Petra

:00:00. > :00:18.This week, I'm searching for treasure in Jordan. Let the master

:00:19. > :00:20.get to work. It is beautiful. Plus we are inside one of Switzerland's

:00:21. > :00:49.largest glaciers. We are starting this week in the

:00:50. > :01:08.ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was carved out of the desert over

:01:09. > :01:12.2000 years ago by a local tribe. And at the time, it was one of the

:01:13. > :01:22.world's wealthiest and most protected cities. This split in the

:01:23. > :01:26.rocks is called the sink, and was the only entrance away in and out of

:01:27. > :01:29.the city, and it would have been heavily guarded to stop anyone

:01:30. > :01:36.sneaking in and trying to take over. It is just breathtaking.

:01:37. > :01:46.At the end of the split is the most famous part of Petra, the Treasury.

:01:47. > :01:51.An elaborate temple carved from the sandstone. That would be impressive

:01:52. > :01:58.if we build that today, but that was built thousands of years ago. Look

:01:59. > :02:08.at it. It is mind-boggling. I love this place. Can I move in? Just take

:02:09. > :02:13.a look around. You can see how popular this place is. It is the

:02:14. > :02:17.most visited in all of Jordan. Having all of these people here can

:02:18. > :02:23.ring problems. The delicate rocks are easily damaged by tourists

:02:24. > :02:27.touching the monument or walking of the designated trails, especially in

:02:28. > :02:33.places where excavations are under way. But now there is a project

:02:34. > :02:38.aimed at getting tourists themselves involved with the conservation of

:02:39. > :02:40.the monuments. To help protect one of the most threatened sites in the

:02:41. > :02:53.whole of Petra. This is the temple of winged lions,

:02:54. > :03:02.a religious complex built in around 207A.D. -- 27. I am liking your

:03:03. > :03:07.office, like what you have done with it. It is a beautiful place. This

:03:08. > :03:11.man is in charge of the site and tells me how the problems started in

:03:12. > :03:16.the 1970s when the temple 's first excavated. They uncovered this

:03:17. > :03:20.monument to did not do a wonderful job of doing the things necessary to

:03:21. > :03:26.preserve it for future generations. Whenever you excavate, you have to

:03:27. > :03:29.pull a lot of earth out of the ground to reveal it. So this

:03:30. > :03:34.building project dumped a lot of the Earth, so as you see, we are trying

:03:35. > :03:40.to excavate again those early archaeological dumps. They are huge

:03:41. > :03:45.fans of compressed earth which will take years to sort through. At the

:03:46. > :03:51.moment there is a team of local people tackling this mammoth task.

:03:52. > :03:55.We have specialist to come and work and train and work with the local

:03:56. > :04:00.community, and not have them just be regular day labourers who help with

:04:01. > :04:03.manual labour, betraying them in the changeable vocational skills to

:04:04. > :04:07.propel them into preserving the site for the coming years. And the idea

:04:08. > :04:13.is that the locals then train tourists to help out as well. We're

:04:14. > :04:16.going to have them working on the soil dumps, looking for pottery and

:04:17. > :04:20.coins and other things the original excavation missed. To have the

:04:21. > :04:28.expense of doing archaeology for a day. I have skills. Do you have a

:04:29. > :04:34.digger? Are you ready? Hello, hello! How are you guys doing? This is an

:04:35. > :04:42.interesting route to get down here. Tell me what you are doing. We are

:04:43. > :04:46.sifting these sense. These guys have grown up in Petra and have become

:04:47. > :04:49.experts at sorting through the material here. So you are basically

:04:50. > :04:55.sifting the dust and looking for vulnerable pieces. Can I have a go?

:04:56. > :04:59.I was enjoying tasting the dust, but now... They show me the sort of

:05:00. > :05:06.thing they are looking for. Normal stones. We don't need them. That

:05:07. > :05:12.doesn't look very valuable. No. This is part of a jar. So that would be

:05:13. > :05:22.the original people who live here? Yes. So that would be very old? Yes.

:05:23. > :05:30.Wow. 2000 years old? Let's see if I can find any treasures? OK. Stand

:05:31. > :05:45.back. Let the master get to work. Any scorpions? Is that cool? Let's

:05:46. > :05:56.have a look. This one? That is stone? And this one? I am terrible.

:05:57. > :06:00.I can't find anything! I might not be having much luck, but over the

:06:01. > :06:08.last few years, they have found all sorts here. Painted pottery, coins,

:06:09. > :06:16.lamps, and decorations from the temple. I hope when we do more, we

:06:17. > :06:19.find more and more different and beautiful things. Once the material

:06:20. > :06:32.has been sifted, it goes for cleaning. What are you doing?

:06:33. > :06:38.How long have you been doing this for?

:06:39. > :06:42.She tells me how working at the temple has been a lifeline for her

:06:43. > :07:06.and her family. Can you tell me what is the most

:07:07. > :07:08.exciting thing you have found all that you have cleaned while you have

:07:09. > :07:31.been here? Can I see them? Row. That is beautiful. I like this

:07:32. > :07:38.one. This is pretty cool. And what is this?

:07:39. > :07:51.Wow. That is very old. Good? What do you reckon? I always fancied a

:07:52. > :08:04.piercing. It is crazy to think that these

:08:05. > :08:10.amazing it of jewellery and pottery have just been lying forgotten in a

:08:11. > :08:14.pile of Earth. Now, a more pieces are retrieved and catalogued, it is

:08:15. > :08:17.hoped we can learn more about the everyday lives of the people who

:08:18. > :08:24.built this incredible city more than 2000 years ago.

:08:25. > :08:32.Next, we catch up with our first explorer. This week, he visits

:08:33. > :08:40.Vietnam to find out why coffee is the one drink most Vietnamese just

:08:41. > :08:46.can't do without. It can over one B and initiated. It is loud, fast and

:08:47. > :08:47.frenetic. The liquid that feels the chaos is coffee. Highly caffeinated

:08:48. > :09:01.coffee. Wow, that is intense. Coffee is served in a way that is

:09:02. > :09:06.uniquely Vietnamese. Bitter coffee slowly dripped from a filter into a

:09:07. > :09:09.cup creating blends of condensed milk. It serves as a catalyst for a

:09:10. > :09:13.favourite Vietnamese pastime, and recession. Have you ever done

:09:14. > :09:25.during? Perhaps that is why locals are

:09:26. > :09:28.getting a fix all over the city. Cafes, roadside stands, from the

:09:29. > :09:32.back of bicycles. In many coffee shops, it is all about the

:09:33. > :09:37.atmosphere. The trick can be knowing how in to find the city's infamous

:09:38. > :09:59.cafes. This woman held me uncover them. -- man.

:10:00. > :10:05.As far as I was concerned, Vietnamese coffee was not about the

:10:06. > :10:09.flavour of the beans. IQ more about the perfect balance of bitter and

:10:10. > :10:13.sweet, the conversations I had while watching the coffee drip, and secret

:10:14. > :10:20.cafes I uncovered with new friends. For me, it was about extending a

:10:21. > :10:25.cafe -- experiencing a cafe culture that was completely new to me. Still

:10:26. > :10:34.to come on The Travel Show. Is this normal for it to be? It is not

:10:35. > :10:37.normal in the season. Our record temperatures are affecting one of

:10:38. > :10:50.Sweetland's by just places. Stay with us for that. ! Switzerland's

:10:51. > :10:57.largest glaciers. White, light? The Travel Show, your essential guide,

:10:58. > :11:01.where ever you are heading. Hello, and welcome to trend in trouble,

:11:02. > :11:04.where we explore what is hard line in the world of travel. I will be

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:11:10. > :11:13.leave home. Our top social media stories begin in Melbourne,

:11:14. > :11:18.Australia, as it has recently been crowned the most liveable city for

:11:19. > :11:23.the 60 in a row. The survey put together by the Economist gives the

:11:24. > :11:25.world's major cities is Gore based on healthcare, education, culture,

:11:26. > :11:32.environment and destruction. Melbourne wrapped up 97.5 points out

:11:33. > :11:37.of a possible 100, narrowly beating Vienna by one point. You may

:11:38. > :11:41.remember we covered back's attempt to walk every street in New York

:11:42. > :11:46.earlier this year. But recently, 25-year-old boy Matthew just broke

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:11:53. > :11:56.completed the Guinness world record in 21 hours and 28 minutes and 14

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:12:31. > :12:37.feet above sea level with no walls, no roof and no bathroom. They come

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:13:17. > :13:24.Now let's look at the viral videos which have been clocking up the

:13:25. > :13:27.views this month. When Leon visited New York from Germany, he

:13:28. > :13:33.immediately fell in love with the place and decided to create a film

:13:34. > :13:37.about the city. He writes on his Vimeo page that the main concept was

:13:38. > :13:41.capturing the spirit and diversity of the city and I think you'll agree

:13:42. > :13:47.that along the way he filmed some special moments. Filmmaker Sebastien

:13:48. > :13:53.Linda went to Italy to create a short film based around his visit to

:13:54. > :13:59.the elderly sole inhabitant of an abandoned village. Entitled Memento

:14:00. > :14:04.Mori, which translated from Latin means remember you must die, the

:14:05. > :14:11.film touches upon mortality but also aims to express a positive message.

:14:12. > :14:16.And finally, to a country that is slowly opening up to more tourists,

:14:17. > :14:21.Iran. In his film, director Pete hopes to convey some of the warmth

:14:22. > :14:24.he received from the people during his visit there, saying that he

:14:25. > :14:28.thought he knew what good hospitality was like, until he came

:14:29. > :14:33.to Iran. And don't forget to check out our website for all the ways

:14:34. > :14:36.that you can get in touch, or if you have seen anything online that you

:14:37. > :14:45.think we should be looking at. See you next time. Next up, we are in

:14:46. > :14:49.the Swiss Alps, famous for their peaks of ice and snow. But recent

:14:50. > :14:54.temperatures in Switzerland have been some of the warmest on record,

:14:55. > :14:58.and that is having a big impact on the country's glaziers, and the

:14:59. > :15:06.tourist attractions that depend on the cooler climate -- glaciers. We

:15:07. > :15:15.sent Jo Whalley to Iglesia to find out more. This is the tiny village

:15:16. > :15:25.in the Swiss Alps which owes its existence and name to the Rhone

:15:26. > :15:37.Glacier that sits above the valley. The word Gletsch means glacier in

:15:38. > :15:42.Swiss German. This is the largest glacier in Switzerland, and also the

:15:43. > :15:46.source of the river Rhone In the mid-19th century people started to

:15:47. > :15:50.come here from all over Europe to see the glacier. At that point, even

:15:51. > :15:59.in summertime it stretched all the way down to the village. Now the

:16:00. > :16:07.view is very different. And you can see on this signpost just how far it

:16:08. > :16:10.used to reach. In 1856 I would have been literally standing on the

:16:11. > :16:15.glacier. It's strange to think that now you can't really see very much,

:16:16. > :16:22.just a tiny bit of ice right at the top of the mountain. The scale of

:16:23. > :16:28.the ice melt is extreme. Between 1856 and 2010, the glacier preceded

:16:29. > :16:34.by more than 1400 metres. -- receded. Now, to see the glacier

:16:35. > :16:42.properly, it is a short and very twisting drive from Gletsch up the

:16:43. > :16:51.mountainside. It is very, very windy. In the 1900s, this was all

:16:52. > :16:58.ice. Now, all I can see other scars in the rock. And here we can see the

:16:59. > :17:03.Rhone Glacier. Glacier expert Doctor Vulcan explains how the melting rate

:17:04. > :17:08.has accelerated in recent years. The end of the Rhone Glacier was in the

:17:09. > :17:15.year 2011, was here by the end of the lake. And in the last five

:17:16. > :17:22.years, the Rhone Glacier retreated about 150 metres. This is very

:17:23. > :17:29.extreme. As the ice has retreated, a new lacy or lake has formed. The new

:17:30. > :17:33.iceberg here. It is incredible to see mini icebergs floating across

:17:34. > :17:43.the surface, but also alarming to think that, five years ago, this was

:17:44. > :17:50.all solid ice. We walk down to a spot where you can see right

:17:51. > :17:58.underneath the glacier. Unbelievable, you can see it! So

:17:59. > :18:02.blue. Soap loo, very nice. It is all loose, isn't it, the ice? I can't

:18:03. > :18:08.quite believe how quickly the water is pouring down from underneath the

:18:09. > :18:14.glacier, and every few seconds whole chunks of ice are tumbling down from

:18:15. > :18:19.up the top of it. It is quite heartbreaking, really. Is this

:18:20. > :18:24.normal, for it to be... No, this is not normal. In this season, the

:18:25. > :18:28.first two weeks in September was the hottest September since records

:18:29. > :18:33.began in Switzerland, since 150 years. Why are the temperatures

:18:34. > :18:39.rising so much? Because we have the global warming. Last year was the

:18:40. > :18:46.warmest year globally, and also in Switzerland. It is two degrees to

:18:47. > :18:50.warm in Switzerland. In 50 years, in 100 years, what will it look like

:18:51. > :18:56.you? Just bare rock? All results show us that the Rhone Glacier will

:18:57. > :19:02.melt back and back in the next decade is -- just bare rock. By the

:19:03. > :19:11.end of this century only 10% of the ice volume will remain banned. --

:19:12. > :19:16.will remain then. If the glacier does keep shrinking back, that will

:19:17. > :19:20.affect tourism in this region. Most people who come here in summertime

:19:21. > :19:25.come to see the Rhone Glacier ice grotto, which has been carved out

:19:26. > :19:32.annually since 1870. Wow. It's very nice, blue eyes in this region. It

:19:33. > :19:43.is beautiful. You can touch it, very nice. This tunnel through the ice is

:19:44. > :19:48.100m long. I can't quite believe how beautiful it is. You can see the

:19:49. > :19:57.very clear ice, the bubbles there. It is 200 years old, the ice here.

:19:58. > :20:06.So blue. So blue, exactly. It's very nice. Here we are, in the heart of

:20:07. > :20:14.the Rhone Glacier, in this glacier. It is so peaceful in here. It feels

:20:15. > :20:24.like a Church of ice. Some worry the grotto might have an impact on the

:20:25. > :20:27.melting of the glacier, but Doctor Volken tells me there is an

:20:28. > :20:32.ingenious way to protect the ice above the tunnel. So we are standing

:20:33. > :20:39.on the ice now? Now here, here are the blankets, and under these

:20:40. > :20:44.blankets we have ice. These blankets here reflect very good sunlight,

:20:45. > :20:50.variation. And so we have less irradiation, less energy to melt the

:20:51. > :20:59.ice, yes. What impact do the blankets have on the temperature of

:21:00. > :21:04.the ice? The blankets reduce the ice melting in the summertime from 50 to

:21:05. > :21:08.70%, between June and September. I can see how the ice above the tunnel

:21:09. > :21:12.is much better preserved, it is about ten metres higher than

:21:13. > :21:17.anywhere else. Could you put blankets over the whole glacier? It

:21:18. > :21:24.is not possible. This is too expensive. We have several 100

:21:25. > :21:33.square kilometres of ice in the Swiss Alps and it is not possible to

:21:34. > :21:37.cover all glaciers in Switzerland with these baguettes. The blankets

:21:38. > :21:41.might be working well and a small area but as the rest of the ice

:21:42. > :21:44.moves back, their impact will be lessened. And it is predicted even

:21:45. > :21:55.more will disappear in the next decade. I feel lucky to have been

:21:56. > :22:02.able to see it. Well, sadly that's it for this week. Try and catch us

:22:03. > :22:06.next week, when... Carmen is in Peru, exploring one of South

:22:07. > :22:12.America's most important ancient cities. Look at these stone houses,

:22:13. > :22:17.there's hundreds of them. Don't forget, you can keep up with us in

:22:18. > :22:21.all our travels, out here on the road, in real-time and social media.

:22:22. > :22:29.All the details should be on the bottom of the screen. But for now,

:22:30. > :22:32.form me and all of the Travel Show team here in Petra, it is good life.

:22:33. > :22:52.-- it is goodbye. Friday's mixed bag of weather

:22:53. > :22:55.offered our Weather Watchers a number of opportunities to get out

:22:56. > :23:01.and capture all the faces Some glorious scenes out there,

:23:02. > :23:04.there's no doubt about it.