0:00:01 > 0:00:04Now on BBC News, Christa Larwood presents the Travel Show
0:00:04 > 0:00:06from Australia and looks back at the year so far.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08There's only one problem, right?
0:00:08 > 0:00:08What's that?
0:00:08 > 0:00:12We're on this thing and there's no one to turn it off.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Does that mean we're on here forever?
0:00:13 > 0:00:18In a theory that could happen.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Hello and welcome to our special look back
0:00:44 > 0:00:48at the past couple of months here on the travel show with me, Christa
0:00:48 > 0:00:48Larwood.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51We're incredibly lucky to get to see and do such wonderful
0:00:51 > 0:00:54things around the world, so it's always difficult to choose our
0:00:54 > 0:00:56favourite things to show you again.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00But I do hope that you enjoy them.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07That was incredible, this guy's a real expert.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Like so many buildings here in Belchite, this church was
0:01:15 > 0:01:17completely destroyed during the fighting.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20It's a daunting project that will cost at least another 30
0:01:20 > 0:01:21million euros to complete.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24We can imagine all the walls covered by
0:01:24 > 0:01:28frescoes.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40This ride is getting bumpier and bumpier,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42it's almost like trying to stay on a bucking Bronco.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45On the these four acres of land Kenny has used 1000
0:01:45 > 0:01:50tonnes of recycled stuff to create 350 works of art.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It's made out of refrigerators.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Made out of refrigerators?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Yeah.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Spanish
0:02:03 > 0:02:07civil war, a conflict that tore the country in two and led to the
0:02:07 > 0:02:11autocratic rule of General Franco until well into the 1970s.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The war is still a difficult topic in Spain
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and back in June I visited a village that has become a symbol of how
0:02:18 > 0:02:25painful it can be to deal with the past.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29One place where the scars of the Spanish Civil War are all too
0:02:29 > 0:02:34visible is the old village of Belchite in north-eastern Spain.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It's a ruin.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Streets are filled with the remains of buildings that were
0:02:45 > 0:02:48blasted to pieces during the war, which started 80 years ago
0:02:48 > 0:02:49this month.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Today, Spanish-language tours of the site cater to thousands of
0:02:51 > 0:02:56visitors from this country and across the world.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59This may be a very popular site for tourists but for
0:02:59 > 0:03:02local Spanish people the question of how to memorialise the country's
0:03:02 > 0:03:07civil war and fascist past is the subject of fierce debate.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14After the death of Franco and his dictatorship
0:03:14 > 0:03:17in 1975, Spanish political parties agreed to an informal pact of
0:03:17 > 0:03:19forgetting, which meant the country's nationalist past was
0:03:19 > 0:03:23widely ignored.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26But that's changed in the last decade or so.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29In 2007, a law was passed to condemn General
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Franco's regime, and honour the victims of the war.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Many have called for a truth and reconciliation
0:03:36 > 0:03:42process, like in South Africa, after the end of apartheid.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Still, many believe the past should simply be forgotten,
0:03:45 > 0:03:55including powerful symbols, like the ruins of Belchite.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The tourists I met here also believe the site should continue to
0:04:27 > 0:04:30be preserved.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55As the anniversary of the Civil War approaches, Spain will doubtless
0:04:55 > 0:04:59continue to debate how it will remember its past, and perhaps
0:04:59 > 0:05:0280 years is still not enough time to bring about a full and frank
0:05:02 > 0:05:04national conversation.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But whatever happens, old Belchite will continue
0:05:07 > 0:05:10to stand as a striking monument and harsh reminder of what happens
0:05:10 > 0:05:16when national arguments turn to violence.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Aiming to heal old wounds in Spain back in June.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30In a minute, Raja will be tackling huge sand dunes in China
0:05:30 > 0:05:31in a buggy.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36But before that, a month ago we delved even further back into
0:05:36 > 0:05:41European history when Ade went to Rome to discover how crowdfunding
0:05:41 > 0:05:44is coming to the aid of a palace owned by the Emperor Nero
0:05:44 > 0:05:47almost 2000 years ago.
0:05:48 > 0:05:56Few cities in the world can rival Roma's wealth of artistic heritage.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02When you hear, without even trying, you can spot so much history.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08But the building I'm most interested in seeing is Nero's Domus Aurea.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Nero's Golden house is so beautiful and it provided the inspiration
0:06:15 > 0:06:21for a lot of the architecture here in Rome.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Even some of the paintings and frescoes in the Vatican
0:06:24 > 0:06:27copy to Nero's style.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30If they can't find the funding to restore Nero's golden house,
0:06:30 > 0:06:36a really important part of Rome's history could be lost for ever.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Nero was the fifth Roman Emperor, and the last of the Julio-Claudian
0:06:39 > 0:06:40dynasty.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43His palace was built between 64 and 68 A.D.,
0:06:43 > 0:06:50and it was definitely meant to get the neighbours jealous.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53After Nero's death, his palace fell into disrepair
0:06:53 > 0:06:55and eventually became buried under eight centuries
0:06:55 > 0:06:57of urban development.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That was until 1930 when the sections you can see
0:06:59 > 0:07:03today were first excavated.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And it's a daunting project that will cost at
0:07:05 > 0:07:10least another 30 million euros to complete.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13What was it like, you know, when this was first built?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17How did it feel, the sound?
0:07:17 > 0:07:21The sound, the entering of the light.
0:07:21 > 0:07:29There was light coming in as well? Yes.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33And these, these are fantastic. Yes.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38We can imagine all the walls covered by frescoes or marble slabs.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41What is obvious to me is excavating and preserving
0:07:41 > 0:07:45the Palace is a massive task, and it's a real race against time.
0:08:03 > 0:08:11So far only 21,000 euros have been raised by a crowdfunding.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Most of that has come from tourists rather than
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Romans themselves.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19What the project has done is raise awareness of
0:08:19 > 0:08:22the urgent need to find new funding models when it comes to excavation
0:08:22 > 0:08:23and preservation.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26While crowdfunding might not be the total answer to the problem,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30it could certainly prove tobe part of the solution.
0:08:42 > 0:08:4520% of China's landmass is desert.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48And right now we're in one of the world's most
0:08:48 > 0:08:50famous, the Gobi.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Up until now there wasn't much use for this land,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57then tourism came along with some other ideas.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05The desert is 27 square kilometres of soft sand
0:09:05 > 0:09:09and hilly dunes, and this is a taste of the fun and games
0:09:09 > 0:09:12they are planning here.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16A 31 seater wave surfing desert galleon.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20If you want something more edgy, there is always this...
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Right on the end of this sand dune, I can't believe it!
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Very steep hill!
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Whoa!
0:09:46 > 0:09:48That was incredible, this guy's a real expert,
0:09:48 > 0:09:52and we're going right by the side, to the tops of inclines,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56I think we're going to fall and we don't.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00It's very scary, but I'm in the hands of a good driver,
0:10:00 > 0:10:02and that's the best I can hope for.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05It's frightening.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Daniel Pu is a local investor who has big plans for the area.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14This place was always unique, but now it has been a centre for
0:10:14 > 0:10:19the entertainment for the local people.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21People meet in sunny days, then enjoy the barbecue,
0:10:21 > 0:10:26and do some family activities.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29A tourist will come into the gates here, what
0:10:29 > 0:10:29will happen?
0:10:29 > 0:10:31What will they experience?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35At the very beginning this is just empty sand.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37It's just that.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40This place is nothing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43But with these cars you can enjoy the fun to drive
0:10:43 > 0:10:46in the cars, and try different activities to be closer with nature.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48The nature doesn't mean just forest and water.
0:10:48 > 0:10:59It also means this desert.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Daniel's confident that the growing Chinese middle class will look
0:11:01 > 0:11:06to escape the cities and explore the country's nature more.
0:11:06 > 0:11:13What kind of tourists can you imagine coming here?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15All tourists, actually.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Everyone, when you get here, you will
0:11:17 > 0:11:18enjoy a different life.
0:11:18 > 0:11:27I think it brings a kind of enlightenment to your own life.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Do stay with us on The Travel Show, because coming up...
0:11:31 > 0:11:31That is astonishing!
0:11:31 > 0:11:33...We meet an artist living his own version
0:11:33 > 0:11:36of the American dream.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39How we get men on Mars, people on Mars, isn't
0:11:39 > 0:11:54going to happen by how things fit in with other things.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Next up in our look back at the past couple of months here
0:11:57 > 0:12:01on The Travel Show we have a couple of conservation stories for you.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04In a moment, Carmen finds out how the bears that were once
0:12:04 > 0:12:06the inspiration for the Paddington series of books are now
0:12:07 > 0:12:08being protected in Peru.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11It's incredible to be so close to a bear, which is just there,
0:12:11 > 0:12:12a few metres away.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And in Cambodia, Henry joined a patrol that takes on poachers
0:12:15 > 0:12:18who prey on local wildlife.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Koh Kong province, a quiet area in the south-west of Cambodia,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25an area made up of a vast coastline, partially inaccessible rainforest,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29and barely a tourist in sight.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32But from this summer travellers will be given the opportunity to pay
0:12:32 > 0:12:35to experience what the Rangers on the front line of trafficking
0:12:35 > 0:12:39and logging here are dealing with.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44That is shocking to say the least.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Look how many chainsaws they've actually commandeered
0:12:46 > 0:12:50from these illegal loggers.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51How many would you say there are?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Over 500.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57But these pieces of wood you see here, this is the Rosewood,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59the famous rosewood that's more expensive.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01In China it costs $20,000.
0:13:01 > 0:13:07$20,000?
0:13:07 > 0:13:07Per cubic metre.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10These would just be looped around a tree?
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Waiting for something to come along.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Put its foot in.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Yes.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Time for me to take on the criminals.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Kind of.
0:13:26 > 0:13:33All right, let's go.
0:13:33 > 0:13:42# Can't wait til you see...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45# How you like me now?! # How you like me now?!
0:13:45 > 0:13:48It's pretty scary, we were stopping for a water break.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52In the distance there were two guys on a motorbike who literally just
0:13:52 > 0:13:54looked on their bike and ran off.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Luckily one of the guys saw that, started chasing.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59What's happened is they've dropped whatever they were carrying
0:13:59 > 0:14:00and this was it.
0:14:00 > 0:14:00Rosewood.
0:14:00 > 0:14:07The perpetrators are too quick to get away this time.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10It's clearly a tough job for these rangers.
0:14:10 > 0:14:24Just making our way through the forest is hard enough.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29This ride is getting bumpier and bumpier,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32it's almost like trying to stay on a bucking bronco.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Whoa!
0:14:35 > 0:14:39This deforestation is destroying animals habitats.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42That's not the only man-made danger they face here.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45The remains of snares can be found all around.
0:14:45 > 0:14:53It's a strong piece of stick, OK?
0:14:53 > 0:14:57When he's coming he is getting this piece of fruit
0:14:57 > 0:14:58and he's getting caught.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59There is a bit missing here.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Yes, it's missing.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02I believe something else is missing.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05A lot of these traps are designed to maim rather than kill,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07so they can collect them alive?
0:15:07 > 0:15:07Yes.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Having seen the indiscriminate damage that snares like this do
0:15:10 > 0:15:12to even much larger animals than their intended targets,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14it's quite shocking to see them up close.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17But witnessing it myself helps me come face-to-face with the brutal
0:15:17 > 0:15:26impact this can have.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39The Andean bear is the only native bear species to South America.
0:15:39 > 0:15:47It's on the endangered list because of hunting and habitat loss.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51But here in the Chaparri area, they're doing something about it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54This is Peru's first private conservation area, set up jointly
0:15:54 > 0:15:56with the local community in 2000.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00It tries to rehabilitate rescued bears that have been captured
0:16:00 > 0:16:09illegally and mistreated as exotic pets or circus attractions.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12We have them here in these enclosures so they get used
0:16:12 > 0:16:17to the fruit and dangers.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Most animals kept in captivity are unlikely to survive in the wild,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25but here they're doing all they can to change that.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28When bears are born here, they learn the things
0:16:28 > 0:16:35they can eat and can't eat.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37These bears are candidates to be released.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Four-year-old Elisa was born in this reserve.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40This is Elisa's mother next door.
0:16:41 > 0:16:50Yes.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Her mother, Angelina, was rescued from captivity
0:16:53 > 0:16:55where she had been kept as a house pet.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Sadly, she would never survive in the outside world.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00We're going to sedate Elisa, and we're going to set up
0:17:00 > 0:17:02a GPS column on her.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05The GPS collar will allow Juan to track Elisa when she is released.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07OK, so is that the job done?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Wait until tomorrow, and tomorrow we're
0:17:09 > 0:17:10going to release her.
0:17:10 > 0:17:23OK.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26So it's a beautiful morning and today's the day we're
0:17:26 > 0:17:27going to release Elisa into the wild.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33I'm super excited.
0:17:33 > 0:17:33Here she comes from here she comes.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43Juan and his team enticed Elisa out of the cage with some food,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and she takes her first steps towards freedom.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48It's incredible to be so close to a bear.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50There's no gate, there's no fence separating us.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53She's just there, a few metres away.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58Looks like she's enjoying her first wild fruit.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03I think she's just realised she's in the wild.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05From here on, Elisa faces an uncertain future,
0:18:05 > 0:18:09but the GPS collar will track her whereabouts,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13so Juan and his team can see how she adapts to life in the wild.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I'm very happy for her.
0:18:15 > 0:18:21Since she was born, we were waiting for this moment.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27To finish up this week, it's a bit of a travel cliche to say
0:18:27 > 0:18:35it's the people who make a place, but Raja certainly found that out
0:18:35 > 0:18:39when he went to Palm Springs and met an artist who is living his very
0:18:39 > 0:18:46own particular version of the American dream.
0:18:46 > 0:18:46Wow.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Look at that, that is astonishing.
0:18:51 > 0:18:59Welcome to the wacky world of Kenny Ingram Junior.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07An artist whose work is now leering sightseers away from Frank Sinatra's
0:19:07 > 0:19:22old house around the corner to see this fantastical creation instead.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I've been working on my art for I would say at least
0:19:26 > 0:19:28the last four decades, since I've been
0:19:28 > 0:19:28living and breathing.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Really?
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Yeah, I was born an artist.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34On these four acres of land, Kenny has used 1000 tonnes
0:19:34 > 0:19:36of recycled stuff to create 350 works of art.
0:19:36 > 0:19:43So far.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44There s the hockey bot.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49What's that?
0:19:49 > 0:19:50It's made out of refrigerators.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51Made out of refrigerators?
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Yeah.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Right there is the robo bear, made out of an air
0:19:59 > 0:20:00conditioning compressor.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02There's Santa's barrel wagon up there.
0:20:02 > 0:20:02That is astonishing.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04What are the reindeer made of?
0:20:04 > 0:20:04Everything.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Basically, everything is made of everything.
0:20:06 > 0:20:06Yeah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08That is the what bunny?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11The Mongolian Easter Bunny's mobile throne.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I'm just reading this, this is one of the world's only
0:20:14 > 0:20:14two-microwaved microwaves.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17That is correct.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19This is a genuine microwaved microwave.
0:20:19 > 0:20:26I literally microwaved a microwave.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27While it was microwaving.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I'm the only one in human history has ever successfully pulled off
0:20:30 > 0:20:32this accomplishment.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35People come from Germany, Japan, the United Arab Emirates,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37France, India - all different places.
0:20:37 > 0:20:43They told me they came here just to see this.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Where do you think this fits in, where you fit in,
0:20:46 > 0:20:47into contemporary America?
0:20:47 > 0:20:51I don't know where it could fit in, I don't think it fits in anywhere,
0:20:51 > 0:20:52really, to speak of.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56How we got men on the moon and how we'll get men on Mars,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59or people on Mars, isn't going to happen by how things fit
0:20:59 > 0:21:02in with other things, it's going to happen by how
0:21:02 > 0:21:03things that have been...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Never been done before, it's how it's going to happen.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I don't think I'll fit in it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Of course you'll fit in there, you're not that big.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Not that big at all.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Do you think we should be riding around in these?
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Absolutely, there is no excuse not to.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Kenny, there's only one problem, right?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21What's that?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24We're on this thing and there's no one to turn it off.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Does that mean we're on here for ever?
0:21:26 > 0:21:30In theory that could happen.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34LAUGHTER
0:21:36 > 0:21:39And it goes without saying if you're thinking about microwaving your
0:21:39 > 0:21:43microwave at home, please don't.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48That's all we've got time for on this weeks show.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51-- That's all we've got time for on this week's show.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56Coming up next week...
0:21:56 > 0:21:56That's just astonishing.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Ade's in the ancient city of Petra in Jordan.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Searching for treasure.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Part of a jar or huge plate, something like this.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I've never seen such an unobstructed 360 degrees view.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08And Ben's up high in Serbia, using your tips to get a better
0:22:08 > 0:22:09view of Belgrade.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Hopefully you can join us then.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14In the meantime, you can catch up with us on social media.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17All the details you need are on screen now.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20For now, from me, Christa Larwood, and the rest of the Travel Show
0:22:20 > 0:22:31team, it's goodbye.
0:22:49 > 0:22:49Hello.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Contrasting weather conditions to look out for this weekend.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Wet for some, hot for others, particularly on Saturday.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57The reason is this area of low pressure that has been bombarding