the perfect place 74 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,840 to start your journey, to go on and do some of the other 75 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:43,920 sites that are around. 76 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,280 Yes, they have gone off to Croatia, yes, they have gone off to Iceland, 77 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,360 yes, they have gone off to Morocco and so on, and that's fine, 78 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,080 but most of it is shot here. 79 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,920 And it has turned into what we now know as screen tourism, 80 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,400 something we have never had before. 81 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,040 Yes we have the Giant's Causeway, a Unesco World Heritage site 82 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,920 and it is beautiful, and all that, but people used to go 83 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,320 there and there alone, and then they would take off. 84 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,000 Now they come to see many other parts of our province. 85 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,680 Crystal having an epic time in Northern Ireland exploring 86 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,560 Game of Thrones country. 87 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,400 Up next, last month also marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 88 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,360 moon landings and we could not let the anniversary of this truly 89 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,760 momentous moment pass without marking it so we sent Rajan 90 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,840 to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to find out how it felt 91 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:29,040 to be there back in 1969. 92 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,280 The exhibits here are authentic space-ready vehicles that in the end 93 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,160 didn't make the into orbit, including this command 94 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:41,400 service module. 95 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,920 And this is the centrepiece. 96 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,560 A magnificent Saturn V rocket just like the one that went to the moon. 97 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,000 Now upright, it's taller than the Statue of Liberty, 98 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,520 with 7.5 million of thrust. 99 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,400 Now it's comprised of three stages, two of which were jettisoned before 100 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:05,360 the astronauts returned to the Earth's atmosphere. 101 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,600 It's incredible. 102 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:12,000 Between 1967 and 1974, 13 missions launched 103 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,960 using a Saturn V rocket, including the ten Apollo trips. 104 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,760 This is one of only three of these rockets left in the world today. 105 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,360 I've got to say, all that wiring and cabling, it looks 106 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,440 really exposed and raw. 107 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,840 But I guess it worked. 108 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:34,880 This is a lunar module for Apollo 11. 109 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,280 In charge of the engineering of the module was the aptly named 110 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:42,600 Charlie Mars, and he says the atmosphere was electric. 111 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:47,280 We were in the operations and control building at Kennedy, 112 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:50,640 it's where we made all the vehicles and did our tests. 113 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:56,480 I can still remember to this day hearing the count from Buzz Aldrin, 114 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,080 hearing what was going on, so much fuel, move so far, 115 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:05,240 and the complete silence. 116 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:11,280 When "The Eagle has landed" you could hear the sigh 117 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:13,880 in the complete room, you could hear people take a breath. 118 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,520 Tranquillity base here. 119 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,360 The Eagle has landed are words that every schoolboy of the coming 120 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,960 generation are going to have to learn and pass on to 121 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:27,000 succeeding generations. 122 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,600 The whole Moon programme itself was all a part of politics. 123 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 You know? 124 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,040 What are we going to do to get away from this disaster in Cuba 125 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,920 and what are we going to do about all this integration activity 126 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,800 and what are we going to do about the furore over there? 127 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,920 We need something different for people to latch onto. 128 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,080 Well, let's go to the moon. 129 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,480 MISSION CONTROL:Oh, it's beautiful Mike. 130 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:48,560 It really is. 131 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,960 We came from all over the world, literally, you know, 132 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,840 into this environment and we worked our tails 133 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,120 off for as many years. 134 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,400 To get to the moon in the decade, you know, it required a lot 135 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,240 of personal sacrifice. 136 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,600 John Tribes says the astronauts knew they were going to be in the public 137 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,960 eye, but didn't quite realise how much scrutiny there would be. 138 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,240 Neil Armstrong was a quiet guy but he always was a gentleman. 139 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,040 He was always polite. 140 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,680 That's you and Neil Armstrong? 141 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,520 Yep. 142 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,080 When you've spent 50 years of your life in the public 143 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:23,200 eye, Neil backed away. 144 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,800 He didn't want to sign anything, he didn't want photos taken, 145 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:33,200 he just wanted to be private person Neil Armstrong. 146 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,840 At this museum in nearby Titusville, consoles and various space mission 147 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,720 memorabilia donated by astronauts and space workers are 148 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:43,640 lovingly showcased. 149 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,080 This week is very much about honouring the achievements of 150 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:49,200 the past, but at the Kennedy Space centre, one eye is firmly fixed 151 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,120 on producing astronauts and technicians for the future 152 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,600 with hands-on training experiences for younger visitors. 153 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:57,600 They'll be needed. 154 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:03,040 We are in a real renaissance now. 155 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,640 The nation is building three capsules to return to the Moon, 156 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,400 two of them are being built here. 157 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,760 We're building big rockets, state-of-the-art satellite 158 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,880 facilities, it's a good time. 159 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,960 Because the birthplace of American spaceflight is now reinventing 160 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:19,040 itself as America's spaceport. 161 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,440 Our long-term vision is to make Central Florida the gateway 162 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,080 to all of the economic activity that's going to be occurring 163 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:33,280 in the solar system over the next 50-100 years. 164 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,360 Well, stay with us because still to come, Mike is on a mission 165 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:37,800 to explore the Great Barrier Reef. 166 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:38,880 Wow! 167 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,800 Adi goes behind the scenes at a gigantic garden in Dubai. 168 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:46,160 And I try my hand at an iconic street game in New York. 169 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,120 There you go, run out, run out! 170 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,680 Funny how they never asked me back. 171 00:08:50,680 --> 00:08:55,200 Let go of the bat! 172 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,040 Now, Australia's Great Barrier Reef must be on many travellers' bucket 173 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:00,880 lists but is there a sustainable way to get to explore its 174 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,440 fragile ecosystem? 175 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,800 Well, the designers behind an innovative new sub think they've 176 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,640 found the answer so a while back, we sent Mike to jump 177 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:12,520 on board and go for a dive. 178 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,680 Scuba-diving is an amazing way to see what's hiding 179 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:16,600 underneath these waves, but if you can't scuba-dive, 180 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,760 there are other ways you can do that too. 181 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,880 You can snorkel, you can take a glass-bottomed boat, 182 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:27,440 but there's a new kid in town. 183 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,480 Something quite exciting. 184 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:29,680 This sub belongs to Harvey. 185 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:32,520 He's teamed up with a rideshare app and has been hiring it 186 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:33,640 out for short trips. 187 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:35,560 They're just getting it ready for us now. 188 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:37,880 It's still not cheap though, at A$3,000 for two passengers. 189 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:45,320 What an incredible thing. 190 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,960 That's just over US$2,000 or about £1,600. 191 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,200 This is it, the submersible. 192 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,880 But Harvey thinks this is the future. 193 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:55,440 Now so many more people can get underwater. 194 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,080 You've got a ton of people that can't for various reasons. 195 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,240 You have a tonne of people who can't scuba-dive. 196 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,160 This gives people that ability to get underwater 197 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,560 and explore and see what there is under the water. 198 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:06,480 The submarine industry is still in its infancy. 199 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:08,640 Currently there are no other operators on this reef. 200 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,240 Many deep sea adventures in other parts of the world require 201 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,800 you have very deep pockets. 202 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,200 It's a small industry but it is growing and expanding. 203 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,360 Submarines are inherently expensive, the rides are fairly expensive, 204 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,720 but it is changing and costs are coming down, price 205 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,040 points, things like that. 206 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,920 Aquatica is working very hard to come to market with lower cost 207 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,520 submersibles to be able to get more of them in operation. 208 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,920 Getting into the sub. 209 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:34,160 This is usually the tricky... 210 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,080 Fun and games it might be, but in the safety briefing, 211 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:41,440 you are under no illusions that this is a serious piece of kit. 212 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:42,960 Do listen closely to the staff. 213 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,800 Do inform us of any pre-existing health conditions. 214 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:50,280 Do bring your camera. 215 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:51,320 You've got your camera? 216 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:52,360 Check. 217 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:53,400 I've got my camera. 218 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:54,440 Don't wear excessive perfume. 219 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:55,480 Want to smell? 220 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,160 You smell great, we're good to go. 221 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,600 Don't bring any matches or lighters. 222 00:10:58,600 --> 00:10:59,640 No. 223 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:01,560 Don't drink lots of fluids before you dive. 224 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:02,600 No bathrooms! 225 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,320 There is no toilet! 226 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,800 OK, I think we're good, then. 227 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,120 If you wouldn't mind hopping on the scale for me. 228 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,200 Guess my weight. 229 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:10,400 I'm going to say 86. 230 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:11,440 85! 231 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,480 Dude! 232 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,520 Not bad. 233 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:14,560 You win the prize. 234 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:19,520 There you go, so if you wouldn't mind hopping on here. 235 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,880 This is for trimming the submarine, we weigh all passengers, 236 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,320 kind of like a helicopter ride. 237 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:24,360 86! 238 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:25,800 I knew it. 239 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:27,720 It's a tight squeeze in the three-man sub. 240 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,880 It's actually a repurposed research vehicle and after these 241 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:32,040 tourist trips it's off to the British Virgin Islands 242 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:38,040 to survey some of the damage left by Hurricane Irma. 243 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:39,960 All right, are you ready to go down? 244 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,360 I am ready to go down! 245 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,960 Here we go. 246 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,080 We have just started the descent under the water 247 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:54,280 to the Great Barrier Reef. 248 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,360 Look at this. 249 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,920 The water is slowly coming up and about to engulf us. 250 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,800 I feel a little bit nervous. 251 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,040 Once you're fully submerged I have a feeling you're 252 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:04,080 going to completely forget. 253 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,200 Wow. 254 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:15,800 The sub can dive to a maximum depth of 125 metres. 255 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:19,080 We're just a few metres under the surface but there's still great 256 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:25,840 marine life at these depths. 257 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,640 Here we have some chromis in the front, the little blue ones. 258 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,280 In the coral. 259 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:36,920 Yeah, I believe those are chromis. 260 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,520 And we have scissor-tailed sergeants or something 261 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:39,800 like that, the striped ones? 262 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,960 Golden damsel, those are the yellow guys. 263 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,200 You're good at this game. 264 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:45,240 I'm getting really good. 265 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:47,920 I got a chi chi. 266 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,960 This is incredible. 267 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,800 I can see how if you were a bit scared to scuba-dive, 268 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,040 or maybe you have claustrophobia... 269 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,400 I was thinking it was going to be much more 270 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,480 claustrophobic, but it's not. 271 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,200 The acrylic just opens it right up. 272 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,520 Topside, please advise us when the dive boat has passed. 273 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,320 Over. 274 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:16,120 Can you tell us a bit about how this is powered? 275 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,400 The submarine is fully electric. 276 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,720 We have a 240 volt DC electrical system, electric thrusters 277 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:20,840 powered by batteries. 278 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:25,280 And that's about it, it's very simple. 279 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:26,480 So, no emissions? 280 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,080 No, no emissions, no gas, no oil, no diesel, no nothing. 281 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,040 It's incredibly environmentally safe. 282 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,880 Nothing to leak into the ocean, battery powered, and we could charge 283 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:38,400 her up and away we go. 284 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,320 We all know the coral is quite fragile. 285 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,440 Is there any issue in bringing something so big 286 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,040 down under the water? 287 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:46,120 Not at all. 288 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,760 As you can see, she has tremendous control of the sub. 289 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,920 Buoyancy control and whatnot and manipulation with the thrusters. 290 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,280 She can park it anywhere you want, can keep it nice and high off 291 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:56,920 the reef and with the view you have, all travelling around, 292 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:03,440 it works out very well and incredibly in control. 293 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:04,920 Do you want to try it? 294 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:05,960 Can I drive it? 295 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,040 Yeah. 296 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,840 I might just grab it back if things go a little bit... 297 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:11,880 Wow, OK. 298 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,040 Just hold it level. 299 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,880 I'll just do the vertical for you, you're just going to drive. 300 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,000 Why don't you take us a little bit closer. 301 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:19,080 So I do... 302 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,120 Just forward. 303 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,160 This is forward? 304 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,200 Yeah. 305 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,240 Whoa! 306 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,440 Just don't touch those ones. 307 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,560 I'll do a little bit back, not too much. 308 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,520 You don't want to run into the reef. 309 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:29,560 That's a bad idea. 310 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:30,760 I'm not qualified for this. 311 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:32,640 Actually, it's very much like a PlayStation controller, 312 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:38,160 like a video game. 313 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:39,200 Copy that. 314 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:40,240 Perfect. 315 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:41,280 Over. 316 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,200 We are right in line with the jetty. 317 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,760 We have made our whole round trip so we will pop up to the surface 318 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:49,920 and head back to the dock. 319 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:55,320 And it's all over. 320 00:14:55,320 --> 00:15:00,040 That was fun, though. 321 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,640 Some say we know more about the surface of the Moon 322 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,160 than we do the bottom of the ocean. 323 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,960 What an opportunity this is to glimpse a world that so few 324 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,880 people get a chance to see. 325 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,440 Well, we're off to Dubai now. 326 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,080 Not a place that always gets good press when it 327 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:27,440 comes to sustainability. 328 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,800 But they're making serious attempts to redress that impression. 329 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,680 Back in June, Ade paid a visit to the most ginormous garden 330 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,280 you are ever likely to see that claims it takes sustainability 331 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:41,200 very seriously. 332 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,360 Heading through the entrance here at the Miracle Garden, 333 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,520 three things immediately strike you. 334 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:49,600 First, the smell, then it's the colour, and then, 335 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,640 there's the scale. 336 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,960 This place is enormous! 337 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:07,600 Since it opened on Valentine's Day back in 2013, almost 8 million 338 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:13,840 people have come to take a look around the Miracle Garden. 339 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,680 And I'm off to meet the man whose idea it all was. 340 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:17,760 Dubai's full of surprises. 341 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,400 Where did you get your inspiration from? 342 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,960 Actually, my inspiration, first of all, I am a landscaping engineer. 343 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,360 And since I was a child, always reading about heaven, 344 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,520 paradise, and it is filled with flowers, so always 345 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,400 this idea in my brain, and always when I see my kids 346 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:36,720 playing, you know, games on screens, on TV, I always... 347 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,840 It comes to my mind, really, I need something 348 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:47,200 for people to go out. 349 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,040 So this has inspired me to create something to take people outside, 350 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,920 to take people to nature. 351 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,600 And it's on such a grand scale! 352 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:55,680 So many flowers here! 353 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:00,160 How many flowers do you have in this park? 354 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,040 We are always sustaining above 50 million flowers. 355 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:03,880 50 million flowers?! 356 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:09,680 Yes. 357 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,560 This place must take a lot of water. 358 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,960 Where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable? 359 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,360 Actually, we are using the recycled water from Dubai municipality, 360 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:30,000 so all the grey water over the city, the municipality recycle 361 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,120 it and pump it to us, and from our side we refilter this 362 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:41,800 water and convert it to very high-quality water. 363 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,080 And what about your challenges? 364 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:44,760 What is the biggest challenge for you? 365 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,640 Actually, the biggest challenge is just the wind. 366 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,240 If we have strong wind, it is really our best challenge. 367 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,720 We can't control it. 368 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,640 We can control pests, we can control irrigation, 369 00:17:54,640 --> 00:18:02,200 temperature, everything can be controlled but not the wind. 370 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,600 This place is like the Chelsea Flower Show on steroids. 371 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,680 To finish off, I like to consider myself pretty sporty, 372 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,800 but when it came to a ballgame that's legendary in New York - 373 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,120 and I'm not talking about baseball - I clearly had some things to learn. 374 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,840 This is a bit embarrassing. 375 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:42,200 MUSIC. 376 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,560 If you come to the Bronx in spring or summer, 377 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:46,480 there's a street called Stickball Boulevard where, most 378 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,080 Sundays, Emperors Stickball League keep this tradition alive. 379 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:55,080 OK, so far as I can tell, each player has three 380 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,440 attempts to serve the ball, one attempt to hit it, 381 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:06,160 if they miss the ball they're out. 382 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,520 If they hit it it's about getting to first base, 383 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,920 second base, et cetera. 384 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:17,960 To keep the game going, the street is closed off to traffic. 385 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:23,360 SHOUTING. 386 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:25,480 There is a lot of smack talk as well. 387 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:26,760 A lot of smack talk. 388 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,840 In fact, I've been told smack talk accounts for 90% of the game. 389 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,960 But there's also, you know, a lot of camaraderie. 390 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,080 Everyone's just having fun. 391 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,960 It's just about a bunch of friends getting together, hanging out. 392 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,480 How did you get into it? 393 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,720 We're all washed up baseball players. 394 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,240 That's a part of it. 395 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,160 The other thing is it's a tradition. 396 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,040 Stickball is a tradition that has always happened in New York City. 397 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:52,640 And lot of our parents kind of like brought us into the game. 398 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,560 My family's been playing, wow, over 50 years. 399 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,840 I remember a young kid going to see my uncles play downtown. 400 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:00,920 That're really cool. 401 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,160 What brought you into it? 402 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,120 No. 403 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,600 LAUGHTER. 404 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:09,960 New York Emperors Stickball League was established in the mid-80s. 405 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,480 We've got approximately 100 members playing stickball. 406 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,640 One of the league's founders was called Steve Mercado, 407 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:24,720 he was a fireman in Engine Company 40, who died in the 9/11 attacks. 408 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:28,760 It was his vision to just try to push this event, this league to - 409 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:33,760 he always wanted it to be an Olympian event. 410 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,200 So Memorial Day weekend we have teams from California coming, 411 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,560 we have teams from Florida, Orlando, Miami, Tampa, we constantly 412 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,280 try to uphold the vision for him. 413 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,400 His two sons, as a matter of fact, play in a league now. 414 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:49,200 But it's just a legacy we want to continue for him. 415 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,960 The power of some of these swings - you just, you can hear it. 416 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,520 I don't know if I am going to hit it that hard but I am 417 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:02,520 going to give it my best shot. 418 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:08,880 All right, let's go. 419 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,920 Come on. 420 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:10,960 Let's do it. 421 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:12,000 Just grab a stick. 422 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,040 Alrighty. 423 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,240 There is one right there. 424 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,280 OK, all right. 425 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,320 Bit of encouragement there. 426 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,360 All right. 427 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:18,400 Let it bounce once. 428 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,440 Step into the ball. 429 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,480 OK! 430 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:21,520 LAUGHTER. 431 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,440 I feel like the ball clipped the bat. 432 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,400 I'm going for a clean hit this time. 433 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,200 All right, so this time you've got to run to first base. 434 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:29,320 All right. 435 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:30,960 Now they're going to talk trash though. 436 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,320 Keep an eye on the ball. 437 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,320 LAUGHTER. 438 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,400 Argh, don't say it! 439 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,920 Don't say it! 440 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:41,960 OK. 441 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:43,000 Just toss it out. 442 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,040 That's good. 443 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:48,120 There you go. 444 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,120 Run out! 445 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:50,200 Run out! 446 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,400 Let go of your bat. 447 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:57,800 LAUGHTER. 448 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,160 I think I'm going to leave it to the professionals. 449 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,360 I need a bit more practice. 450 00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:04,840 Well, that's it for this week. 451 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,680 Catch us if you can next week when Christa's off to Scotland 452 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,680 to take in some ancient buildings that are older than the pyramids. 453 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,040 What do you think top speed is for the really 454 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:15,160 accomplished curricle paddler? 455 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,720 Not much quicker than I'm going right now. 456 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,880 Don't forget, you can follow us on social media, 457 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,000 where you can share your travel stories with the rest of the world. 458 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,920 Until next time though, from me, Lucy Hedges, 459 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:30,640 and the rest of The Travel Show team, it's goodbye.