Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Travel Show 20240714 : vimarsana

Transcripts For BBCNEWS The Travel Show 20240714

Wales particularly. Between now and the close of play tomorrow, some locations could well be looking at another 20 30 millimetres at least. I have seen reports that some parts of scotla nd i have seen reports that some parts of scotland could see a0 millimetres. There is the chart for monday. Not a great deal changes. We still have persistent rain for the first part of the day across the northern isles, Western Isles and parts of western mainland scotland. Not particularly heavy, but the persistence on those welsh hills, the totals mount up. To the other side of wales, a half decent day, temperatures at 21 celsius at best. The sunshine becomes hazy across england and wales. Scotland, particularly the north west, still close to the low pressure. Through the latter part of tuesday and into wednesday, that is going to be a significant area of rain and thunderstorms that will affect the south eastern quarter of the british isles, including lincolnshire. And again, within that area, the met office have warnings. You could be looking at 25 millimetres of rain widely. Some areas could get as much as 50 millimetres. We will keep you posted. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the tory party will be toast if it doesnt take britain out of the eu by the end of october. Thats according to conservative leadership contender dominic raab, who says people voted for brexit and parliament would be committing a fraud by attempting to steal it back from the public. The damage its doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say, we just want to know what youre doing. But also this corrosion of public trust, and the tory party will be toast unless were out by the end of october. Another huge protest in hong kong as hundreds of thousands march despite a government climb down on its extradition bill to mainland china. Protest leaders are demanding that the proposed law is permanently scrapped. The jailed british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe begins a new Hunger Strike as tehran protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. President trump has launched another scathing attack on londons mayor, sadiq khan, following a series of violent deaths in the capital. Hundreds of people in lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the Environment Agency as unprecedented. Over1 billion people are expected to tune in to watch todays world cup cricket clash between india and pakistan. Now its time for the travel show. My name is tony giles and im totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. Now were moving. I can feel the wind in my hair. Ive spent the last 21 years travelling. Ive visited over 120 countries. Every continent in the world, including antarctica. My mission is to visit every country in the world. I started off in december, planning this recent trip, and i decided to start in egypt because its at the top of north africa and work my way through several countries to get to ethiopia. Ok, ive got some fish. Now im feeding the birds. Its my passion, its what i do, it is what makes me happy. Its the biggest challenge i can get. I just want to be normal. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. The only way i can cope. Ive explored quite a bit of addis, and i think it is time to move on and explore a bit more of this wonderful, fascinating country that is ethiopia. I really want to try to get to the rift valley and try to visit some of the lakes, get some of the nature and natural ambience. Really get off the beaten track. Were going to the village, its roughly two or three hours south of addis ababa. It is one of the fresh rift valley la kes. Apparently, it has lots of birdlife and hippopotami. Whats your name . My name is arlo. My names tony, im from england. I can hear something. A tractor . A helicopter . A motorbike . Motorbike, yeah. The lakes in this direction . Yeah. The biggest problem for me is ive got no direction its just an open field. Theres nothing to follow. And the wind is giving me problems. Were trying to follow the sound of the cow and the wind is taking away from my hearing aids. This is one of the biggest problems for me when im travelling, is the wind. Because if i cant follow something on the ground, ive got to try to follow sounds. Traffic, other noises. Ive got the cows tail here he goes. Managed to grab his tail, but it has decided to run off and dragged me with it. There are some local kids around, giving fish to the marabou stork. Ive got some fish, now im feeding the birds. One of the main reasons i come travelling is to get off the beaten track and get away from the tourist crowd, and this lake is idealfor me because its peaceful, away from tourists, just locals, very natural. Its perfect. From some of the research i had done about Haile Selassie and ethiopia and hearing about the rastafarian culture, its this idea that Haile Selassie had designated a bit of land, so that former african slaves, descendants, could come back to africa. That sounded interesting, so i thought i would head to a town called shashamane, where its a very rastafarian culture. Lots of people out, very lively, very rural, traditional. I like it. Hello, salaam the driver and i are now looking for my accommodation, a rastafarian run lodge. Alex, i am alex. Hello. Welcome come in. Like a lot of western european tourists who think a rastafarian culture, lifestyle, i have my sort of stereotypical idea of dreadlocks and just laying about listening to reggae all day. I did realise it was probably not all like that. But i still had some. When i got there, i met alex and his wife, and a very quickly they changed that whole perception that i had. Welcome to our house, of ancient ethiopian people. Wow. I became a rasta man as a teenager, you know, when i saw bob, bob marley, in france, i was so amazed. You know . By his performance on stage. Sure. He touched me, and changed my life. Touched you inside, in the heart . Yeah. I discovered who i was, you know . He gave me a sense of dignity. What is a real rasta man . A real rasta man is a faithful servant of the almighty, jah. Someone who tries his best to live a righteous life. Jah is god, yeah . To love his next. His neighbour . To fulfil the will of god on earth. So its not about smoking ganja and listening to bob marley . I am not a smoker, to tell you the truth. Not all rasta will smoke ganja. You have rasta who dont smoke. One of my biggest loves is music. I have always loved music because i can connect with it. I dont need to see, i dont need to hear. I can feel the rhythm. Music is beautiful because it crosses all boundaries. It doesnt matter what skin colour, what disability. It doesnt matter. I said, i play drums. He said, i play drums. He started playing and i started following. We just sat there, the two of us, drumming, jamming. No woman, no cry. Sharing energy and positive vibes and connecting. A really beautiful moment. That was awesome, amazing. Do you still feel excluded, at times . We have no rights. Were not ethiopian citizens. Were not foreigners. But we decided to live permanently and forever in ethiopia. But we dont really get reconditioned after so many years. We just got, the other day, to stay legally, you know, forfive years. A lot of conditions. Its not so easy. To live as rasta people in ethiopia. So you are still considered as foreigners . Yeah. We are now in a local tricycle. You have a Favourite Football Team . I like liverpool. Mo salah. Mo salah yeah cool my mum is pretty special. Very special, amazing. Shes the most important person in my life. She supports my travels. She encourages me, she helps me with my maps, she helps me research. I can do most things on the internet with a speech software. The one thing i cannot do is book flights. The websites are impossible for all air companies. So she can book flights for me. She is my rock that i stand on. She is the reason i can do this. Without her, i would be nothing. We havejust landed in lalibela, one of the major tourist cities in the north of the dob. I knew that, when i came to ethiopia, one of the places that i had to visit was lalibela. Rock churches, you know what these mean to the people. I thought, ijust had to come here. When i landed in lalibela airport, it was a bit confusing. Normally, i have the assistance to take me through the airport. A guy who works there took me through the airport outside, handed me onto another guide. At first, i thought he was a couch surfer. I started walking with him, he wasnt saying much. I started to get a little bit concerned. A couch surfer, yeah . And i started asking questions, like, are you my couch surfer . He took me to the bus and he said, get on. I take your luggage. Yeah, thats fine. I was going to ask the bus driver to call the number i had. And then abedi showed up. Ok, welcome, tony. Nice to see you, yes. It all got sort of cleared up. So it was a bit concerning. Almost kidnapped, not quite. Would have been a better story if i had been. We are almost near lalibela. Just minutes to arrive at my home. Its all rocky, really rocky. I like this, this is great. Really steep. Quite difficult to walk along. If this is what lalibela is all like, this is going to be great. Ok, this is my house. The place im staying tonight, for me, is perfect. Its as rough as you can get, as off the beaten track as you can get, as basic as you can get. It is real africa, for me. And it wakes up all my senses. Ok, this is the toilet . Yes. Bit of a walk, if you get caught short. It is nothing new for me. Just a bit more difficult with the steps. Ive just got to be a bit slower and take my time. If i get stuck, ijust shout, there are people around here, they will come and help me. Its not a problem for me. I can smell it i love it. Part of the adventure. Im skyping my girlfriend. Happy birthday happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you happy birthday darling beautiful lovely. Happy birthday to you i miss you. All right, be good. Bye. If i want to visit places that are quite tricky, i try and find a guide, a personal guide, to show me around. Hello. My names zamed. Hi, zamed. Yeah, im a local guide in lalibela. 0k. Yeah, todays plan is we will explore the churches for you. Ok, thank you. 11 churches. The churches are divided into three groups. The first group churches, there are six church. Yep. And the second group churches, there are four church. 0k. And the third group church, there are only one churches. When were they made . What year . Sorry . How old are they . 1,000 years old. 0k. More than, yeah. The church is in front of me . Chanting in background. Its pretty rough, big steps. The guide was probably not guided a blind person before, so they didnt really tell me anything about the steps or the terrain, started telling me information when i sort of started asking her. I dont think she could really understand me, and i couldnt understand her at all. This church is one of the biggest in ethiopia. The biggest . The biggest. Outside, inside, total 72 pillars. Sorry . 72 pillars. Seven pillars . Yeah, 72. Yep. Outside, 3a, inside 38, total is 72 pillars. Is it this way . Yes. What does it look like . Just big doors, the main gate, a little bit of windows to get in light on the priestess. And do the windows have glass . No glass. Theyre open . Rock. Just rock windows. Yeah, yeah, rock windows. So now where are we heading . Around there, we get inside. Is this the entrance, yeah . Yeah. So we went in the first church and walked around it and could hear chanting. Chanting. I tried to explain, but it was very difficult to understand her. This is all originally rocks. Sorry . This originally pillars. Right. Not collapsed. Soa column . Yeah, this very cold. 0k. Wheres your arm . This way. Tony sighs. Very frustrated, a bit upset. Unsure how to handle it, how to extricate myself from the guide without being rude and also getting another guide to continue, i probably cant do this by myself. I could probably have a go and follow tourists, but, the terrains pretty, pretty rough. I just want to be normal. She is a nice person but, ah argh im not very good at expressing my emotions. Ive got to be strong all the time. Its the only way i can travel. Its the only way i can cope. I am guiding you now. 0k. 0k . I will be on your left because the wall is on your right. And then, one step, tiny step, and then keep forward and then a big one. Yes. Well done. Another one, that is good. You can feel it either side if you stretch your hands. All right we got a different guide organised overnight and gently got out of the situation without offending. I felt more confident with him, ifelt more secure, i got the information i wanted. It was all explained in great detail, it was very personable with me, he gave me what i needed. This is a moment for you to take a picture, tony. Yep. Down there is bete giyorgis, it is a shape of a cross. Yep. It is made of one rock, completely detached from the surrounding rock. Its one monolith . Yes, one monolith. Inside, there is a tunnel to get to the church. So its like a fortress, isnt it . Exactly. A few steps forward, we are literally in the centre of the church. So were at the transept . Yeah, exactly. The pillars are part of the structure, so it is supporting itself. Right, yep. But the space is very peaceful and very calming. 0k. Lots of echo because of the shape, obviously. Yeah. Chanting. A big step, like a big slope. Yeah. A few more steps and we will get there and we shall see the beautiful ceremony. Yep, ok. Ready . 0k. Lets go. So this morning in lalibela, i went to this Amazing Service up at one of the rock churches. It was almost like being transported back in time. Keep coming. Always hundreds of thousands of people around me, its quite calming, ifeel quite emotional. I didnt expect to feel that. The energy here is. Quite overwhelming. The last thing we sort of did was light a candle, thats when it hit me, really. A very spiritual saying just sort of got to me and i let the emotions go. I thought about the people i love and the people ive lost recently. I love you, brother. Just said goodbye to some people. Not leaving them behind, ijust sending them on their way, releasing all the pent up grief, i guess. That was good. Good, im glad. I had to give the impression that i was ok and it was good and, you know, i couldnt get my mum worried. You can show its ok to let it go, ok to show weakness. Its been an awesome week, an emotional week, i visited some amazing places. So ow become a better person. I think we made a heck of a documentary in it. I think it will show people that a disabled person, a blind or deaf person, can do incredible things. And so can other people. And hopefully it will make them realise that i had to let them anything stop them from living their dreams. Things are still looking very u nsettled things are still looking very unsettled for many parts of the british isles. It is not all doom and gloom as is the case with sunny spells and showers. Sometimes you get more than your fair share of showers but there are interludes of decent weather in the midst of this mass of swirling cloud, this is the low pressure that has been around for a good few days now and is likely to affect our weather over the coming days. This satellite image shows this massive cloud down towards the south west, bringing more persistent rain which for some areas of the country will not be welcome news given that your local road may look a bit like that. This is the distribution of showers as we have seen them in recent hours, and down to the south west, this is the first sign of persistent rain. Through the course of this evening and overnight, it will drag its way up and overnight, it will drag its way up and across this North Western quarter of the british isles, bringing heavy rain up into scotland. It is the not the fastest thing on two legs either. You will see for a good few hours and a trailing portion keeps the rain coming into the first part of monday. And as we make our way on into monday, we will see that that weather front sits around, which is why cumulatively within the next 2a hours some locations, scotland, northern ireland, western side of wales, 20 30 millimetres of rain, one 01 wales, 20 30 millimetres of rain, one or two spots could be a0 millimetres of rain. So that is where we are with monday. An awful lot of rain. I will say rain rather than showers. That front fizzling as the day goes on and either side of it decent sunny spells of weather. It is not a right of, and a lot of dry weather around. And again some of the showers getting back into northern ireland. In scotland in the northern ireland. In scotland in the north of england, dry and fine, later in the day concerns on what will potentially be a warm day for some, but as those showers and thunderstorms really get going, there is already a met Office Warning for some torrential downpours. We could see 50 millimetres of rain widely from tuesday into wednesday, across that south eastern quarter of the british isles. The details on our website, otherwise steady as you go. This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at two. Another huge protest in hong kong as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators march, despite a government climb down on its controversial extradition bill that would send suspects to mainland china. Tory leadership contender dominic raab says his party will be toast if britain isnt out of the eu by the end of october, and accuses parliament of trying to steal brexit from the voters. The damage it is doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say we just want to know what you are doing. But also this corrosion of public trust, and the tory part will be toast unless were out by the end of october. The jailed british iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe begins a new Hunger Strike, as tehran formally protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks

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