0:00:00 > 0:00:02Victoria Gill, BBC News.
0:00:02 > 0:00:07Now it's time for The Travel Show.
0:00:12 > 0:00:19This week on The Travel Show... Seeing Africa by train.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22This week on The Travel Show... Seeing Africa by train.We witnessed
0:00:22 > 0:00:27seven lions that were chasing a zebra. It was like a movie! And this
0:00:27 > 0:00:37was real.The history of selfies. Selfies have a very interesting
0:00:37 > 0:00:40history that goes back 40,000 years.
0:00:45 > 0:00:52And rocking the mike underwater in Denmark.Making music!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23We're starting this week in Africa on a train line that passes through
0:01:23 > 0:01:29some of the continent's wildest landscape. The Freedom Railway cut
0:01:29 > 0:01:34through more than 8000 kilometres of mountains, jungle and Savannah. As
0:01:34 > 0:01:41it winds its way from Tansey to Zambia's central province. But more
0:01:41 > 0:01:46than 40 years after it opened, it is now beginning to show its age and is
0:01:46 > 0:01:50overdue and major upgrade. We bought a ticket and went to find out what
0:01:50 > 0:01:56makes the journey so unique.I'm scared of using the bus because
0:01:56 > 0:02:02buses aren't safe. The first time on the train I was like...
0:07:54 > 0:07:58And if you're tempted by a rail journey through Africa, here's our
0:07:58 > 0:08:03pick up some of the highlights. The continent's first ever high-speed
0:08:03 > 0:08:08train line is due to open this summer in Morocco. It will more than
0:08:08 > 0:08:12half the time it takes to travel from the -- the port of Tangiers
0:08:12 > 0:08:18where you can pick up slower connections. Another key upgrade
0:08:18 > 0:08:23recently has been the stretch from Mombasa to Nairobi, in Kenya. That
0:08:23 > 0:08:27route used to be known as the lunatic express because its
0:08:27 > 0:08:31construction in the late 19th century was so dangerous. Thousands
0:08:31 > 0:08:36of labourers died working on it. Many from malaria. Some from being
0:08:36 > 0:08:42attacked by lions. The 12 hour journey has now been reduced to four
0:08:42 > 0:08:47and a half, but at those speeds you might find that any visible the game
0:08:47 > 0:08:55makes it slightly trickier to spot. One of the most luxury is and most
0:08:55 > 0:09:01expensive rides Africa has to offer is South Africa's Blue Train. It
0:09:01 > 0:09:06takes to be seven hours to travel the nearly 1000 miles from Pretoria
0:09:06 > 0:09:13to Cape Town and will set you back around £900, or about $1200 US.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18However, you are paying not just for dramatic views of the landscapes but
0:09:18 > 0:09:24also for high-end 5-star service onboard. And in Egypt, the line from
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Cairo tracks the course of the Nile River and offers excellent views of
0:09:29 > 0:09:34plantations and villages on the way. If you try and book at the ticket
0:09:34 > 0:09:37office they'll put you on the sleeper services and you will miss
0:09:37 > 0:09:40all the views, however there is nothing to stop you booking online
0:09:40 > 0:09:44or just turning up and getting your ticket on the train. Do check the
0:09:44 > 0:09:53latest travel advice before you go. Still to come on The Travel Show, we
0:09:53 > 0:10:03take our best pal along to be Museum of Selfies. And why I'm getting a
0:10:03 > 0:10:11good dunking in the name of music. It's lovely and warm!When you're
0:10:11 > 0:10:15singing into the water you have to have watered down your throat and if
0:10:15 > 0:10:26you open up you get the water in your lungs.So, do stay with us. The
0:10:26 > 0:10:33Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you're heading.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43OK, it is time for Trend in Travel, your monthly mash-up of the best
0:10:43 > 0:10:50travel stories, pics and leapt. Apparently over 1 million selfies
0:10:50 > 0:10:54are posted to social media every day. So it was probably inevitable
0:10:54 > 0:11:02that someone would open up a Museum of Selfies. It opened in LA for a
0:11:02 > 0:11:07month starting in April.It is more than just a gallery of art, it is an
0:11:07 > 0:11:10installation that allows people to create selfies of there own. Selfies
0:11:10 > 0:11:14have an interesting history that goes back 40,000 years. The human
0:11:14 > 0:11:19form is a very old thing that we've depicted since we were able to start
0:11:19 > 0:11:23drawing on cave walls. It's changed because technology and techniques
0:11:23 > 0:11:27have become more advanced.This year, the Africa celebrates 100
0:11:27 > 0:11:32years since the birth of Nelson Mandela. With a packed calendar of
0:11:32 > 0:11:39concerts, celebrations and a new app. Madiba's journey guides
0:11:39 > 0:11:43visitors around many other sites that shaped the great man's life,
0:11:43 > 0:11:47including Robben Island, when he was imprisoned for 18 long gruelling
0:11:47 > 0:11:52years. The listings are decked out with images, histories and even
0:11:52 > 0:11:58audio guides. Available for both iOS and Android. Now we need to travel
0:11:58 > 0:12:04photographer with a difference. Jackie Kenny uses Google Street View
0:12:04 > 0:12:09to explore the world, posting her screen grabs. She suffers from a
0:12:09 > 0:12:14fear of open spaces, leaving her largely confined to her house, but
0:12:14 > 0:12:18her work is spreading across the globe, with an exhibition in New
0:12:18 > 0:12:24York and nearly 100,000 Instagram followers. For a limited time she is
0:12:24 > 0:12:28donating a portion of the profits to the brain and behaviour research
0:12:28 > 0:12:33foundation. We caught up with blind backpacker Tony, fresh from his trip
0:12:33 > 0:12:36to Israel and Palestine for a Facebook live interview
0:12:36 > 0:12:37to Israel and Palestine for a Facebook live interview. He has
0:12:37 > 0:12:45visited over 120 countries, despite losing his right as a child.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48What has been the most unforgettable place that you have visited? The
0:12:48 > 0:12:53most amazing place.India is the most amazing country, I have been
0:12:53 > 0:12:58twice and the first time I spent months on the bus, travelling around
0:12:58 > 0:13:02and bungee jumping. I love the people and the nature, I can smell
0:13:02 > 0:13:09it all and since it all. -- sense. Thank you to everyone who sent us
0:13:09 > 0:13:14your pictures from your travel, using our hash tag. Here is what
0:13:14 > 0:13:23caught my eye. Mario took this stunning sunset shot. While Roger
0:13:23 > 0:13:29captured and other sunset view. Don't forget to share your travel
0:13:29 > 0:13:35pictures with us on our Twitter feed. OK, here are the travel videos
0:13:35 > 0:13:43we have been viewing this month. 70 years ago this month, shrill anchor
0:13:43 > 0:13:46declared independence from Great Britain. So we have selected a
0:13:46 > 0:13:52couple of films that show the country at its best that you can
0:13:52 > 0:14:01also check out online.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22And if you see anything you think we should go about, please do get in
0:14:22 > 0:14:32touch. You can find us on Twitter at BBC travel show. And finally this
0:14:32 > 0:14:43week, I travel to aALBORG in Denmark. -- Aalborg. This is a
0:14:43 > 0:14:47country Company surrounded by water, no matter where you are you are
0:14:47 > 0:14:51never more than 50 kilometres from the coast. So it should come as a
0:14:51 > 0:14:54surprise that that it was here that a local artist was inspired to
0:14:54 > 0:14:59combine music and water in a way that you have never heard it for. --
0:14:59 > 0:15:15heard before. This is the group Between Music, their latest show is
0:15:15 > 0:15:19a four part series called Aqua sonic, which explores who we are as
0:15:19 > 0:15:28human beings and it begins with our time in the wound.-- womb. We are
0:15:28 > 0:15:34so often divided by you and me, them and us, religion and different
0:15:34 > 0:15:39cultures, but this is something we all know about. We have our first
0:15:39 > 0:15:42nine months covered by this water filter so I think somehow the
0:15:42 > 0:15:48audience, I think they are on at least an unconscious level will have
0:15:48 > 0:15:54a flashback to hearing those sounds.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04So as performers, how does it feel when you are underwater performing
0:16:04 > 0:16:12to an audience?It gets really, somehow a sense of loneliness to it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17There is not only a visual loneliness to see the human in the
0:16:17 > 0:16:21tanks, but also the sound has a loneliness to it, I think that is
0:16:21 > 0:16:33quite a nice idea.So, here goes. One deep roof and, well, actually
0:16:33 > 0:16:40this is quite nice.You are doing good!It is lovely and warm.Yeah,
0:16:40 > 0:16:44this is great. So if you take this microphone that is hanging and then
0:16:44 > 0:16:49you hit this bell plate, you see the one? Yes. Then you take the
0:16:49 > 0:16:58microphone and put it in the water. Do you hear that effect? Then you
0:16:58 > 0:17:07can sort of play with it. Playing music in water has two sides. On one
0:17:07 > 0:17:13side it is terrifying because also when you are singing into the water
0:17:13 > 0:17:17you have to have watered down your throat and if you open up you get
0:17:17 > 0:17:23the water in your lungs. So that is quite terrifying.So how on earth do
0:17:23 > 0:17:29you get musical insurance to play underwater?Well it took us ten, 11
0:17:29 > 0:17:34years to make this and how come it took so long? OK, it is something
0:17:34 > 0:17:38that you need to really research and when you see what other people have
0:17:38 > 0:17:41done and are trained, most instruments didn't sound really
0:17:41 > 0:17:46good, but we saw somehow a potential in this. But we also realised we had
0:17:46 > 0:17:50to build instruments to work in the water, so we found collaborators
0:17:50 > 0:18:00around the world to help us build issuance for this project.--
0:18:00 > 0:18:04instruments. From his studio in Bath in England, Matt Nolan works with
0:18:04 > 0:18:10artist all around the world to create custom-made instrument. --
0:18:10 > 0:18:14instruments. --artist.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19-- artists.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23I guess somehow I become the guy people go to when they need
0:18:23 > 0:18:28something unusual. I was approached by, I think it was one of the
0:18:28 > 0:18:33production guys will Aqua sonic, they needed some bespoke underwater
0:18:33 > 0:18:37percussion. I tried a lot of things in a small tank of water here and
0:18:37 > 0:18:41was astonished by how many things literally just go clunk and do
0:18:41 > 0:18:46anything else. All of the high frequencies that shimmer like a
0:18:46 > 0:18:54symbol all just disappear. With various train, we narrowed down on
0:18:54 > 0:18:57those instruments that were heavy and massive and could sustain and
0:18:57 > 0:19:01contain a certain amount of sonic energy and radio out, the water
0:19:01 > 0:19:11doesn't kill it too quickly. It is always good to find something that
0:19:11 > 0:19:17is not working and figure out how to make it work.Back in Denmark I am
0:19:17 > 0:19:22beginning to think I am a natural. Maybe move this to the window and if
0:19:22 > 0:19:30you hit it with a hammer you can close the sound with your hand.
0:19:30 > 0:19:36Another thing, if you take, there is a small stick on the top of the,
0:19:36 > 0:19:42yeah, exactly. And you can use that for the ring over there, with the
0:19:42 > 0:19:50holes in it.
0:19:55 > 0:20:06That's so cool axe Mac you're making music!-- that's so cool axe Mac --
0:20:06 > 0:20:14cool!. It is so cool, you have these hammers, it resonates and you
0:20:14 > 0:20:17can feel it in your body. It is a totally different experience than
0:20:17 > 0:20:22hanging a bell with a hammer.And when you have been out of order for
0:20:22 > 0:20:27a couple of weeks and months and when we go and we have to play
0:20:27 > 0:20:30somewhere and get in the tank, it feels like getting home again. Try
0:20:30 > 0:20:35to go down and hit may be number one and number three together. -- may
0:20:35 > 0:20:36be.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37-- maybe.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Underwater music, trickier than it appears and definitely one not to
0:21:12 > 0:21:19try at home. Unfortunately that's all we got time for on this weeks
0:21:19 > 0:21:24show. Coming up next week: With the Winter Olympics in full swing in
0:21:24 > 0:21:29South Korea, Carmen heads to Seoul for a taste of its strict culture.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33It is pretty cold out here right now, it feels well below zero, but
0:21:33 > 0:21:37look at this place, it's so bustling! You would think people
0:21:37 > 0:21:41would be at home with the central heating on full blast, but no, this
0:21:41 > 0:21:47place is really happening.And we are off to one of the toughest,
0:21:47 > 0:21:52wildest environments the UK has to offer. Jo joins a tour which teach
0:21:52 > 0:21:56-- which teach you how to survive the night outdoors in Scotland's
0:21:56 > 0:22:02mountains.I have been digging for a couple of hours now and the camera
0:22:02 > 0:22:05is finally starting to completely freeze over and I am also freezing
0:22:05 > 0:22:11over. Cheers everyone!So do join us then, if you can. In the meantime
0:22:11 > 0:22:16don't forget you can catch up with us while we are out on the road in
0:22:16 > 0:22:21real-time. Details are on the screen now. From now, from the team and the
0:22:21 > 0:22:31rest of the team in Denmark, it is goodbye.