-- world beating test entry well —— world beating test entry syste m well —— world beating test entry system at the officials are saying where did this come from? they have to run to up basically. sol where did this come from? they have to run to up basically. so i think that's definitely true and it's a hostage of fortune. we will see. we will indeed. we run out of time and i think you both of you to see you again and about 45 minutes' time for some more papers. thank you to you both. and thank you to you from watching. it's goodbye for me. let's be honest, it hasn't been the best year for travel. but amid the gloom, we've still found moments of inspiration and seen parts of the world, albeit sometimes virtually, that would take your breath away.

laughs. i can't do it! welcome to our look back at 2020. what a year it's been and it all started so well. wow! lucy took a trip to a simulated martian outpost in the caves of northern spain. in argentina, mike went to the world's second—biggest wetland and took a dunking. oh and we're away! laughs. and i went underwater to swim with sharks in the maldives. they're just so close! but then, disaster struck. lockdowns, border closures and holiday cancellations for the foreseeable future, leaving some of us still out of pocket. but back in those early days in march, simplyjust finding a way back home was the main

problem facing many. my situation is, i'm, i'm stranded. virgin cancelled my flight yesterday due to leave at 6.25pm from miami and i was told the day before that of the cancellation. the advice we've been given has been quite confusing. i mean, i'm obviously not a fluent italian speaker so that's partly my fault, but in general, the advice given has changed every few days and it varies by region quite a lot. now it's not possible to travel to the neighbouring islands or into the city unless you have a reason to do so. we also have curfew in place here between 10pm and 5am. we just want to get back to friends and family. i've got a new grandson who's going to be six months old tomorrow. i haven't seen him for six weeks now. i'm being told that i can book an alternative flight but i don't know if that's with the same provider. can i go with a different

airline like ba? will i be reimbursed for doing that? it is unsettling, there is so much happening everywhere. it is really easy to get caught up in the panic when you speak to people. i would love to get home, yeah. now, as you can imagine, trying to make a weekly travel programme in this year has been extremely tricky. but one of the things that has made it a lot easier is having an amazing travel show family spread quite literally across the globe. so we decided to catch up with the team and find out how 2020 has been for them. my people! my travel show people! let's have a chat about this year because it's been an odd year for travel, hasn't it, for travel show presenters. so each of you, rajan, why don't you start off first? tell us what your year has been like, highs and lows. it's been really weird.

i think i've travelled less than i've ever travelled since childhood this year and that is weird. so i have missed it. i think we have all missed it, haven't we? it's almost like we've had our wings clipped. in the beginning, it was a little bit 0k, well i'll take a break but after a few months when you realise that travel's so much more than just seeing places, it's how i found happiness in my life at least. that's how i felt alive so that was taken away. i was allowed to travel to the eu in the beginning ofjuly. i went and i've been travelling since. travel is really different and one of the big things i realised is i always thought i loved animals and mountains and waterfalls but when you take away faces, you realise that people and faces are kind of really important to travel. i tell you what i found really strange, i don't know whether you guys have done it, the few times that i have managed to travel overseas, is how empty the airports are. christa and lucy, what do you think, it's so weird isn't it? so, i'm in dubai at the moment and ijust filmed the latest

episode of travel show. this is the first international trip we have done, i've done for eight months. and just being in the airport, i don't know what i was expecting but i definitely wasn't expecting that. just eerie silence, couldn't sit in a lot of places and obviously i know, we're all used to experiencing lockdown, that kind of thing, but it was really surreal, the entire experience. just the fact i got on a plane and i was able to step off and get into the heat. like mike said, meeting people, the smells, the food the buzz, i really thrive off that kind of thing and this has reignited my passion for travelling and made me realise how much i hate my makeshift desk in my living room. carmen, what about you? what's it been like out there in japan? well, fortunately, japan is pretty big so i travelled quite a lot in japan this year, more so than any other year. but it's been great from that perspective. i've spent time with my family. but i've missed my

family overseas, right? and i've had so many trips cancelled. i've had my chile trip cancelled three times. i was meant to go to singapore a couple of weeks go. and then a week before they cancelled — we had a green lane in singapore where i could go without quarantining — and overnight, that was rescinded. so, the trip was off. and what about you, christa? you're a seasoned traveller. what's it been like? have you managed to find any highs or pluses in this crazy year? well, i was lucky enough, i think it was august, i got to go to germany and not only got to track down some wild boar in berlin, but we went down and got a little taste of the oktoberfest that wasn't! which was great because it was — it gave us an opportunity to see really what a beer festival is like just for locals because the millions of international visitors didn't show up because the event wasn't on in 2020. but i think that for me this year,

has meant for me, that really more than anything is that for the first time in my life, i haven't been able to go home to australia. and for people who — carmen, you live injapan. i know you grew up in australia and you no doubt still have family there — the distance has never seemed widerfor me. i just miss my family and i'd love to go home. so, the moment australia opens its borders, i will be booking the plane ticket, i promise you that. and talking about booking your plane ticket once borders open, what do you guys reckon? what are your hopes for the future? what's going to happen in 2021 in regards to travel? ithink numberone, for all the people who work in the travel industry around the world, especially countries where they're dependent on tourism, it's gonna be a massive relief. i mean, they can get some work, for god's sake, and that is really, really vital to them. number two, i don't know about you, but i have been moderating some conferences and there's this whole notion that are people going to reset? are they going to think differently about travel? is there going to be

more conscious travel? are we going to think about sustainability more in the sense of not the environment but what we actually do with the time that we spend? there's certainly a time to perhaps value the trip more. yes. the one thing i think about non—stop is in 2021, if we do choose to travel — and we can travel for however we'll make that happen, a vaccination orjust basic risk tolerance — there's going to be a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity to go see machu picchu, maybe go see mount fuji, go see wherever you can go ‘ the angkor temples in cambodia — with no tourists! when is that going to happen again? i think there's an opportunity if people do choose to travel this coming year. i think people now are going to have one big holiday next year. if anything, they are just going to planjust one big holiday. they're not gonna nip over to paris for the weekend, you know? there's going to be a lot of effort and time put into it, and you may even have to consult with a travel agent! all chuckle.

as opposed to buying it yourself online. it's like we've gone back 30 years. and rajan, the "grand master" of travel, come on, tell us, what does the future hold, sir? i would say savour every second, value every second, because i think we dojust rush through stuff and don't really appreciate everything. don't undervalue how much the travel experience can change eve ryone's life. that was absolutely amazing. it is not often... hang on a minute, ade, i'm going tojump in here because we have been talking about our experiences this year and hopes for the next year but we haven't asked you! what do you think is coming up? what is a bit of hope we can take from you, ade? do you know what? you guys have summed up a lot of this, but i think for me, i've learnt that we shouldn't take this for granted.

i think for years, travel has been so easy for everybody. and i like the idea of next year being that one, rather than going for lots of small trips and weekends, we look for that one big life—changing experiential trip, you know? because you don't know when this can happen again. you know, we don't know when it can happen again and as someone who, travel has changed my life so much, yeah, i want to hold onto every second. so, i think for me next year, it's all about that big life—changing trip. bring on 2021 and travel show will be bigger, stronger and better! lovely chatting to you all! take care. merry christmas, everyone. merry christmas, guys. merry christmas. so, that is it for this week. over the new year, you'll get the chance to see some great

trips from recent times, including mike's mind—blowing journey through kazakhstan and lucy's magical visit to rwanda. but in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media in all the usual places — twitter, facebook and instagram. but until next time, have a happy, healthy and safe next couple of weeks, and we'll see you in the new year, when, hopefully, we can get back on the road doing what we love the most. but for now, from all of the travel show family, all over the world, it's goodbye! hello, good evening. there is no real sign of things warming up anytime soon. this cold weather certainly with us for the next few days but probably

for the next week or more. there will be some wintry showers at times. 0n the earlier satellite picture, you can see speckled shower and for this the incident in places. the clears of the skies, go west of scotla nd the clears of the skies, go west of scotland and ireland here at the cold est. scotland and ireland here at the coldest. cold again but also with the risk of some ice from all the showers. as her head on into sunday high—pressure in the north of the uk, lower pressure to the south and started driving the eastern and north easterly winds. subtle changes for part two of the weekend. that

will push most of the showers into eastern scotland in eastern england and it will drive their way a little bit further west through the day and there will be some sleet and snow there, not just higher ground. probably the best of the century shall be across southern and western areas and it will be a cold day to regularly factoring in the breeze. head on into monday a similar set up, each of the breeze feeding them more clouds and showers too much of england and wales and could see rain and sleet across the southeast. further north ledger wins for scotla nd further north ledger wins for scotland and ireland, and quite a bit of sunshine around. we have the stronger winds for england and wales particularly in long with seacoast oi’ particularly in long with seacoast or feel pretty raw at these temperatures will struggle to get much above three to 6 degrees. in the blue colours are still with us as we had a edger next week and you guessed it yes is going to stay cold. it will be rather cloudy and places too. quite windy for a time and think that windsor could to ease towards the end of the week but by

the end of the week because he's a rain, sleet and snow for some of us.

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