to leave ahead of the vote. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show. we are taking a look at pakistan is biggest city and taking a look at pink dolphins. and we are crossing the great canadian prairie on a train. hello and welcome to the travel show

from singapore. we will be meeting this week ‘s global gourmet later on but first... this is a country some government said should not visit as a tourist, pakistan. political turmoil have taken a toll on the population and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary we had to karachi. the country is home to abedi people

under 25 years old. they are changing the world. i am on my way to meet some. karachi is pakistan is most dangerous city. but it has got safer and for a traveller like myself, it is an experience like few others. it just might myself, it is an experience like few others. itjust might be crazy at long the way. i have changed into more suitable clothing because i wa nt to more suitable clothing because i want to have a taste of karachi. you think of friendly tour guides, foreigners are casual stroll around the city but in karachi it is much different. it is done on one of this. this seems a strange choice

but it is unique. created to change the image not only locally but around the world. it is mainly to help the population. to help the poorest members. as the situation has improved, it is nowjust this big beautiful bus. i love this bus. what is the history of its? the concept works on the lines of this being a representation. you can climb on the roof... who doesn't wa nt to climb on the roof... who doesn't want to climb on the roof of a bus? why did think as city like karadzic needs something like this? there has been a disconnect between the educated and the general population. what we have tried to do is eliminate that disconnect and show eve ryo ne eliminate that disconnect and show everyone that the culture that you

have, the history, the city you live in is for everybody, whether you live in a mansion or a slump. did think it is misrepresented?” live in a mansion or a slump. did think it is misrepresented? i will say there is so much more to karachi than we know. the cityjust has so much depth. it has depth in terms of the people that live here, the cultures, the lifestyle, the architecture. there is so much to see. there is something special here... he attempts to show the diversity. mosques, temples, churches and then it is time the food. iam churches and then it is time the food. i am going to ruin your tea party. this is traditional pakistani brea kfast. party. this is traditional pakistani breakfast. you have chai, home late.

most things are spicy. breakfast. you have chai, home late. most things are spicyi breakfast. you have chai, home late. most things are spicy. i have noticed that. you dip it in the tea? this is widely regarded as the most dangerous area of the city. it is linked with gangs and violence. i was here to see what it was really like and to play for all. that is because i am in town to meet the people who want to change the area for the better and it starts here. there is a league one sport people ca re there is a league one sport people care about here and that is

football. —— there is only one sport. everywhere you look, hopefully we may see some liverpool tops among the others. this is the centre of excellence, with approximately 100 kids that come across and train for five times a week. we give them free football coaching, live skill session. week. we give them free football coaching, live skill sessioni week. we give them free football coaching, live skill session. i have been asked to have a game with these kids who look pretty good stop because i am wearing a liverpool top people think i play for liverpool so a huge crowd has gathered so i look forward to embarrassing myself. we began. sun and heat, not a good

combination. soon we were losing by two goals. me and my new friend realised it was our moment and, after generously being awarded a free kick, i killed it into the corner and two penalties later we had one of the game. after celebrating with mike team, to quickly named benjamin liverpool warriors, i spoke to my friend who wa nts to warriors, i spoke to my friend who wants to get more involved in football. it turns out ijust witnessed her first ever game on this pitch. you were nervous about plan because you are like the a—league l here. plan because you are like the a-league l here. it is the first timei a-league l here. it is the first time i played here without any other girls. -- the only girl here stop i think i am the only female in the stadium. sometimes the culture is

extremely male dominant. despite the resista nce extremely male dominant. despite the resistance from some people, she says things are getting better for female football is. we actually are girl centre which is a brand—new but the interest is there and they are keen to play, which is difficult to get girls to get excited about sports. there are 100 boys to come to the academy, maybe 35 girls. to me that is fantastic because two yea rs me that is fantastic because two years ago there were zero. until a week ago, i had no idea people played football in pakistan. cricket is the governing sport. but football is the governing sport. but football is picked up in areas that have been otherwise neglect did. they have had to come up with their recreation and

solving their problems. football is inherent to the game... solving your problems. i can't have want to hear some rap. this really could not be more different from the image of what people think of pakistan. time now for global gourmet, from singapore. today we are looking at a style of food unique to this part of world and the restaurant that has made quite a name for itself. what we do

here, we use a slight modern approach. if you have traditional flavours but also chinese dishes and modern. that is what is unique about it. we are going to do a slow braised pork ribs with a curry. this is the dish that everyone recognises and we always say, if you can cook this dish well, it means it can cook every other dish well. the spy space, typically they consist of shalott is, garlic, candle nut, blundell and lemongrass. chickpeas. some of the ingredients smell bad to

some people but to us it is delicious. we ca ramelised some people but to us it is delicious. we caramelised it with some loyal. —— oil. it is something really special. our kind of food, you really have to take time and dedication because if you rush it, the fed will not taste good. you can start to smell the lemongrass, the garlic, the tumeric. it is a smell we we re garlic, the tumeric. it is a smell we were brought up with and it is a thing that always reminds me of home. this is the base of that we use. after bracing for two hours, the meat has all the spiced flavours

and it is nice and tender and moist in the centre. black nut curry sauce and a nice intense sauce on the top. i would say it is a rob lee the last dishi i would say it is a rob lee the last dish i would want to have before i, you know, bye—bye. that is how much it means to me. still to come, planes, trains, boats and bikes, in the dead centre of canada. so don't go away. the travel show, your essential guide, wherever you're heading. iam essential guide, wherever you're heading. i am an international mountain leader and in a tober last

year, we set off from the river ganges and went all the way down river to the indian ocean on paddle boards. 3000 kilometres and took 90 ait days. it was a tough journey. —— 98. but it was memorable. the expedition really began in earnest when we launched onto the river where the two rivers come together and form the ganges proper. you have a visit to raging torrent is coming together and suddenly you have the waves. can i stay on this

board? 30 inches applied, relatively stable and it has such great glide through the water. one of the biggest highlights of the trip was seeing the river dolphins. they are one of the river dolphins. they are one of the most endangered aquatica mammals in the world. well, you are not seeing it there are definitely dolphins. did you see that one! trying to film this was really hard work. they never jump trying to film this was really hard work. they neverjump where you predict. throughout the journey,

local people were fascinated in what we we re local people were fascinated in what we were doing. we were working with a charity that is doing huge amount of work in terms of improving sanitation. it was quite sobering to see how many people are living without really any reliable clean water sources. quality of the water in the ganges is incredibly low. one plastic cup, one upon dozens i saw yesterday. we we re one upon dozens i saw yesterday. we were paddling sometimes 7—8 hours a day and northern india in november— december is tough. some mornings the fog was so thick, it was like pea

soup. the last two and a half day was tough, one day paddled 78 kilometres and was on the panel bought for about 13 hours. —— board. the endpoint of the ganges delta is gangasagar. and i got there. i was like, this is open ocean. there is no banks to my right or left. we are here, we have made it! ifelt so alive. it tastes salty. as well as learning a lot about the challenges facing these communities, i think i 110w facing these communities, i think i now know how far i can actually push myself. spike and his epic panel —— paddle boards journey down the ganges. if you have completed one of

your own, let us know. watch out for details about how to contact us at the end of the show. and finally this week the last of our films at marking canada's 150th this week the last of our films at marking ca nada's 150th anniversary. this week we are in manitoba visiting communities that rely on a fragile rail link to the rest of the country. but that line has been closed by damage from storms. its owners say they can't afford to repair itand owners say they can't afford to repair it and the communities may have to take over the rail link themselves. 0h, have to take over the rail link themselves. oh, my goodness, i can't see the communities surviving without the train. it has been the motor travel for years. —— mode of travel. -- mode of travel. because it is an isolated community, so we have only got the train or plane, but usually everyone uses the train. they rely

oi'i everyone uses the train. they rely on it, right, because how are you going to get the food? it would cost too much for aeroplane charters or helicopters to come in. yes, in the winter, providing you have a good winter, providing you have a good winter season, we can have the winter season, we can have the winter road from january to march, three months, but that's it. spring and summer, for, is by road. —— fall. our elders, they all worked on the rail, and! our elders, they all worked on the rail, and i will spawn up north by the mail attracts. —— railroad tracks. growing up here, i used to

go out and go fishing with my grandparents and my grandmother and i would go out berry picking. and she would cook me rabbit every morning. for breakfast. pretty good. we have grandchildren. we enjoy watching them grow up here. it is quiet, it has its challenges. this is where we actually started, this is where we actually started, this is where we actually started, this is where our family was a shall be begun. wait, can bears eat ants? yeah. what is there? a little creek. you know that giant mountain, like that mountain? mh-hm. we can walk over there. there is that mountain? mh-hm. we can walk overthere. there is a lake. that mountain? mh-hm. we can walk over there. there is a lake. this is a kids' playground. they know every inch of this land. all this used to

bea inch of this land. all this used to be a lake. we are surrounded by mustek. we can't build a road there because sometimes, well, we would say bottomless, but it doesn't make it feasible for us to put a road in and put it in, say, half a it feasible for us to put a road in and put it in, say, halfa mile it feasible for us to put a road in and put it in, say, half a mile of dirt into the ground. some of the challenges are getting our food, gas, vehicles — everything is a challenge up here. what i like about the children here, they are able to go out anywhere, and they are always watched by the whole community. especially after the school is over.

you know, they go out biking, they go out hunting. they really learn a lot from that, because it was our way of life and long time ago also. owning a railroad, i know that our leadership has been pushing, and have been staunch believers in the railand it have been staunch believers in the rail and it has been here for years. ido rail and it has been here for years. i do hope it will be for years. i hope we have partners who will want to help getting needs and necessities into communities. well, thatis necessities into communities. well, that is all the time we have for

this week, but coming up next week... i am this week, but coming up next week... iama this week, but coming up next week... i am a fan ofjustin bieber. getting in tune at a festival in pakistan. # what are you waiting for? # what are you waiting for? i am about to stick in the ring with momo, a top contender. i am stick in the ring with momo, a top contender. iam in stick in the ring with momo, a top contender. i am in thailand learning the art of kicking. join us for that if you can but, in the meantime, follow us on the road wayjoining our social media feeds. but from me, henry golding, and the rest of the travel show team here in singapore, it's goodbye. hello, good morning.

yesterday was one of those days where there was sunshine and it clouded over and there was quite a bit of rain. in fact, mid—afternoon in london, really atrocious weather for a time. and you can see here there was quite a lot of rain across many parts of the uk, but some sunshine in between. those showers when they came along started turning heavy and thundery in the afternoon and into the evening. now, they tend to fade away for many eastern areas overnight. but we'll keep some showers going in northern and western areas, temperatures dipping to about 12 degrees in aberdeen, 13 or so in london, 111—15 for cardiff and for plymouth. showers from early on across scotland and northern ireland, northern england too. ther‘ll be some brighter weather for a time in east anglia and the south—east but some showers in the south—west will be merging into a longer spell of rain into the afternoon. through the afternoon it's sunny spells and showers again in scotland.

always heaviest in the north and west. lighter further east. some spells of sunshine here. about 17 degrees, but it is quite breezy. dry in the northern england for a time. but we've got this wetter weather developing across the south and west. and the winds will be picking up here as well. turning increasingly cloudy in the south—east. temperatures getting up to, what, 19—20 degrees, but the rain is likely to hold off until later on. so, it's good news at the oval. a bright start, but clouding over all the while. the breeze will be quite noticeable and eventually there is the risk of some rain through the early part of the evening. that rain will be creeping its way in from the south. and there will be rain pushing into northern england for a time, as well. some of that will be on the heavy side. through the small hours of the morning it clears to the north sea, although it may linger towards kent and sussex. and all the while some showers keep going across western scotland and northern ireland. but a drier swathe in between and by dawn on saturday many places around about or 13—14 degrees. most of those showers in the north—west are closest to this low pressure which will be a key features for things over the next few days.

it will be breezy and there will be cloud and outbreaks of rain. i think it's always going to be wettest on saturday towards kent towards kent and sussex. and there will be some rain later on towards the south—west of england. a lot of cloud ahead of that, but there should be some brighter weather in northern england and north wales, and all the while showers keep going across western scotland and northern ireland. 17—18 degrees here, might get up to 21—22 in the south—east. unsettled again on sunday. low pressure to the north—west of the uk, that's where the heaviest showers are going to be. showers are slightly fewer and further between the south—eastern corner, but there'll be one or two. top temperature around about 21—22 degrees. so through the weekend on the cool side, breezy too, a little bit of sunshine and also showers and some of those could be quite heavy. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged ahmad. our top stories: the world's worst humanitarian crisis deepens. yemen's war leaves millions on the brink of famine, now disease threatens many more. many in yemen are dying needlessly

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