:00:00. > :00:07.Coming up next on BBC News it's time for The Travel Show.
:00:08. > :00:13.The worst idea ever is now that I am going to have a go with a proper
:00:14. > :00:18.team, who you can probably see behind the are really good at this.
:00:19. > :00:56.-- me. Hello and welcome to the Travel
:00:57. > :01:00.Show. We are coming this week from Andalusia in Spain. This region is
:01:01. > :01:10.known as a golfer's paradise, but it is also the HQ of a lesser-known
:01:11. > :01:22.game called Bossaball. It is played on a trampoline. In the meantime,
:01:23. > :01:26.here is what we have coming up. 80 years on from the launch of an
:01:27. > :01:32.airship that made headlines, we travelled to Germany to climb on
:01:33. > :01:38.board a modern take on the zeppelin. We get a taste of creole cuisine in
:01:39. > :01:42.the Seychelles. And our global guru is here with advice about flying
:01:43. > :02:03.into Florida and tipping etiquette in New York.
:02:04. > :02:11.This is Germany's largest lake on the Austrian and Swiss border. It is
:02:12. > :02:15.grey and overcast now, but in the summertime it becomes Germany's
:02:16. > :02:24.Riviera, with everything from beaches to Vineyards and orchards.
:02:25. > :02:28.In -- and this town will always be famous in world history for one
:02:29. > :02:37.thing. With Germany's new zeppelin just completing her first trip, this
:02:38. > :02:41.picture is her with her sister ship on a flight over Burley and, when
:02:42. > :02:49.their combined engines drowned out the noise of the traffic. Rio, LA,
:02:50. > :02:58.Leningrad, Cairo, it went to all those places around the world. It
:02:59. > :03:06.was a step of incredible innovation. All things and all
:03:07. > :03:13.materials were new and unproven. Like early space exploration in the
:03:14. > :03:19.60s, the first steps of man in space. In the 20s and early 30s, a
:03:20. > :03:23.flight on a zeppelin was the height of glamour, and the airship travel
:03:24. > :03:29.the globe, even flying as far as Tokyo, but then disaster struck. The
:03:30. > :03:35.crash of the Hindenburg, an airship destroyed in less than half a
:03:36. > :03:39.minute. In 1937, the Hindenburg zeppelin, the largest ever aircraft
:03:40. > :03:44.in the world, exploded on a transatlantic flight to New Jersey.
:03:45. > :03:53.The Hindenburg disaster was the first aviation crash, the first big
:03:54. > :04:06.disaster in front of a moving camera. Here and the Zetland museum,
:04:07. > :04:14.there is every creation of part of the doomed ship -- zeppelin. This is
:04:15. > :04:21.what it would have been like to get onto the Hindenburg. Even the
:04:22. > :04:35.toilets are here. I will show you the caverns. You have a small
:04:36. > :04:40.wardrobe. Sync, very clever! How long would people spending here? Two
:04:41. > :04:50.or three nights. I could happily stay here. How many passengers would
:04:51. > :04:57.there be in these areas? Capacity was 50 passengers. That was the
:04:58. > :05:01.maximum? Yes. And how many people working on it? To bring 50
:05:02. > :05:09.passengers over the Atlantic you need about 50 crew members. A ratio
:05:10. > :05:14.of one to one. Transatlantic flights might be a thing of the past, but it
:05:15. > :05:25.is still possible to take a ride in a zeppelin today. From an airbase
:05:26. > :05:29.here, this zeppelin takes flight around the local area. These
:05:30. > :05:35.airships are constructed differently from the originals, crucially using
:05:36. > :05:41.helium instead of hydrogen. There are a lot of variables. For example,
:05:42. > :05:45.landing on a windy day or a calm day are very different techniques. We
:05:46. > :05:50.don't use runways so it is land in a field. Every runway is different.
:05:51. > :05:58.This is a flyby feel aircraft, not fly by numbers. The aircraft can
:05:59. > :06:01.only fly in certain weather, and it was touch and go as to whether we
:06:02. > :06:18.would be able to take off. Then we get the go-ahead, and on we go.
:06:19. > :06:21.Floating serenely over the clouds. I have to be honest, I didn't imagine
:06:22. > :06:27.it would be like this. It is literally like floating in the air.
:06:28. > :06:35.It is a really peaceful, lovely experience, and the views below are
:06:36. > :06:37.great. Any turbulence you feel, it is not the vibration type of
:06:38. > :06:50.turbulence you feel in an aeroplane, it is like riding over waves. Check
:06:51. > :07:09.this out. Here is one thing you can never do on an aeroplane. Open the
:07:10. > :07:12.window! Wow! In a world that is now looking for ever more
:07:13. > :07:15.environmentally friendly ways to travel, engineers have come up with
:07:16. > :07:20.designs for vast new airships powered by solar energy or other
:07:21. > :07:25.sustainable sources. But here, at the home of the Hindenburg, they say
:07:26. > :07:32.it is unlikely we will ever see a return to the glory days of luxury
:07:33. > :07:38.airship travel. There is the idea for some people that there would be
:07:39. > :07:44.no war, there would be helium from America, and rigid airships had a
:07:45. > :07:49.great future. The flying boats, the aviation in the 30s, the British,
:07:50. > :08:00.the German, the French, the Italians, had four or six engine
:08:01. > :08:22.flying boats in preparation. But it is now redundant.
:08:23. > :08:28.Time now for Citizens, our regular look at the people who make a place.
:08:29. > :08:29.This week we are off to the Seychelles for a taste of authentic
:08:30. > :08:44.creole cuisine. IMV manager of this restaurant in
:08:45. > :08:49.the Seychelles. We welcome guests from all over the world. They come
:08:50. > :08:55.and visit us just to taste our famous, authentic creole cuisine.
:08:56. > :09:00.Every morning around nine o'clock I visit the market to purchase my
:09:01. > :09:17.local spices, my fish and my vegetable and fruit for the day.
:09:18. > :09:21.Every day the market sees me buying the fish, and the fishermen will
:09:22. > :09:25.save the fish for me because they will know I am coming to purchase.
:09:26. > :09:29.Even the fruit and vegetables they will keep for me, even if I am a
:09:30. > :09:34.little bit late, they still wait for me to come and fetch it. This is
:09:35. > :09:43.where the magic happens. We are going to prepare a curry. When we
:09:44. > :09:47.tell our guests we have fruit bat, they think, do you eat that? I try
:09:48. > :09:52.to convince them that the fruit bat is a very nice meet, and it is a
:09:53. > :10:01.very clean meat. They eat only fruit. A very traditional local
:10:02. > :10:06.dish. We are a creole restaurant so we must have fruit bat on our menu.
:10:07. > :10:13.Now, we are frying our ginger and garlic to make a paste. We have two
:10:14. > :10:21.at the red wine, don't forget about the red wine. Now we have a very
:10:22. > :10:27.nice thick sauce and greedy, and we will put the fruit bat in and put it
:10:28. > :10:39.on a fairly slow fire, so it cooks nicely and soft. This is the only
:10:40. > :10:42.restaurant on the island that offers this type of local cuisine, where
:10:43. > :10:47.you get to taste a little bit of everything, which gives the tourist
:10:48. > :11:03.a chance to have the real creole taste. Still to come on this week's
:11:04. > :11:11.Travel Show: I take to the trampoline to try and new sport here
:11:12. > :11:24.in Spain. And, ever worried about how much to tip? Global guru Simon
:11:25. > :11:25.Calder has the answer. The Travel Show, your essential
:11:26. > :11:42.guide wherever you are heading. Welcome to the slice of the show
:11:43. > :11:46.that tackles your questions about getting the best out of travel. We
:11:47. > :11:51.are off to explore the Black Forest shortly, but first... Health
:11:52. > :11:54.authorities are warning that the Zika virus is spreading. The
:11:55. > :11:58.mosquito borne infection is harmless to most people may cause birth
:11:59. > :12:03.defects when caught by pregnant women. Locally transmitted cases
:12:04. > :12:09.have now been reported in Thailand and the Maldives, as well as Latin
:12:10. > :12:11.America and the Caribbean. Prospective visitors who are
:12:12. > :12:16.pregnant should take medical advice before travelling. Next, David Lucas
:12:17. > :12:17.and his wife are after advice on the beautiful south-west corner of
:12:18. > :12:32.Germany. The Black Forest, draped across the
:12:33. > :12:39.hills east of the Rhine, was awarded with national forest status. Quite
:12:40. > :12:43.rightly as well. There is a beautiful spa town in the north of
:12:44. > :12:47.the Black Forest, or the handsome cathedral city of Freiburg in the
:12:48. > :12:51.south. Public transport is excellent throughout the Black Forest, with
:12:52. > :12:58.the historic railway a particular favourite of mine. It passes through
:12:59. > :13:04.the source of the Danube, and close to the loveliest of the Black Forest
:13:05. > :13:06.Lakes. Jackie says she has been deterred from visiting Florida
:13:07. > :13:16.because of the length of the queue for arrivals. She wonders...
:13:17. > :13:22.There is a handy online resource giving a snapshot of waiting times
:13:23. > :13:31.and border formalities that all the main US gateways. Just go to this
:13:32. > :13:35.website. I took a date and time at random and found that travellers at
:13:36. > :13:41.Miami experienced an average waiting time of 34 minutes, with some taking
:13:42. > :13:49.up to 78. The nearby airport of Fort Lauderdale was three times quicker,
:13:50. > :13:52.while Tampa was twice as fast. Alternatively, ritual journey
:13:53. > :13:56.through one of the country that offers preclearance, like Ireland or
:13:57. > :14:01.Canada. Your process through passport control and customs before
:14:02. > :14:05.you book a flight to Florida, which means when you touch down in Miami
:14:06. > :14:09.you are regarded as a domestic passenger and can breeze across to
:14:10. > :14:13.Miami Beach pausing only to pick up your baggage. Rachel James is
:14:14. > :14:15.looking forward to a trip to New York City, but she has one nagging
:14:16. > :14:23.concern. I am worried about the etiquette of
:14:24. > :14:29.keeping. Keeping tends to be something you do to reward good
:14:30. > :14:36.service. In the US, especially New York City, a gratuity is regarded as
:14:37. > :14:44.an obligatory contribution to the staff's wages. 15% is the absolute
:14:45. > :14:48.minimum. Leave less than that only as a protest against terrible
:14:49. > :14:53.service. Bartenders will make you feel more comfortable if you keep $1
:14:54. > :14:58.per drink, and if you keep in fancy Manhattan Hotel is, anyone who takes
:14:59. > :15:03.you will your luggage to your room will expect $5. More if you have an
:15:04. > :15:11.ambitious amount of luggage. There is no charge for the tips on the
:15:12. > :15:18.Travel Show, so you can just e-mail the Travel Show and I will do my
:15:19. > :15:35.best to find you an answer. Next time. Finally this week, we are in
:15:36. > :15:39.the small town of Estapona in southern Spain, where I jump in with
:15:40. > :15:49.both feet to try a ball game I have never seen before. This area to the
:15:50. > :15:54.west of my beer on the coast is a great place to get stuck in to
:15:55. > :15:59.sports. Throughout the year, this municipal complex is crammed with
:16:00. > :16:05.locals getting active with games from tennis and football to
:16:06. > :16:13.ping-pong. There is one sport that it is a bit different to all the
:16:14. > :16:18.others, called Bossaball. It is like volleyball, with elements of
:16:19. > :16:27.football, gymnastics, Kappa wearer, and it is played on a huge
:16:28. > :16:33.trampoline/ bouncy castle. The rules are fairly simple. Two teams aim to
:16:34. > :16:39.get the ball over the net to land in the court of the other side. There
:16:40. > :16:49.is usually a musical accompaniment of slumber to get things going, and
:16:50. > :16:56.to please the crowds, extra points are awarded for moves like this. --
:16:57. > :17:03.Samba. It was the brainchild of Philip Eichmann is, a Belgian former
:17:04. > :17:17.music whose inspiration came in the 1990s on a Brazilian beach. They
:17:18. > :17:21.play football there, I saw the real capoeira. I was a big music fan, and
:17:22. > :17:25.I remember the trampoline is the nicest thing to do when they were
:17:26. > :17:31.having physical education classes. I started to mix it all up and that is
:17:32. > :17:38.how the mix of volleyball and football came about. Dream became a
:17:39. > :17:44.reality in the mid-2000. He set up his HQ here in Estapona, and it has
:17:45. > :17:48.spread to 25 countries, culminating in a Bossaball World Cup that has
:17:49. > :17:53.been in Turkey and the Netherlands in recent years. This unusual
:17:54. > :17:58.bouncing game has drawn in players across the world, and according to
:17:59. > :18:06.fill up, anyone can play. Some people play it on a rigid floor, so
:18:07. > :18:12.it is a lot less brush up on your muscles with the air. That is why we
:18:13. > :18:21.have people up to 90 years old playing it. We are up to 100, that
:18:22. > :18:25.is the next idea. While there aren't any centenarians on the court today,
:18:26. > :18:30.there is a gender mix, which is typical of a Bossaball team. I think
:18:31. > :18:33.it is really nice to play together, because most of the time they say
:18:34. > :18:35.boys are better than girls, but now we play mixed, so it is a good
:18:36. > :18:45.challenge for girls. While the game looks like simple
:18:46. > :18:51.fun, there is a serious commitment to making sure Bossaball is easy on
:18:52. > :18:57.the environment. I travelled up to Philip's Bossa farm just a short
:18:58. > :19:00.drive from the town where his team has been busy recycling, each old
:19:01. > :19:07.inflatable court can be made into 500 shoulder bags. We transform the
:19:08. > :19:15.PVC that we're not using from the courts to something useful to give
:19:16. > :19:19.it a new life basically. For Philip, this is all part of what it takes to
:19:20. > :19:24.be a modern sport, catering for new sensibilities in a fast moving
:19:25. > :19:30.world. The sustainability is important for us, to mix various
:19:31. > :19:34.sport is important and to have that movement, some of the older sports
:19:35. > :19:39.were a bit boring too and they were there to entertain people in small
:19:40. > :19:46.cities, to have them a good Sunday afternoon after going to church. But
:19:47. > :19:50.things are changing. People have changed, so sports have
:19:51. > :19:54.to adapt to that. Whether I could adapt to Bossaball
:19:55. > :19:59.was another question entirely, but I wasn't going to miss my chance to
:20:00. > :20:04.have a go. So you're going to teach me a few of the skills? We will try
:20:05. > :20:13.to, we'll see how it goes. It's really fun!
:20:14. > :20:41.It was quite tough, it looks like it's going to be really tough, fun,
:20:42. > :20:46.which it is, but you need to be good at Star, which is a bit of a
:20:47. > :20:50.shortcoming. Hitting things off my head... The worst idea ever is now
:20:51. > :20:54.undergoing to have a go with the proper team, who, as you can
:20:55. > :20:58.probably see behind me, are really good at this. Prepare yourself
:20:59. > :21:03.because this is going to be embarrassing.
:21:04. > :21:28.It's certainly unconventional but Bossaball is growing. Is one of
:21:29. > :21:32.several new sports that may yet and challenge the traditional games and
:21:33. > :21:43.may even one day come to redefine what we consider sport.
:21:44. > :21:49.Well, that's all we've got time for this week but do join us next week
:21:50. > :21:53.when we've got a great show coming up.
:21:54. > :22:00.Carmen visits some natural hot springs in Japan and then wrapped up
:22:01. > :22:04.warm to try a spot of camping high in the Austrian Alps. Rather him
:22:05. > :22:08.than me. Not really the morning I was hoping for, you can't see
:22:09. > :22:11.anything because it's such a blizzard but overall it's a great
:22:12. > :22:14.experience, something you don't do every day, but now it's time to get
:22:15. > :22:27.warm to see you later. So catch us then if you can. In the
:22:28. > :22:32.meantime, don't forget you can check us out on social media too. The
:22:33. > :22:37.details of how to do that are on the screen now. From me, and the rest of
:22:38. > :22:59.the travel show team in Spain, it's goodbye.
:23:00. > :23:02.The chilly feel to the weather continues for most