0:00:07 > 0:00:14We are taking a trip through Pakistan's biggest city on a bus.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18This might be a bit crazy along the way.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20We are looking at dolphins in India from a paddle board.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Wow, did you see that one?
0:00:22 > 0:00:24That was right behind me.
0:00:24 > 0:00:32And we are crossing the great Canadian prairie on a train.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hello and welcome to the Travel Show with me, Henry Golding,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00coming to you this week from amongst the soaring skyscrapers of Singapore
0:01:00 > 0:01:02where later on we will be meeting this week's global gourmet.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06But first...
0:01:06 > 0:01:12This is a country that some governments say
0:01:12 > 0:01:14you shouldn't visit as a tourist. Pakistan.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Terror-related incidents, kidnappings and political turmoil
0:01:16 > 0:01:18have all taken their toll on the country's reputation.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21And as the country prepares to celebrate its
0:01:21 > 0:01:2370th anniversary of independence, the Travel Show's Benjamin Zand
0:01:23 > 0:01:28packed his backpack and headed for Karachi.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Pakistan is in the news almost constantly,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35but coverage of this area is pretty one-dimensional.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37If it is not focusing on the Taliban, it is about
0:01:37 > 0:01:41the country's differences with India or cricket.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45But there is a lot more to it than that.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The country is home to over 190 million people,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and 63% are under 25.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Many of these are fun loving, forward-thinking individuals
0:01:51 > 0:01:53who are changing the world.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58So I am on my way to meet some.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Karachi is Pakistan's most dangerous and notorious city, but a security
0:02:00 > 0:02:04crackdown over the last few years means it has got a lot safer,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07and for a traveller like myself that means an experience like few others.
0:02:07 > 0:02:17It just might be a bit crazy along the way.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20All right, so I have changed into more suitable clothing
0:02:20 > 0:02:24because I want to get a taste of Karachi and when you think
0:02:24 > 0:02:27of a tour you usually think of a friendly tour guide,
0:02:27 > 0:02:29some foreigners, a casual stroll around the city.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34But in Karachi it is much different.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36It is done on one of these things. This is the Super Safari Express.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45In a city linked more with bombs and guns than tourist trips,
0:02:45 > 0:02:46the Super Savari seems a safe choice.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50But this is a unique kind of tour bus, created to change the image
0:02:50 > 0:02:52of Karachi not only locally but also around the world.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Main aim - to help Karachi's population
0:02:54 > 0:02:55reconnect with their city.
0:02:55 > 0:03:01And help the rich meet the city's poorest members.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04In its early days, each tour will come with an armed guard,
0:03:04 > 0:03:05but as the situation has improved,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07it is now just this big, beautiful bus.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08I love this bus, it's incredible.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Don't we all?
0:03:10 > 0:03:11What is the history of it?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13You see them everywhere in Karachi.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Well, you know, the concept works on the lines of this actually
0:03:15 > 0:03:20being a representation of the brides of the guys who drive them.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Obviously, you can climb on the roof,
0:03:22 > 0:03:30and who doesn't want to climb on the roof of a bus?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Why do you think a city like Karachi needs
0:03:32 > 0:03:34something like this?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36There has been a disconnect between educated classes in Karachi
0:03:36 > 0:03:39and the general population.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41What we have tried to do is eliminate that disconnect
0:03:41 > 0:03:44and show everyone that the culture that you have, the history that
0:03:44 > 0:03:47you have, and the city that you live in is for everybody,
0:03:47 > 0:03:54whether you live in a mansion or you live in a slum.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57And do you do this because you think Karachi is misrepresented and it has
0:03:57 > 0:03:58a reputation it doesn't deserve?
0:03:58 > 0:04:04I will just say that there is so much more to Karachi than we know.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09The city just has so much depth.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12It has depth in terms of the people who live here,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14the cultures that exist, the lifestyles, the architecture,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17there is just so much to see.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19There is something special about this mosque
0:04:19 > 0:04:21that I have to show you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The tour takes visitors around the city
0:04:23 > 0:04:26in an attempt to show its diversity.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29You visit mosques, Hindu temples, churches, Karachi's version
0:04:29 > 0:04:31of the Big Ben, and then it is time for food.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Sorry.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I am going to ruin your tea party.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38What is this?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41This guy says traditional Pakistani breakfast.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Yes, a traditional Pakistani breakfast is essential.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47So you get chai and a type of an omelette, essentially most
0:04:47 > 0:04:51things in Pakistan are made spicy, so the same with omelettes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53I have noticed.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56My stomach noticed that a few days ago.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59You dip some of that in the chai.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You actually dip it in the tea?
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Yeah. I am just ruining your tea.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10I have got soggy pieces of dough in your tea.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Our next stop.
0:05:17 > 0:05:23So this is Lyari.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Widely regarded as the most dangerous area of Karachi.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Lyari has a pretty bad reputation, linked with gangs and violence
0:05:28 > 0:05:32it is known as the worst part of Karachi, but I was here to see
0:05:32 > 0:05:34what it was really like, and to play football.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38That is because I am in town to meet the people helping to change
0:05:38 > 0:05:39Lyari for the better.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42And it starts here.
0:05:42 > 0:05:50So here in Lyari there is only one thing people care about,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53There's over 175 registered clubs, and that's because these guys,
0:05:53 > 0:05:54like everybody else, absolutely love it.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Anywhere you look you see Man United tops, Real Madrid tops
0:05:57 > 0:05:59and hopefully some Liverpool tops,
0:05:59 > 0:06:03and I am here to find out a bit more about why that is the case.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08This is our Lyari centre, in Lyari, a centre of excellence,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11where we have approximately 100 kids that come across to train
0:06:11 > 0:06:15four or five times a week.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18We give them free football coaching, we give them life skills
0:06:18 > 0:06:22sessions on top of it.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25So I have been asked to have a game with these kids,
0:06:25 > 0:06:26who look pretty good.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Because I am wearing a Liverpool top,
0:06:27 > 0:06:29everybody thinks I play for Liverpool.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32A huge crowd has gathered.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Yeah, look forward to me embarrassing myself
0:06:34 > 0:06:35in front of everybody.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Here we go.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41After eyeing up the opposition, we began.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Sand and heat, it is not a good combination.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Soon, though, we were losing by two goals.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Me and my new friend Michelle realised it was our moment and,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00after generously being awarded a free kick,
0:07:00 > 0:07:01I curled it into the corner.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Then two penalties later we had won the game.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08After celebrating with my team, adequately named
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Benjamin's Liverpool Warriors, I spoke to Michelle
0:07:10 > 0:07:12about football here.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16She runs the local women's team and is trying to get more women
0:07:16 > 0:07:20involved in football and, amazingly enough, it turned out
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I had just witnessed her first ever game on this pitch.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25You were a little bit nervous about playing because you are
0:07:25 > 0:07:27like the only girl here.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Is this the first time you have played here?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33It is the first time I have played here without any other girls,
0:07:33 > 0:07:37and if you were to look around, and there's a game going on there,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39and there's an academy here, I think I am the only female
0:07:39 > 0:07:41in this stadium right now.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Sometimes we go into an area where the culture is just extremely
0:07:43 > 0:07:46male-dominated, and they don't want females to play.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Despite the resistance from some people here,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Michelle says things are getting better for female footballers.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56They have just set up a new women's team.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I am really happy to say that we actually
0:07:58 > 0:08:00have a girls' centre here.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03From my point of view, it is brand-new for them, but the interest
0:08:03 > 0:08:06is in that they are eager to play, they are keen to play,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08which is something very difficult in Pakistan,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10to get girls excited about sports.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13There are 100 boys who come to the academy here,
0:08:13 > 0:08:19there are maybe 35 girls who come.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22That is about the ratio, but to me that is fantastic,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26because two years ago, there was zero.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Up until about a week ago, I had no idea that anybody
0:08:29 > 0:08:31played football in Pakistan, never mind there was this
0:08:31 > 0:08:36conclave where it was huge.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Cricket is the dominant sport, but cricket also comes
0:08:39 > 0:08:41from a colonial past, and football is picked up
0:08:41 > 0:08:43in areas that have been otherwise neglected.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45These guys have had to come up with their own recreation,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47solving their own problems, and football is kind
0:08:47 > 0:08:58of an inherited a game, solving your problems.
0:09:03 > 0:09:13I kind of want to hear some rap.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16So this really could not be more different from the image most people
0:09:16 > 0:09:23get when they think of Pakistan.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Time now for this week's Global Gourmet, which this week comes
0:09:27 > 0:09:34from here in Singapore, and today we are looking at a style of food
0:09:34 > 0:09:44unique to this part of the world, Peranakan food,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53and a restaurant that has made quite a name for itself.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55What we do here is Peranakan cuisine with a slight modern approach.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58If you see Peranakan food, you kind of have
0:09:58 > 0:10:00the Malay flavours and curries, but at the same time
0:10:00 > 0:10:02you also have Chinese dishes, and you also have pork.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08So that is what is really unique about it.
0:10:08 > 0:10:17We are going to do slow-braised pork ribs with a kind of a curry.
0:10:18 > 0:10:27This is the dish that everyone recognises the Peranakan cuisine by.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30We always say if you can cook this dish well,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32it means that you can cook every other dish well.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The base of most Peranakan dishes are really what we call
0:10:36 > 0:10:38a spice base, rempah, and typically they consist
0:10:38 > 0:10:41of a few ingredients like shalotts, garlic,
0:10:41 > 0:10:50nuts, shrimp paste, galangal, turmeric and lemongrass.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Shrimp paste smells to some people bad,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54like socks that you have never washed for a week.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55To us, delicious.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58We are going to caramelise it with some oil until it dries up,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01and it has this really nice depth of flavour.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02There is something really rich,
0:11:02 > 0:11:08and it adds something special to the sauce.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12In our kind of food, you really have to take
0:11:12 > 0:11:14time and be patient.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16If you rush it, the food will not taste good.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18So now you start to smell the garlic, the lemongrass,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20the chilli and the turmeric.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23At this point, this is the smell that I grew up with,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25and that is really the thing
0:11:25 > 0:11:32that always reminds me of when I was young.
0:11:32 > 0:11:38So this is the base that we use to braise chicken or other things.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41So the meat, after braising up to three hours,
0:11:41 > 0:11:43absorbs all the spice flavours that we have put in
0:11:43 > 0:11:48and also it is nice and tender and moist in the centre.
0:11:48 > 0:11:55Slow-cooked pork ribs on the bone
0:11:55 > 0:12:03in black nut curry sauce and a black nut sambal on the top.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06It is probably the last dish I will want to have before,
0:12:06 > 0:12:13you know, bye-bye. That is how much it means to me.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Still to come here on this week's Travel Show:
0:12:18 > 0:12:23Planes, trains, boats and bikes in the dead centre of Canada.
0:12:23 > 0:12:31So don't go away.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35The Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you are heading.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43My name is Spike Reid, I am an international mountain
0:12:43 > 0:12:46leader, and in October last year with some team-mates,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I set off from the glacial source of the River Ganges
0:12:49 > 0:12:54and paddle-boarded all the way down the river to the Indian Ocean.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58We covered 3000 kilometres.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02It took 98 days.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04It was a tough journey.
0:13:04 > 0:13:14But it was certainly memorable.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17The expedition really began in earnest
0:13:17 > 0:13:19when we launched onto the river at Devprayag,
0:13:19 > 0:13:29which is where two rivers come together and form the Ganges proper.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39There's already a lot of flow,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42you have got these two raging torrents coming together.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47You jump on, and suddenly you have got these waves,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49you have got these flows, and it is like,
0:13:49 > 0:13:54"Right, can I stay on this board?"
0:14:02 > 0:14:05This is the mighty paddle board.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08It is 30 inches wide.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12It is virtually stable, I haven't really fallen in off it,
0:14:12 > 0:14:17and it has got such a great glide through the water.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21One of the biggest highlights on the whole trip
0:14:21 > 0:14:28was seeing the Gangetic river dolphin.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31They are one of the most endangered aquatic mammals in the whole world.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Wow!
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Sorry, you are not seeing any of these.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36They are definitely dolphins.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Did you see that one? That was right behind me.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Trying to film these was really hard work.
0:14:42 > 0:14:51They never jump where you predict.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Throughout the journey, local people were fascinated
0:14:57 > 0:14:58in what we were doing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01We were working with a charity that is doing a huge amount
0:15:01 > 0:15:05of work here in terms of improving sanitation.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It was quite sobering to see how many people are living
0:15:10 > 0:15:16without really any reliable clean water sources.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20The quality of the water in the Ganges is incredibly low.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Another plastic cup.
0:15:25 > 0:15:30One of dozens upon dozens I have seen yesterday.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38We have been paddling seven, eight hours a day,
0:15:38 > 0:15:42and northern India in November, December, can be tough.
0:15:42 > 0:15:49Some mornings, the fog was so, so thick, it was like pea soup.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Those last two and a half days were tough.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54One day I paddled 78 kilometres and was on the paddle
0:15:54 > 0:16:03board for about 13 hours.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09The end point of Ganges' delta is Gangasaga,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13and when I got there I was like, "This is open ocean."
0:16:13 > 0:16:17"There is no bank to my right, there is no bank to my left."
0:16:17 > 0:16:19"We are here, we are here, we have made it!"
0:16:19 > 0:16:24I felt so alive.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Nice and salty.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33As well as learning a lot about the challenges
0:16:33 > 0:16:35facing these communities, I think I now know how
0:16:35 > 0:16:40far I can actually push myself.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Spike Reid and his epic paddle board journey down the Ganges
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and if you are planning, or have completed an incredible
0:16:45 > 0:16:55journey of your own, why not let us know.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00And finally this week, the last of our films marking
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Canada's 150th anniversary.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06This week we are in Manitoba visiting communities that rely
0:17:06 > 0:17:08on a fragile rail link to the rest of the country.
0:17:08 > 0:17:14But that line has been closed by damage from storms.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19Its owners say they can't afford to repair it and the communities
0:17:19 > 0:17:21may have to take over the rail link themselves.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Oh, my goodness, I can't see the communities
0:17:24 > 0:17:26surviving without the train.
0:17:26 > 0:17:33It has been the mode of travel for years.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Cos it's an isolated community, so you have only got
0:17:45 > 0:17:48the train or a plane, but usually everyone uses the train.
0:17:48 > 0:17:53They rely on it, right, because how are you going to get food?
0:17:53 > 0:17:56It will cost too much for aeroplane charters or helicopters to come in.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Yes, in the winter, providing you have a good winter season,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02we can have the winter road from January to March,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04three months, but that is it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:13Spring and summer, fall, it is by rail.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Our elders, they all worked on the rail,
0:18:27 > 0:18:37and I was born up north by the railroad tracks.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Growing up here, I used to go out and go fishing with my grandparents
0:18:47 > 0:18:52and my grandmother, and I would go berry picking,
0:18:52 > 0:18:58and she would cook me rabbit every morning for breakfast.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Pretty good.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05We have grandchildren.
0:19:05 > 0:19:12We enjoy watching them grow up here, it is quiet.
0:19:12 > 0:19:22It has its challenges, this is where we actually started,
0:19:26 > 0:19:27where our family was actually begun.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Can bears eat ants? Yeah.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33What is that? Yellow Creek.
0:19:33 > 0:19:40You know that giant mountain, like that mountain?
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Me and Noel Nolan, we walked over there.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43There is a lake.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48This is the kids' playground. They know every inch of this land.
0:19:53 > 0:20:01All this used to be a lake at one time.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04We are surrounded by swamp, and we can't build a road
0:20:04 > 0:20:06there because sometimes we would say bottomless, but it isn't feasible
0:20:06 > 0:20:10for us to put a road in there and put in half a mile
0:20:10 > 0:20:19of dirt in the ground.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Some of the challenges are getting our food,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29our gas, our vehicles.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Everything is a challenge up here.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37What I like is that the children here are able to go out anywhere,
0:20:37 > 0:20:45and they are always watched by the whole community.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Especially after the school is over,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52they go out biking, they go out hunting.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55They really learn a lot from it,
0:20:55 > 0:21:03because it was our way of life a long time ago also.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Owning the railroad, I know that our leadership
0:21:09 > 0:21:15has been pushing and have been staunch believers in the rail.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17It has been here for years.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21I believe it will be here for a lot more years.
0:21:21 > 0:21:27I am hoping that we will get partners who will want to help get
0:21:27 > 0:21:34the needs and necessities into the communities.
0:21:43 > 0:21:49That is all the time we have this week, but coming up next week...
0:21:49 > 0:21:50I only know Justin Bieber.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52You are a Belieber?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I am a Belieber.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Ben is getting in tune at a festival in Pakistan.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59# What are you waiting for?
0:21:59 > 0:22:04# What are you waiting for?
0:22:04 > 0:22:09I am about to step in the ring with Momo, who is a top contender.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14I am in Thailand learning the art of kicking.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Join us for that if you can, but in the meantime,
0:22:18 > 0:22:22you can follow us on the road by joining our social-media feeds.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24All the details are on your screens now.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But from me, Henry Golding and the rest of the Travel Show
0:22:27 > 0:22:35team here in Singapore, it is goodbye.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Hello there.