Castles, Fruit Carvings and Pedalo Races All Over the Place

Are you reading for an amazing adventure?

Then join Ed Petrie... HE IMPERSONATES MONKEY

..and his CBBC mates...

What an amazing start to your day.

..on a bonkers and brilliant journey around...

Asia! Asia! Asia!

It's going to be a epic!

-Oh!

-PARTY HORN BLARES

So there!

Let's do this.

We've got loads of brain-boggling facts to tell you about.

Welcome to All Over The Place!

-Can I watch it?

-You're in it.

We take part in some of Asia's most spectacular and craziest events.

-How far is the sea?

-I'm coming to get you!

So, are you ready to go?!

# All over the place

# All over the place

# North, south, east, west On a bizarre quest

# Me and my mates, all over the place!

# It's true what you've heard, everything is absurd

# Whatever we do is strange but true!

# All over the place

# All over the place

# There's stuff to do in Asia that is totally ace

-# And it turns up...

-# ..all over the place! #

-How are you feeling?

-Tired. I've got a bit of a headache.

-Well, it is 5:30am.

-I know. Oh, I feel a bit sick.

I think I might have a bit of indigestion.

Well, we have crossed seven time zones.

I hate it when my body clock is all out of sync!

Why did you make me get up so early?

Look, when you are trying to get over jet lag,

the best thing to do is get out in the natural light and keep active.

-Whoa...these guys haven't got jet lag.

-Whoa.

What is going on with them, voice-over man?

HE SNORES

Oi, voice-over man, wake up!

You need to tell us what is going on.

Wha...? Um...yes! I'm wide awake now!

And, by the looks of things, so are this lot!

Older people all over China come to parks and squares like this one

really early to shake the cobwebs away,

meet up with their pals and take part in a lot of fun activities.

Can you imagine your grandad painting calligraphy on the ground,

or Granny exercising with a sword at 5:30 in the morning?

This is a martial art called t'ai chi,

and many people believe that it keeps you healthy

by unblocking stuff in your body that might be making you ill,

and maybe it can help cure your jet lag.

Chi for two?

Oh, good, I've been looking for my inner chi.

Let's go and have a go.

Oh, straight into a really serious bend.

TRANQUIL MUSIC PLAYS

What an amazing start to your day.

I feel better already.

-I don't really know what to do.

-Everything has stopped.

Yeah, we have been stood like this for a while.

-Shall we shuffle off?

-Yeah.

Oi! Where are you going?

Plenty of early-morning activities to do yet.

A bit of traditional Chinese waist drum dancing is in order.

CHIMES RING

Waist drums were originally used by soldiers

to warn of attacks by angry enemies, and are now used in festivities,

but can also be irritating alarm clocks!

This would wake you up before going to work every morning, wouldn't it?

You know I said I've got a headache...?

-CHEERING

-Well done, ladies.

SHE SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

THEY CHEER

Hello!

Your turn.

Uh... Oh, look over there!

Third and final wake-up call.

Chinese fans are viewed as good luck charms

and expressions of generosity.

Let's hope the judges are generous with their scores in...

..with Ed and Naomi.

NAOMI GIGGLES

She is laughing at us - is that a good thing?

Someone has just done some early-morning shopping behind us.

NAOMI LAUGHS

I bet you are annoyingly good at this.

I am enjoying myself, I must admit.

This is a lot more complicated than it looks.

Oh.

THEY CHEER

Oh, xiexie.

Let's find out who the judge is the biggest FAN of.

For Naomi, it is...

And for Ed, it's...

Two?! I got up at 4:30 in the morning for this!

That is worth three points alone.

It's quite generous, really.

You just have to keep coming here at 5:30 every morning.

Keep practising!

It's going to cost me a lot in airfares.

-Hello!

-Hello, everybody.

Welcome to...

Today, we are going to be making something that is so easy.

Chinese...

That's right, Chinese calligraphy.

Calligraphy.

It's a mixture of painting

and writing at the same time.

Which, as we all know, will be so easy.

It is so easy, to write and understand.

For instance, this says, "Dog tractor shoes."

Or another way of translating it might be,

"It doesn't matter how deep the water is

"as long as there is a dragon in it."

Translation is so easy.

So let's make our own cally graffy!

Yes, let's make our own CALLIGRAPHY.

I am going to write "flower".

And I am going to write "sun".

With this.

It is a calligraphy mop brush...thing

that we all have at home.

-Is... Is that really Chinese calligraphy?

-Yes.

I like thin lines best. Watch.

My favourites are the thick lines.

Did you know there is over 50,000 characters in cally graffy?

-I mean, calligraphy.

-I did know that, Ed.

Name them, then.

As you can see, with this gentleman here in the park,

it is so easy.

It is so easy when you get someone to do it for you.

Just... Just...

-This...is easy!

-So easy.

Yes, this says "forest".

Says "forest",

in Chinese cally graffy!

This may look like your average ancient castle,

built by a Japanese ruler called...

..in 1583,

but all is not as it seems.

Osaka Castle has been destroyed and rebuilt

not once, not twice,

but three times!

This modern 1931 version even contains a lift,

three underground floors, a gold tearoom, a museum...

Oh, hang on a minute, a gold tearoom?!

You two better find out more.

DRAMATIC VOICE: Ed and Cel, you have 36 seconds

to find out as much as you can about Osaka Castle!

Ed, you have Atobe.

Cel, you have Aoki.

Whoever finds out that most facts is the winner.

San, ni, ichi, ikimasu!

-Oh...

-So, if this castle...

Sorry, I think I startled you there.

If this castle was built in 1931, when was the original castle built?

TRANSLATION: 1593.

How many visitors does the castle get each year?

TRANSLATION: Well, last year, we got 2.3 million visitors,

which is quite a lot, isn't it?

So, when was the first castle destroyed?

TRANSLATION: 1615.

How tall is the castle?

TRANSLATION: Well, it's 54.8 metres high, which is very high, so it is.

And what happened to the second castle?

TRANSLATION: Scary weather! Boom! Lightning.

-Really?

-Yes.

ALARM SOUNDS

-Nice. Arigato!

-Aye, nae bother!

There is not going to be any lightning today, is there?

TRANSLATION: Um, maybe...

Boom! Lightning!

The person who found out the most facts is...

-Ed!

-Yes!

And you get to take the lift to the top of the castle.

Cel, you are taking the stairs.

Oh...

You'd better tie your laces, Cel,

this castle has got eight floors of stairs to climb.

Ed knows where they are.

Stairs are that way, Cel. Don't take too long.

Is this an uplifting job, or does it have its ups and downs?

These helmets are awesome.

Now, I wonder if they will let me try them on.

I love a lift, me.

-Wow, heavy.

-Heavy.

-Yeah.

Ooh! Hello.

Ah, look at that.

And I'm not even out of breath. Unlike Cel!

So, behind me is the infamous golden tearoom.

Now, it is not actually real gold, and that is a reconstruction

of what the original tearoom would have looked like.

If you ask me, though, great place to have a cup of tea.

Just the one sugar, please.

Imagine being on some stairs now.

Ooh.

How cool is this? Miniature battle scene. Super cool!

Should probably go and find Ed. He is missing out.

-Ah! All right, Ed?

-Oh, there you are.

I was wondering where you got to. How was the stairs?

They were really good, actually!

Got to see the whole of Osaka Castle,

but this view, by the way, beautiful.

Amazing, isn't it? I've been soaking it up.

Can't seem to find this golden tearoom, though.

The golden tearoom? That was floor...three!

A bit of the way down. Fantastic stuff, mate.

-You want to see it, did you say?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-It's closing soon, pal, you want to get your skates on.

-What?!

No, no, I've got to see the golden tearoom!

-I mean, it is a golden tearoom!

-I know.

-Made of gold!

-Floor three! That way!

I'll see you at the bottom of the stairs!

But it wasn't real gold, Ed! It's not real gold, it's...!

Gold - what it does to some people, hey?

HE TUTS

I don't get it. You are Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton!

You are supposed to be finding out about gravity.

You know, ever since that apple landed on your head.

It didn't land on my head.

I simply saw it fall from a tree.

Anyway, gravity is boring.

Today, I am all about alchemy.

How to turn base metals like brass and bronze

into pure gold.

If I can just find the philosopher's stone.

Oh, that's all right, I've got that on DVD.

No, not Harry Potter.

The philosopher's stone is a mystery compound

that could turn this lead paperweight

into pure gold.

I would have thought that Granny Smith landing on your head

would have put you off apples.

Will you stop saying that?!

If you keep saying it,

people are going to believe it in hundreds of years' time!

Hardly!

Besides, gold is useless.

Why don't you turn it into something better?

-WHISPERS:

-Like cake.

Well, I suppose I could give it a try.

No, the point is gold is rare.

Doesn't exactly grow on trees.

Well, it kind of does. On the eucalyptus tree.

Well, in it, actually.

A tiny bit of gold can be found in its leaves, so there.

All right, gold doesn't exactly grow in the...sea.

Well, the world's oceans do contain about 20 million tonnes of gold,

and there is gold in human blood.

About 0.2 milligrams.

So you would need 5,000 people to make one gram of gold.

Which is fine...

but I've only got three friends.

And two of them are mice.

MOUSE SQUEAKS

What?

You consider yourself more of an acquaintance?

Oh.

Anyway, I am trying to work.

Ugh, why doesn't this work?!

Should have read Harry Potter.

Gold!

An apple made of pure gold!

Woohoo!

See, now you are the man who had an apple land on his head!

Ooh!

I'm off to see if I can change this for a sandwich.

"It's New Year's Eve in Oga,

"and we're about to witness a very particular custom.

Why are we doing this bit, and not actual children?

< They were all too scared.

Oh, right.

What?

Did he say they were all too scared?

Well, what I've heard is there is this tradition, right, in Oga,

where, on New Year's Eve, locals get dressed up

as these legendary monsters called Namahage

and burst into people's homes, searching for misbehaving children.

But...scary in a good way? Yeah?

I think we're about to find out.

# One way or another

# We're gonna find out

# Cos I've heard that they're really, really scary

# They're called Namahage

# We're gonna see them

# And I've heard that they're really, really hairy

# One way or another

# We're going to hear them

# Cos they say that they're really, really shouty

# One way or another

# They're gonna be here

# I wish that we'd gone outy, outy, outy

# Dressed in straw and a mask

# They burst in

# To your house to ask

# What's been going o-o-on...? #

Argh!

# Here come Namahage

# They wanna find out

# To find out if we have been misbehaving

# Here come Namahage

# They wanna found out

# To find out if we have been disobeying

# Here come Namahage

# They're gonna sit down

# Sit down and have a talk to Mum or Daddy

# Here come Namahage

# They're gonna find out

# To find out if we have been good or baddy

# From their mountain they look

# And write down

# In their secret book

# What's been going o-o-on... #

Grr!

# Nama, Nama, Nama, Namahage

# Nama, Nama, Nama, Namahage

# They're offered food and a traditional drink

# Their visit causes the locals to think

# They ponder the passing of the year

# They're a force for good Not something to fear

# They're orange and they're shrouded in mystery

# Some say they are monsters, some say deities

# It's believed they chase bad spirits away

# When they leave, it's time to celebrate New Year's Day

# There go Namahage

# They came to find out

# To find out if we have been working, working

# There go Namahage

# They'd be annoyed if

# They found out that we have been shirking, shirking

# There go Namahage

# Until next year

# We promise that we'll try to toe the line

# There go Namahage

# I think that next year... #

We'll stick to Auld Lang Syne.

GUITAR PLAYS AULD LANG SYNE

NAMAHAGE ROARS

Oh, ha-ha, yes!

What are you looking at?

Oh, it is just pictures of things with faces in them.

Here, have a look at that.

That is a thing that looks like a face!

It's good, isn't it?

You know, I once saw a piece of bacon that looked like Beyonce.

-Earlier, I saw a piece of melon with my face in it.

-No!

-Yeah!

-Have a look at this!

-That looks so much like you.

-And that's not all.

-Over there, there's some fruit and veg with your face in it.

-Really?

Yeah.

Oh.

You've never looked better, Ed.

But if you did want to see some professional food carving,

then you're in the right place.

Wan Hertz has been making beautiful food out for over 30 years

and teaches this royal tradition, which started over 700 years ago.

Even those flowers are made from veg.

This table decoration is known in Thailand as Kae-Sa-Luk.

I think you guys might need some luck

if you want to master this tradition.

How long would it take you to carve something like this beautiful

All Over The Place Asia watermelon?

-It's one hour.

-An hour?

-Wow!

-Could you teach us how to do this?

-Yes. And we have one space to teach one person.

-One space.

-Oh.

-Only one of us can do it.

-Well, it should be me, then.

-No. I think it should be me.

-OK. You choose this one. It's a carrot.

-OK. Short straws. Or short carrots.

-Bring it on.

-Yes!

-Oh, what?!

Asia's most intricate food.

France's toughest critic. He is better than you.

It's Rene Mangetout.

Pomme de terre.

I, Rene Mangetout,

am about to set you the biggest challenge of your lives.

You must make a beautiful, intricate piece of carved veg.

-Do you know your melon from your mangetout? Melon?

-No.

Mate. This is a melon, isn't it? This.

Oh. Who are they?

-Students.

-Oh.

Ze carving will begin. In, un, deux, neuf, cinq!

Lauren creates an outline of her design

before she starts to cut around it.

What I have to do is get the knife underneath.

Remember, children.

If you want to try this at home you must get your sharpest knife...

No, no! Can I just say, don't touch sharp knives.

Only do anything like this if you've got a proper professional around.

Or zat! Did you know that the tomato is a fruit?

-I don't think that was the way to do it.

-Pomme de terre.

-How do I do this?

-The half circle? Slowly. Just leave it.

Holding the knife like a pen,

Lauren uses a steady hand to perfect her carving.

Look! The thing's gone. What am I going to do?

Hide it with this piece of melon.

You have to cut, like, a triangle. Like a V.

Your time is up.

Rene must now decide who will become today's carving master chef.

Very exciting.

-What is this supposed to be?

-Fish melon.

-A fish?

It looks like a whale. Je deteste la baleine!

It makes me angry to gaze upon it. Argh!

And why is this full of holes?

Miss Fruit Carving Lady.

I do not like it.

I LOVE it!

From now on, you will carve all my fruit and vegetables.

Ah, oui! Oui!

Now, turn this melon into the Eiffel Tower. Allez!

-So, looking forward to celebrating your buddy's birthday?

-What? Oh.

-Do you think there'll be cake?

-Unlikely.

-Jelly?

-Probably not.

Do you think he'll manage to blow all his candles out at once?

On balance, I'd say, probably, no.

-There'd have to be about 2,500 candles on the cake.

-2,500?

-How old is this buddy?

-We're not celebrating my buddy's birthday.

We're celebrating the BUDDHA'S birthday.

-THE Buddha?

-Yes.

-Wow!

Do you think we'll play musical chairs?

Of course I'm not going to play musical chairs

on the Buddha's birthday.

Well, what do you know?

It's the Buddha's birthday and they are playing musical chairs,

but that's not all.

Here at the annual Mount Abu Summer Festival,

up to 20,000 people

have been turning up

in their best party clothes

since 1978 to celebrate the birthday

of the religious teacher Buddha.

The religion of Buddhism comes from his teachings.

Of all the fun and games at the Festival,

the highlight has got to be the pedalo boat race on Lake Nakki.

But more on that later. First, this.

Some warm-up nonsense involving a big stick

and these rather lovely pots.

It's genius. There's a pot on the ground.

Everyone everybody gets a chance to pace it out,

then you get your blindfold on and try and smash it with a stick.

Easy-peasy. Well, you'd think so.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

I might skip it!

Do you think anyone's ever smashed this pot?

I'm not sure.

-Ha-ha!

-Oh-ho! They're having to actually stop them.

He's just tried to hit someone in the crowd!

Of course, Chris is outstanding at all sports,

so he should have this in the bag, really.

-You're up next.

-OK, next. Wish me luck.

All right, Chris! The crowd's ready for a laugh.

Good luck, Mr Chris!

Ah! Thanks, Ed.

Ha-ha-ha!

I've lost count of my steps already.

Oh! Oh!

Ah!

Ah!

Oh, oh!

Oh!

CHEERING

Oh! Did I get it?

Oh, well, halfway there!

Not bad. I managed to hit it at least.

Didn't crack it, but hit it.

Let's see how Ed does.

Oh! One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

Oh! 11, 12...

13, 14, 15.

No-one's cheering, or getting particularly excited.

Oh, here we go!

CHEERING AND WHISTLES

Where was I?

I was way off!

Yes, Ed, you were way off, but you showed that sand who was boss!

I actually won that one!

-I'm a winner, apparently.

-You are winner.

The force is strong with this one,

when it comes to hitting pots with a stick.

All for me! Just saying.

All he did was hit a pot with a stick, that's all he did.

Stop being happy.

Next up, good old-fashioned...

Tug-of-war!

With garlands.

This was one of my favourite sports at Sports Day, Chris.

You're in trouble, now.

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

-Congratulations.

-Thank you very much. See?

-Congratulations.

-Adoring praise.

Thank you. Oh, see? There you go. That's how you do it.

Mount Abu is what's known as a hill station.

It can be ten degrees cooler up here than at the foot of the mountain.

So, it makes it an ideal place

for Indian people to come on their holidays.

-OK! The lake.

-Ah, yes!

-That's right.

The large body of water you see is the lake

and the visitors to Mount Abu do love a go on a pedalo.

A "pedal-go".

They love a "pedal-go".

And right here is where the main event race is going to take place.

First off, find yourself a boat.

Think these are perfect for us, Chris. They're evenly matched.

They're aerodynamic. They've got clear sightlines.

-It's the eyes, isn't it?

-I'll take this one.

I think it gives me a tactical advantage because it's a crocodile.

I'm going to take this one because you picked that one.

One thing, though - there are two seats in each one.

Yeah, you're right.

Looks like we've got to find ourselves some racing partners!

You can stop filming now.

-There! Look!

-Please, don't go yet.

You guys look like you like pedalos, do you want to be our racing team?

-Yeah!

-Brilliant. Looks like we found our racing partners!

Seriously. Stop filming now.

No. There's loads more stuff to film.

Starting with...

The rules to this race couldn't be simpler.

You and your racing partner pedal the boat as fast as you can

round the island and back.

Trying to beat the other nine pedalos.

Even Ed and Chris should manage that.

Right. Let's do this.

Three, two, one, pedal-a-go-go!

All right! Here we go. We're off! Nice strong stroke.

Don't steer into the camera boat. That wouldn't be a very good start.

Right, to the island!

-This is going well, Sandy, isn't it?

-Yes, come on! Fast.

We mustn't burn out, though. Crocodile all the way!

See you later, alligator!

What, are there flags on the island?

-Why is there flags on there?

-This is a temple.

Oh, it is a temple. Look. There's things on there.

Less sightseeing and more peddling required, Ed.

It's not just an island, it's a temple.

Yes. Yes. And this is meant to be a race.

OK. Somebody's going round the island the wrong way

and they're not the only one.

Just saying.

-Oh, look who it is!

-Oh, he so smug.

Go around that side!

What's wrong with this side?!

Who do you think is going to win, Chris?

I'll get back to you on that one.

Coming around the other side of the island. Oh, my bum really hurts.

-There's someone gaining on us!

-Yes, keep on! Keep on!

This is going really well.

I can't wait until Chris Johnson sees my victory dance. Ha-ha!

-Oh, my days!

-Ah, looks like we're going to come second or third.

That's great, Ed. That surely means you're going to beat Chris.

I suppose we win in a different way. We just stop and sail. Have a drink.

Enjoy the ride.

Yes! Second!

Oh, no!

Now, it's all over.

Well done, Sandy.

Good work. Very good work.

Oh, yeah!

Victory! Victory!

This is prestigious trophy, All Over The Place Asia

and the trophy goes to the winner, Ed!

Yes!

A-ha! I feel so prestigious. Why aren't you dancing, Chris?

Do your dancing now. Come on.

That's it. That's it. I want my bagpipes.

Where's my band? I want my band back.

You've been watching All Over The Place Asia!