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This week on The Travel Show, we're in Chile, exploring a town that was

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knocked down by nature and how it splitting itself back together

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again. Also coming up on this week's show: It looks incredible... We're

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dangling over New York in virtual reality. It's the Superman

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experience. And meeting the man who is attempting to bagpipe his way

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around the world. People were sprinting towards me and they said,

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never come back, but before you go, can I have a go?

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The long coastline of Chile is the point of collision between two

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tectonic plates, so a large magnitude earthquake are part of

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Chilean history. No alarm sounded, some people fled to higher ground

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but many didn't escape in time. On the night of the 27th of February

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2010, the central coast of Chile was hit by one of the biggest

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earthquakes ever recorded. The magnitude was 8.8 and the city of

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constitution on was sitting at the epicentre. But that was not the only

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deadly force of nature to strike at night.

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About 18 minutes after the earthquake, a massive tsunami

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engulfed Constitucion. The waves were as high as 15 metres. The

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remains of the city were washed away. Exploring this area you don't

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have to scratch very far below the surface to see evidence of the

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Soudani still here seven years on. -- tsunami. More than 500 people

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lost their lives all over Chile to the earthquake and the tsunami of

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2010. This family had made a living from their boats for generations,

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but they've never experienced a tsunami before. When the earthquake

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began, they ran to their boats to head into the ocean trying to escape

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from collapsing buildings. They didn't know they were heading

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straight into the tsunami. After the tsunami, Sophia and her

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husband found the strength to grow a business with three boats that

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offered visitors tours around this beautiful estuary.

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All over Constitucion there are stories of bravery and

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reconstruction. So this is the place. The first restaurant to be

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rebuilt kept its former name, the Wave Breaker.

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It must have been so tempting after the disaster to just cut your losses

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and run and go somewhere else, but you stayed.

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Constitucion was historically a popular seaside resort, but tourism

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almost disappeared with the arrival of a woodpulp mill.

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After the tsunami, the pulp mill was reconstructed as it provided many

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jobs. But the city also woke up to a new

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opportunity for bringing back the tourists.

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So Constitucion has not just been rebuilt but is enjoying a tourism

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revival. Local businesses have popped up

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trying to draw tourists to the area in new and innovative ways, like

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this one. Oh, man, this is so much fun! I do

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feel a bit like I've swallowed most of the sand that you see around here

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and might die at any second but it's incredible fun! OK!

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But can this region ever really recover 100% from the trauma of

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2010? The people of Constitucion are an

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inspiration, not only have they overcome the most unthinkable

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tragedies, but now they're ready to bring joy to the people that come to

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visit. Next up on The Travel Show, the

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latest in our series of films about the people of London, who keep the

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city running 24/7. We need someone who keeps Londoners looking good

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round-the-clock. Near Bond Street is probably one of

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the busiest streets in London -- new Bond Street. It's really interesting

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to see the difference between the daytime and nighttime. The street's

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bed at night. It's peaceful, you got the whole place to yourself so you

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can really enjoy it. And you're in London, you're in the central

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London. Most people work between the hours of nine to five, so I don't

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know how the hell they can get their hair done. We actually offer a

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24-hour service so you can actually come in whenever you like.

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It's really difficult to say without seeing your hair so it's really best

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if you come in for a consultation. Thank you, sure, that's booked in

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for 10pm. There's no difference between hairdressers and binmen, we

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provide a service. Head dresses went through a phase where hairdressers

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were like prima donnas. When the recession kicked in hairdressers

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needed the clients more than the clients needed those hairdressers.

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For me it has probably kept me in business by offering 24-hour

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service. Because there's no contrast in your colour. You're right, sexy

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mumsy. Because the phones are bringing people let go and they tell

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you the most intimate things. The last time I saw you you were going

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on a date. It went well for a bit and then we went on this holiday to

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Prague and it was an absolute disaster. Someone coming in with the

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studio lights on and they want a haircut and they'll be drunk, it was

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cool until the next day and he said I'm going to sue you, he asked for

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it to be cut to there. So now we don't take any drunks, no drunks! I

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still love my clients, even the nightmare clients, they're the ones

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that challenge you. It's not about money, I don't do what I do for

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money, I do it because I love the people.

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The Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you're heading.

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Time now for Trending Travel, your monthly mash up of the best travel

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related stories, snaps and videos online. It might not be everyone's

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favourite instrument... But one hardy musician hopes to be the first

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to play the bagpipes in every country in the world. Ross O'Connell

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Jennings set off in April, 2014 and has visited 60 countries so far. I

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like the idea of being the first person to do something but also

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bagpipes aren't just Scottish, there are an international instrument,

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there are over 130 bagpipes from countries around the world. Mostly

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it's been positive responses, I was in the Vatican City three years ago

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and I thought that wouldn't go too well, Italian policemen sprinted

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towards me and they dragged me and truck me out and he said never come

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back, never come back! But before you know it -- but before you go,

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can I have a photo? In Paris a new project gives visitors the chance to

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see through time. Look through the binoculars of the time scope

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terminal just in installed near a bridge and you will see an immersive

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360 degrees digital representation of life in the Middle Ages. It's the

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latest landmark to use VR technology to attract visitors, with other time

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scope terminals at Charles de Gaulle airport and the Bastille. A solar

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powered catamaran has just embarked on an incredible round the world

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voyage, with plastic pollution in the world's oceans at unprecedented

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levels the race for water foundation hopes to voyage -- of the voyage

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will promote new, innovative ways of tackling the problem. It's expected

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to last five years, stopping off back at the Tokyo Olympics and do

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by's 2020 universal expectation -- exposition. And a social media

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campaign helped spark an unlikely reunion. This marathon runner in

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counter at a stray dog on a six-day race across the Gobi desert, but

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after sticking together for the entire journey he lost track of his

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companion. She actually went missing in a city of 3 million people in

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north-west China. They have their own social media platforms, Weibo,

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so we had the whole of China posting it on their social media. It was

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just the best moment in my life to have her back in my arms again, I'd

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never thought we would ever find her. Deon has penned a book about

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his search with a feature film adaptation in the works.

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Now let's look at the travel videos clocking up views online. Join us as

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we take to the skies with some of the internet's highflying drone

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filmmakers. Drone photography started for me as a backyard hobby,

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but now it's taken me all over the world. I was doing underwater

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photography. I took that same concept of filming in 3-dimensional

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movement and took it to the air. My three top tips for getting the best

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shots, don't fly near airports, congested areas. Try to fly

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smoothly. If you have smooth shots it won't pull the view out of the

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experience. Film and fly when the light is beautiful. And if you say

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anything you think we should know about, don't forget to get in touch.

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Now, playing in the arcades at the seaside has been a rite of passage

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for many a young holidaymaker. But times change and so do the games.

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This year we are told will usher in a whole new generation of amusement.

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We sent Lucy Hedges deep into an alternate universe to find out more.

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Some of the tech involved in virtual reality is awesome. But the cost is

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still way out of reach for most of us to have in our homes. Which is

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why pay by the hour arcades might just be the future. In North America

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and the far east they've been a fixture for a while now. And Europe

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is slowly beginning to catch up. Around the UK in the second half of

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last year, very small independent arcades began spinning up all over

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the place. Small VR centres began opening sporadically in towns around

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the country. These four were among the first to set up shop. But here

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in the capital, nothing. At least nothing permanent. The odd pop up in

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trendy parts of town might be doing brisk business, but a long-term

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multi game facility is still to open. And there does seem to be an

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appetite. This is a gaming bar in north London. I believe competition

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is happening right now. Would you visit a VR arcade? Yeah,

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definitely. It's something that is so new and something everyone is

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talking about. You would definitely do it. The thing is not everyone

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could afford a games console in their house, now everyone can, so VR

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is the new thing that you can't afford. The market leader is HTC,

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whose centres have been opening across China and Taiwan and this is

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the year it is looking to spread its ambitions to Europe. In Europe we

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are launching and we have about 300 centres ranging from hard-core

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gaming, as he would say, to education and culture. We are

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ambition on to have about 1000 locations before the end of the

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year, so it's a fairly dynamic market. And of course speed... They

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come from the back and from the front.

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And across the English Channel there is a glimpse of what the future may

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very well look like. This is the 13th district in east Paris. It

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might not look like anything now, there's a lot of noise with the

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building sites, but in the next few years it is really going to be

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something. I'm going to check out something inside. This is slated to

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become Paris's new tech district and at its heart lies Europe's largest

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permanent VR facility. Wow. I think this is probably the best VR space

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I've ever seen. It definitely doesn't scream arcade.

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It's nothing like the arcades from back in the day. That's the great

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thing about virtual reality, it's a new technology and therefore it is

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bringing a whole new experience. And, like the old-fashioned arcades,

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they will deliver again experience you would never be able to afford in

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your own home. You are going to go to the ground and up to the sky. I'm

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ready. It looks incredible! Soaring through New York.

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It takes a bit of practice usually with me. I am no longer plummeting

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into the side of buildings, that's the good thing. If you flap you go

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up. I did not know that! I could spend hours on that. It's

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like the Superman experience. It just takes your mind off the fact

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that you are actually doing exercise, doesn't it? I'm staring at

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a beautiful blue sky and birds and beautiful tropical surroundings.

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They don't like the word arcade here because they claim an experience not

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just about gaming but also about documentary, art and physical

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fitness. How much does it cost? A 20 minute pass is 12 euros and 40

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minutes is 20 euros. That's quite a lot -- quite expensive. I have all

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the best headsets, computers, it's a beautiful venue. Where will be our

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goal in the future? We are looking forward to opening in major European

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cities and hopefully the US, so we are looking for partners in London,

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Berlin, Lisbon, New York, Los Angeles.

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It feels more Silicon Valley than Paris, but 2017 is definitely the

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year that VR is making its presence known, with spaces like this popping

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up all over Europe. So if you want to step into a virtual world, now

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you can. Well, that's all we've got time for

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this week. Coming up next week... Ade's is at the world's biggest

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sporting event, the America's Cup in Bermuda. Finding out how top sports

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men and women are turning the spotlight into the island's Marine

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on the beige. This is the thing causing all the trouble. Do join us

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then if you can and in the meantime don't forget you can keep up with us

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while we are out having adventures by signing up to our social media

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feeds. Details are on the screen. From me Christa Larwood and the rest

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of The Travel Show team here in Chile, it's goodbye.

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