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themselves. So when Mars is leading, others are likely to follow.

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Now on BBC News, it's time for the Travel Show.

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This week I am behind the wheel in Budapest. We are at the business end

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of a South African red. And Simon uncovers his inbox solving your

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travel problems. The Hungary in capital, Budapest.

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You might know all about the spies here and you may be familiar with

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the pubs and lively nightlife. But about 12 miles outside of the Centre

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the city's racetrack is about to have its own moment in the

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spotlight. In March the 30th anniversary of the track and these

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days to here and get in touch with their inner need for speed. My

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passenger is a touring car race and a veteran of this course. For the

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beginning don't drive too fast. You need to find your limit because it

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is so easy to make a mistake and because places like here with no

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run-off, if someone is not confident than they will crash the car for

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sure. This track has a reputation for

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being a tricky one. There aren't that many long straights and

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overtaking is almost impossible. Not to mention all the twists and turns

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that can catch drivers out. I can't imagine the atmosphere from the

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road. You have moments in life that you feel it is something special and

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every time I make a race at home with people sitting on the

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grandstands and cheering for me it is just... But this is more than

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just a destination for motoring enthusiast. Exactly 30 years ago

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this place held the very first Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. A huge

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moment not just the Hungary but the motorsport fans from all around the

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Eastern Bloc. Inside one of central Budapest's busy sports bars I meet

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this man who commentated on that first race for Hungary on state

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it was new and significant and only three years later Hungary became one

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of the first countries to remove the Communist from power. The transition

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was peaceful but look closely there are still reminders of the old

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regime. One of the best way to get a sense of the history is to see the

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city from one of these. It is a classic Eastern Bloc are. Hello.

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High. It is very tiny. Are you ready to go? Definitely, let us go.

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These little pocket rockets were made in East Germany and exported

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right across Communist Europe. They are famous for being unreliable and

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flimsy but these days and many people regard them fondly. They were

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important for the families because there were waiting lists for it and

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it could take five -10 years to get one of these car. So if you ordered

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a new one you could be waiting up to ten years? Yes. If you were lucky it

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was only two. Production of the vehicle stopped in 1991 but there is

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still a common sight around Budapest and become a favourite option for

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tourist wanting to see the city. It is something really funny and people

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really enjoy riding around and people say that it is a joyride.

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They certainly have a lot of character. But with only 26

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horsepower under the bonnet it is hardly the motoring that sets the

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pulse racing. In the control tower it will be a different story when

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the F1 circus comes to town. So during the big Formula 1 race, what

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is the atmosphere? There's a lot of people in the grandstands, a lot of

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spectators. In 2013 we had more than 240,000 people combined in the three

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days. That is a lot of people. Last year it it was more than 160,000

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which are still got. The atmosphere is them honking the horns, they are

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cheering and it is a very good feeling to hear the crowd, even from

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Race Control. So three decades long Hungary has gone through seismic

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changes. But for people visiting the Hungary and ring this far it has

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been reassuringly consistent with the fastest car always winning.

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So if you're planning a stretch behind the wheel here is our guide

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for the world's test drive. Route 66 in the USA runs from Chicago all the

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way to Santa Monica on the Californian coast. It is too half

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thousand miles long and crosses eight states and three time zones

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and takes anywhere from a couple of weeks to a whole month to cross.

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South Africa's Garden Route gets as names from all the different part

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like that will see along the way. It connects Cape Town to Port Elizabeth

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and passes through ten nature reserves where you come across all

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sorts of different marine life including dolphins, seals and they

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endangered southern white whale. If you don't mind driving at outage

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you'd highway is one of the most highest-paid road. At an elevation

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of 4700 metres connecting China with Pakistani it is surrounded by

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mountains, place years and Lake. Avoid driving in the monsoon season

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because it could be blocked by heavy landslides. And for one of

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Britain's best driving experiences to the Outer Hebrides. You will see

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wonderful beaches and ancient standing stones along the way. And

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if you visit in the height of summer you can enjoy an awful lot of

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daylight as there is barely two hours of darkness at night. Still to

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come on the travel show... Simon is here with advice for island hoppers

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in Greece and hotel guests in the Seychelles. And we are in South

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Africa's wine lands meeting one of the country 's first black female

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winemakers. The Travel Show, your essential

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guide wherever you're heading. Welcome to the slice of the show

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that tackles your questions about getting the best out of trouble. We

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are off to Greece and the Indian Ocean shortly. But first, lots of

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you have been in touch about Canada's plans for the electronic

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travel authorisation scheme, aimed at people from outside North America

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who fly in without a visa. It was due to be made compulsory on the

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15th of March but has now been postponed until after the summer

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peak. Next, Jen is off to Athens for one week in April. I am going to

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Greece for a week and I would like to have a quick look at Athens and

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maybe some islands and the surrounding area, and see agent

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sites. What would you recommend at this time of year? Here is my ideal

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circuit for a trip for five days. From Piraeus, the port for Athens,

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take a boat to the island that is about one hour away and will

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transport you to a classic Greek island, a breezy coexistence of

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fishing and tourism, with gorgeous scenery and tempting waterside bars.

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If you can drag yourself away, continue by fast ferry by 90 minute

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-- full 90 minutes and go to this Venetian settlement, briefly the

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capital after independence and now a beautiful backwater. It is also the

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best place for a visit to this agent place, the most powerful kingdom in

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Greece many thousands of years ago and the place is still evocative of

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might. And on your way back to Athens pause as you cross this

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canal, a masterpiece of engineering connecting the two seas. Another has

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his eyes on a great American for a trip. But only if the price is

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right. Terry, because cars in the US are

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registered by state rather than nationally relocating a vehicle over

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the Stateline causes logistical issues and triggers a fee, such as

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the $300 you have been quoted. I've made a series of test bookings

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through one of the big US rental firms saying I am a local and while

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there's no formal additional drop-off charge the rate for leaving

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the car in another state ranged from around $250 to $525 for a California

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to Florida rental. I would call bodily drop-off fee by any other

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name! How to avoid it? It could be a lot cheaper to fly a cross country,

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although not so romantic. Emily is heading for the Indian Ocean.

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Most hotels in the Seychelles price their brooms in euros, thanks to the

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historic French Connection. But pragmatically they also accept

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pounds sterling. To decide which is best you need to decide how the

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hotel computes the sterling rate. Many properties will simply use the

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prevailing spot rate, in which case you might as well pay in pounds. But

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some hotels may see currency conversion as an opportunity to

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prosper offering a significantly poorer rate than the markets. Or the

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management might be behind the times and apply a slightly old rate that

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is beneficial to you. Just ask. In my experience hotels are happy to

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answer. I am always happy to hear from travel -- viewers. Just e-mail

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me and I will do my best to answer your questions. From me, goodbye for

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now and see you next time. Well, we have more special stories

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from South Africa, meeting some amazing people who call the country

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home. This week we are in a university is -- town in the Western

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Cape. Until now the winemakers have been white. So when we heard of the

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first female black winemaker, we thought we would go to meet her.

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Orlando is that whenever I work with on a get excited. Whenever I touch

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wine or an inconvenience. I need all of them read! -- two seas. I don't

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want to lose wine . We are bottling out 2012. It has been in the barrels

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for four months. They came here in 1999 through the scholarship from

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South African Airways to study winemaking and are never when I

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arrived for the first time I thought, what are these little

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trees? Actually those other vignettes. I grew up in a village

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and white people, you rarely see them. And all of a sudden I was in a

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place where basically 99% white people and 1% of blacks. So it was a

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completely different environment. For me there was a challenge of

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culture and language. It was one of those... It was an opportunity, let

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me take it and go into something. I will start you with the Pinot. It

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gets made in different styles and this one is basically a lighter

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style. It has been boarded for 14 months. -- it has been wooded. It is

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fruity. I will taste with you, because I cannot just watch people

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taste. It is a sin! This is South African wine. The cross of pin on a

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pinot noir and another. This is basically who we are. I want my wine

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to take a person to be a journey of where it comes from. When they taste

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the wine, understand that it is not just something that you take and mix

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and put it in a bottle, but as it happens it goes with your emotion as

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a winemaker, you get excited with the bottle. From the vignettes, all

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the way, there's people involved to put their heart and soul in it. --

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pinot -- vinyards.. These are the cabernet grapes. Every variety has

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different leaves. The cabernet has much more pronounced indentation.

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Look at this. We don't punch down, we try to avoid extracting cannons

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into the wind. In terms of taste, you will pick up the fruit, that

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component of the wood that we use and a good balance in the wind. --

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the wine. And then I've got a shiraz. Some are

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fruity, some have a real punch. People who are shiraz fans usually

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love that blockbuster type of shiraz. If people say they aren't

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shiraz fans, I would give them this. -- won't give them. Basically I

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started tasting wine during fermentation. You taste it and it is

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like, yes! It is now ready! It is wine, it is now in the direction of

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want. We do have straight cabernet, straight merlot. . When I look at

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the wines in general, the blended wines, you get to play. You get to

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do something completely different from anyone else. My two dozen for

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Cape Cross took an award. -- 2004. Took it home to my grandmother and

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for me that was my best moment. She had never tasted wine before. I

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opened it, pour the wine for her, she said it was nice. Her facial

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expression was saying something else. But it was like one of those

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things, it was just beautiful. This is a beautiful country. It has

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different provinces which all have different characters.

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South Africa's first black, female vintner. That's all we've got time

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for this week. Next week, Henry goes to Cambodia to jump on board a new

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train line, 40 years after the Khmer Rouge closedown at work. This new

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route promises to open up the country again for travellers and

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locals. It's a pretty simple engine. Very

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simple. He also takes a ride on a more makeshift and have racing line

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that 150 years after it was built is still going strong for the time

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being. -- hair raising. There is a bit of trepidation here, because you

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can see where it wriggles. You hit these bumps and I do feel as though

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I might fall off at any point! Do join us that if you can. In the

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meantime, don't forget you can catch up with us on social media. All the

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details you need on the bottom of the screen. Now, from me and the

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team in Budapest, goodbye.

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