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0:00:05 > 0:00:08Hello and welcome to the travel show, with me Christa Larwood,
0:00:08 > 0:00:10coming this week from from New York City.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Beneath my feet is one of the world's most famous concert
0:00:13 > 0:00:19venues - Carnegie Hall.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22I'll be getting a taste of an orchestra and trying to
0:00:22 > 0:00:30whistle my way on stage.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32And we'll be asking what's more fun - virtual
0:00:32 > 0:00:34reality roller coasters, or bumper cars.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38And where in the world was
0:00:38 > 0:00:42this hit online video filmed?
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0:01:14 > 0:01:16The theme park - high speed thrills, big
0:01:16 > 0:01:23drops, loops and wobbly knees.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25But this year there's a new kind of ride
0:01:25 > 0:01:26opening up.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28One that uses virtual reality to deliver its thrills.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30With sent Lindsey Woods to Thorpe Park
0:01:30 > 0:01:39near London to find out what's new.
0:01:39 > 0:01:39Better hold on.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41This is one of Britain's top places for
0:01:41 > 0:01:50thrill-seekers.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The thing is I'm not a thrill-seeker.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57And this is not my idea of a good time.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I'll be honest, I'm kind of nervous right now.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I do not like roller costers at all, but this is the epitome of an
0:02:03 > 0:02:05old school rollercoaster ride.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09It's the world's first ten leaping rollercoaster.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11I can literally feel my heartbeating right now!
0:02:11 > 0:02:18These rides might only last a minute or so...
0:02:18 > 0:02:26For me though that's more than enough.
0:02:34 > 0:02:41That was terrifying!
0:02:41 > 0:02:44But there are new rides that are blurring the line between what's
0:02:44 > 0:02:47real and what is not.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Instead of building another roller costar,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Thorpe Park will soon be opening this.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It is a ghost train designed by Derren Brown -
0:02:56 > 0:03:02an illusionist specialising in mind control.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04He's using virtual reality to deliver the
0:03:04 > 0:03:08ride's thrills.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11It is many-layered, so there is VR, virtual reality, on
0:03:11 > 0:03:16one level to it.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19There's also a lot of physical involvement and all
0:03:19 > 0:03:23sorts of other things.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25At its heart this is a scary, thrilling, exciting
0:03:25 > 0:03:33re-envisioning of the ghost train.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35That is what it it is.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I would love people to come off and be trying to get their heads
0:03:38 > 0:03:39around exactly what happened.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Now, because I grew up in California, I
0:03:42 > 0:03:43had no idea what a ghost train was.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46But here in the UK they're a fixture at almost every fairground.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48This is a traditional ghost train.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50A rickety ride through Hallowe'en - tricks
0:03:50 > 0:03:50without the treats.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I think ghost trains just such a missed
0:03:52 > 0:03:54opportunity.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57They're always hokey and old-fashioned and creaky and
0:03:57 > 0:04:02sort of hilarious and never scary.
0:04:02 > 0:04:11So the idea of just totally starting from scratch, it felt like an
0:04:11 > 0:04:14absolute no-brainer to take that and do something with it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Hoping that people like me would still have the
0:04:16 > 0:04:20same delight in the idea of a ghost train and the idea of one that was
0:04:20 > 0:04:22something different and wasn't just what ghost trains embarrassingly
0:04:22 > 0:04:24tend to be.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The ride is not yet open to the public, but we are able to
0:04:27 > 0:04:31get in for a sneak peak of the ghost train, though I did have to sign
0:04:31 > 0:04:34this to promise to keep everything behind this curtain hush-hush.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42This is all we are allowed to show you -
0:04:42 > 0:04:45the outside of a Victorian railway carriage, apparently
0:04:45 > 0:04:46hanging in the air.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49But what awaits on the other side of the door is something
0:04:49 > 0:04:57different.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02This is part of reason we can't show you behind that door -
0:05:02 > 0:05:04the three years of work and the millions
0:05:04 > 0:05:09of pounds spents developing what's inside.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12When you're on board, you wear virtual reality goggles,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15which take you into a dark re-imaging of the world.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19This ride takes 13 minutes and you have to be 13 to go on.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24So if you're younger than 13 or easily scared,
0:05:24 > 0:05:25close your eyes now!
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Without giving away the secrets, once you're on board, characters
0:05:27 > 0:05:30talk to you.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32The danger comes not from the heavens...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Real people shout at you.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38They're coming. They're coming.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Creatures from nightmares creep up on you.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46It comes from bowels of the earth.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Some of it's real, some of it isn't.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Meet the man in charge in making all the
0:05:50 > 0:05:51mysteries come alive.
0:05:51 > 0:05:58He's found it hard going.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Derren Brown really wanted to have realistic characters
0:06:00 > 0:06:03that can engage with and they need to be really believable.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05So we went through several different phases of
0:06:05 > 0:06:08how we were going to pull that off and the truth is the technology
0:06:08 > 0:06:09isn't quite there yet.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11There is lots of people trying to do
0:06:11 > 0:06:14different things to make this work and to solve this
0:06:14 > 0:06:16problem, but I think there's a lot still to do with
0:06:16 > 0:06:20the future of VR to really free up people like us to deliver
0:06:20 > 0:06:23the creative vision we want to deliver.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25So far the gates of the ghost train have stayed closed.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Inside the illusions are still being worked on.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30The park says these queues won't fill with
0:06:30 > 0:06:34visitors until the ride is 100% ready.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36But if you can't wait to strap on the goggles
0:06:36 > 0:06:42for a virtual reality thrill, you do have options.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45At Alton Towers in England's Midlands, an old rollercoaster has
0:06:45 > 0:06:51been reinvented with VR goggles.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It takes you for a spin into space, then through an alien world
0:06:54 > 0:06:59on earth.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And at Six Flags in Los Angeles, another renovated
0:07:01 > 0:07:06coaster puts you in the cockpit of a fighter jet.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09But to get a thrill from virtual reality do you have to
0:07:09 > 0:07:15spend on this scale?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16This man thinks not.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Brendan Walker designs thrills for a living and from his workship
0:07:19 > 0:07:22in East London devised a VR experience with a pair of goggles
0:07:22 > 0:07:30and a child's swing.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32When you think you're swinging only a metre in the
0:07:32 > 0:07:34real world, you're actually swinging 1.2 metres
0:07:34 > 0:07:35in the virtual world and
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I keep amplifying that.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41But there is a tipping point, where they're suddenly
0:07:41 > 0:07:46looking down and realise they're swinging far too high.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48So actually turning from what was quite a
0:07:48 > 0:07:51pleasant ride and something that was kind of a little bit scary
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and it is that point that their expressions
0:07:53 > 0:07:55change from pleasure and joy to kind of fear.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Do you think VR attractions could ever replace traditional
0:07:57 > 0:07:58rides?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00VR will never replace rides like rollercoasters, anything that
0:08:00 > 0:08:09moves our body physically in space.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11We are animals, we are built to respond to physical stimulation.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13VR can add a veneer of storytelling, a
0:08:13 > 0:08:16veneer of different types of visual input, but very quickly we
0:08:16 > 0:08:20become bored.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22But that could actually be something that makes virtual reality a
0:08:22 > 0:08:24better idea for theme parks.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26The story doesn't always have to stay
0:08:26 > 0:08:28the same.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31The advantage of this is we can change up that storyline,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34mix it up, add something extra, add new elements to it.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36When you have got a traditional rollercoaster made
0:08:36 > 0:08:38of your metal, very difficult to change that theme
0:08:38 > 0:08:44or change the experience.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47This one we can change that quite easily with the content we
0:08:47 > 0:08:54have got.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58So virtual reality might be the next big thing, but if you
0:08:58 > 0:09:01ask me there's only one way to end the day at the fun fair!
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Oh, look how much fun it is just to slam into
0:09:04 > 0:09:08people!
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Something you might not be able to do with a VR ride.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Lindsey Woods reporting there from Thorpe Park.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Next, it is time to visit one of London's grandest
0:09:27 > 0:09:29hotels to taste one of Britain's grandest dishes in this week's
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Global Gourmet.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37My name's Oliver Boon and today I'm going to make you
0:09:37 > 0:09:40one of the most famous British dishes - the Beef Wellington.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42There's lots of different stories behind the Beef Wellington.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45One of the stories is it is from the Duke
0:09:45 > 0:09:47of Wellington, that it was made for the Duke of Wellington.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48That is not true.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53It is also popular in France and it has also foie gras in the
0:09:53 > 0:09:57middle and it also they do it in the USA as tenderloin of beef
0:09:57 > 0:10:00and pastry.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Here is Gordon, my pastry chef, who I like to think is the
0:10:04 > 0:10:04best in London.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07And so the first thing he is doing he has made a
0:10:07 > 0:10:12standard dough and now he is going to roll it out nice and long.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15What we are going to do next is just season the beef up.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16Plenty of salt.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Probably more than you're used to seeing at home.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And we just put some garlic and thyme in, just because
0:10:23 > 0:10:24it's delicious.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28And it smells amazing.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30There is all seared nicely all over.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32The butter helps give it a nice even colour.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34So this is the blast chiller.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The beef's going straight in, but we are just going
0:10:36 > 0:10:39to leave them for ten minutes in order to stop
0:10:39 > 0:10:42the cooking completely and keep the middle raw still.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Now the next stage is we are just wrap
0:10:44 > 0:10:45it in cling film.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46This gets wrapped nice and tightly.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49What we are doing here is creating a nice shape for
0:10:49 > 0:10:50the inside of Wellingtons.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52So this is mushroom duxelle, which is
0:10:52 > 0:10:53basically some field mushrooms sliced down,
0:10:54 > 0:10:55cooked very quickly in some butter.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58You want to get a nice layer.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01You want it basically all the way around the beef is the aim.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Then we have got this nice set cylinder
0:11:03 > 0:11:05of beef, which goes in the middle.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08We take the cling-film to pick up all the layers and that will roll
0:11:08 > 0:11:10the entire fillet within the mushroom and the pancake.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13The first stage is just to wrap it in the
0:11:13 > 0:11:15first layer of pastry.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17What is very important the whole time that you're
0:11:17 > 0:11:21making it that you never have too much overlapping pastry.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23You will see he is always trimming the ends
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and taking as much excess pastry off it as you can.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28So now he has got the
0:11:28 > 0:11:31lattice, it is all cut and you cover the gaps using the pastry and just
0:11:31 > 0:11:34laying it on top of there beautifully.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35And we are glazing it again.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38That is about getting a nice shiny finish when it comes out
0:11:38 > 0:11:40the oven, you want it to look beautiful, right?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Now it goes into the oven at 210 degrees.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49For about 25 minutes.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50That is the finished product now.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52It's come out of the oven.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55It's had a 10 minute rest.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57As you can see the middle is nice and pink.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And you have got a nice line of mushrooms, pancake and
0:12:00 > 0:12:03the pastry.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Time for a taste.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14That's great.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15The beef's beautiful, mushrooms tasty.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Pastry's nice and crisp.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Perfect food for somebody like the Duke
0:12:18 > 0:12:20of Wellington and his men I would say.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Still to come on The Travel Show.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Carmen's clicking on the best new travel shots online and I'll be
0:12:27 > 0:12:32walking in the footsteps of the greats at Carnegie Hall.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Not a bad line up.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40I'd probably pay $4 to see that!
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0:13:06 > 0:13:09How many countries do you think you could visit in just one day?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Well, pending official confirmation, the world record of eleven appears
0:13:11 > 0:13:13to have just been braeten.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16British traveller Adam Leyton made a dizzying trip around 12 European
0:13:16 > 0:13:18countries in 24 hours in aid of stillbirth charity, Sands,
0:13:18 > 0:13:24marking his journey on social media.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28The current record at eleven has stood since 1993.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33I think 13's doable.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35But this was really hard to do 12.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Everything had to work on the day.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41If a train or a bus was late, there wasn't a plan B.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43That was just it - game over.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46So I don't know, somebody could do 13 immediately or it could hopefully
0:13:46 > 0:13:51be another 23 years until somebody beats it.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54You can still donate to Adam's charity via his web-site.
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0:14:36 > 0:14:39When three childhood friends set out to the far western corner
0:14:39 > 0:14:41of Mongolia for a 12-day adventure into the wilderness,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45they captured their journey in this spectacular film.
0:14:45 > 0:14:54Joey explained that 12 days in the wilderness riding over high
0:14:54 > 0:15:00passes loaded with gear, surviving raging white water,
0:15:00 > 0:15:02drinking fermented mare's milk and battling the elements was not
0:15:02 > 0:15:10an adventure they would soon forget.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12And finally this month, in this drone film, Christian Grew
0:15:12 > 0:15:14captured sprawling vistas of 12 countries over the course
0:15:14 > 0:15:15of seven months.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18These stunning images give a fresh perspective on some of the world's
0:15:18 > 0:15:22most picturesque locations.
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0:15:52 > 0:15:55Just a couple of blocks south of Central Park in the heart
0:15:55 > 0:15:57of Manhattan is one of the world's most famous concert
0:15:57 > 0:16:00venues - Carnegie Hall.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Its list of former headliners is a who's who of musical legends.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08From Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to the Beatles and David Bowie,
0:16:08 > 0:16:13among thousands of other world class performers.
0:16:13 > 0:16:21And this year, the venue is celebrating its 125th anniversary.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24There is an old joke that goes something like this,
0:16:24 > 0:16:25how you get to Carnegie Hall?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Practice, practice, practice.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29And there is some practice going on in there right now.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30A rehearsal for tonight's performance.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33And I have been granted a sneak preview.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42This place is considered a kind of Mecca for musicians.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Partly because of acoustics, which allow for perfect sound
0:16:45 > 0:16:51regardless of which of 2,804 seats you sit in.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Its pedigree as a concert hall was established with the opening
0:16:56 > 0:16:58performance on 5th May 1891, when an evening of Tchaikovsky
0:16:58 > 0:17:04was conducted by the composer himself.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Toshiyuki Shimada is the musical director
0:17:09 > 0:17:11of the Yale Symphony Orchestra, whose students are rehearsing
0:17:11 > 0:17:13on the stage today.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19He has conducted many times at Carnegie Hall.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Just before I feel the room jitter and this is a big huge
0:17:22 > 0:17:25temple and sacred place.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28But once you start, you forget about it and just dive
0:17:28 > 0:17:32into the music and really not thinking.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34And Shimada is always conscious of the great conductors who have
0:17:35 > 0:17:37come before him.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I think those spirits are all collected in this hall.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42That's how I feel.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46When I first stood on the podium, when I was here first time,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I kind of had a vibration, and feel like somebody
0:17:48 > 0:17:51was really watching me!
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Maybe it was Mahler or somebody.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56You have this feeling.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01And I think that is why it is a very special hall.
0:18:01 > 0:18:07There are chairs from 1891.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Perhaps the man who knows most about Carnegie Hall's history
0:18:10 > 0:18:11is Gino Francesconi.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14He has worked at Carnegie Hall for 42 years, making his way up
0:18:14 > 0:18:15from backstage attendant to being the director
0:18:15 > 0:18:17of the venue's museum today.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Along the way he has met many of the biggest stars to have
0:18:20 > 0:18:25had their name on the Carnegie Hall marquee.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28I worked backstage, I think, about 3,500 events and there
0:18:28 > 0:18:30were some people that I knew from a distance.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Sinatra.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35There were some that were becoming new to me, like Ella
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Fitzgerald, jazz.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41And it was right there by that stage door that sometimes you could feel
0:18:41 > 0:18:47the audience was right and the artist was just right
0:18:47 > 0:18:51and you hadn't heard a thing yet, and yet you knew that that night
0:18:51 > 0:18:53was going to be magic.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Gino, has responsibility for Carnegie Hall's vast archive,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01which documents over 50,000 performances and he has brought out
0:19:01 > 0:19:04some of the most prized items in his collection, including
0:19:04 > 0:19:09the glasses of the first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's wonderful, the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation called us and said,
0:19:12 > 0:19:13do you want anything?
0:19:13 > 0:19:14And I said...
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Yes.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Yes.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20And a special item bequeathed by the family of
0:19:20 > 0:19:23another jazz legend.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Here we have one of the finest clarinets ever made.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30It belonged to Benny Goodman.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34And it was given us to by his family.
0:19:34 > 0:19:42And it was the first donation for our future museum.
0:19:47 > 0:19:57The good news for decidedly unmusical people like me is that
0:19:57 > 0:20:00you don't have be a world class performer or belong to an Ivy League
0:20:00 > 0:20:02orchestra to join in the fun.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05The Carnegie Institute runs a number of events in its education wing
0:20:05 > 0:20:06throughout the year, including workshops and family
0:20:06 > 0:20:11concerts like this one.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16Emily Egan is a musician and songwriter, but also has
0:20:16 > 0:20:23the distinction of being a two-time international whistling champion.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Whistling is of course part of Emily's show,
0:20:27 > 0:20:29as is crowd participation.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32You just make a little tweet like...
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Don't even think it as being whistling, but being like a bird.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39There you can blow a little bit and it still sounds good.
0:20:39 > 0:20:46I can't go up against the word champion.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49But thankfully when the time came there was a large group to help
0:20:49 > 0:20:50drown me out.
0:20:50 > 0:20:58THEY ALL WHISTLE
0:21:00 > 0:21:03There are nerves both backstage and in the audience tonight as proud
0:21:03 > 0:21:06families file into the famous theatre to watch the young musicians
0:21:06 > 0:21:10perform.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13This is super exciting, because when all is said and done,
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Carnegie Hall is all about the performance.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Tonight the orchestra's playing a number of modern compositions
0:21:20 > 0:21:24and finishes up with a more traditional crowd favourite.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27MUSIC: Land of Hope and Glory.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32By running community programmes, Carnegie Hall has become
0:21:32 > 0:21:35more than just a venue.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37It is teaching a new generation to appreciate performance,
0:21:37 > 0:21:39which might just help this much-loved institution last
0:21:39 > 0:21:43another 125 years.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Who would have thought my whistling would be heard at Carnegie Hall?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Well, that's all we have got time for on this week's programme.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Coming up next week: We have got the first of two special
0:22:02 > 0:22:04programmes from China.
0:22:04 > 0:22:10We explore some of the country's little-known natural treasures.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13When it comes down to it, all I can say is this
0:22:13 > 0:22:15a mind-boggling extravaganza of geological history and formation
0:22:15 > 0:22:19and life all put together and it's just incredible to believe that no
0:22:19 > 0:22:25one really knew about it.
0:22:25 > 0:22:33So do join us if you can, and in the meantime don't forget
0:22:33 > 0:22:36you can keep up with us while you're on the road -
0:22:36 > 0:22:37all you need to do
0:22:37 > 0:22:40is sign up to our social media feeds, the details of
0:22:40 > 0:22:42which are on the screen now.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44But for now from me, Christa Larwood, and the rest
0:22:44 > 0:22:46of the Travel Show team here in New York City, it's goodbye.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12Hello.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Yet again on Friday some of us were dealing
0:23:14 > 0:23:15with intense, thundery downpours.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Here are couple of pictures taken by our weather watchers on Friday.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21Through this weekend there will be further heavy showers.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22Wet at times this weekend.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Not all the time - there'll be drier moments,