the top and if you manage to cling on you're in for a treat. this is the highest braai on the black sea coast meters above sea level. disco this incredible. maybe a little bit windy and a bit wobbly. to restore to arrive here in april when the season can continue into october. attractions in the area are good to appeal to the whole family and i wanted to check out one of its newest success stories. people come from all over russia to visit the black sea coast but if you're looking for a different sort of multiculturalism it's probably a pretty good place to start. new flamboyant names here this is simply called old poke and surely it's not very old it's old but take a walk around and you'll soon get the picture. who needs

a foreign holiday when you can come here you got the pyramids of egypt the temples of ancient greece. and even a roman pavilion all in less time than it takes you to script. architect alexander of open the pope back in two thousand and four with an ambitious plan in mind. we were out to get together many cultures within the narrow space or east west caucasus russia. these architectural structures are filled with substance as you look around you begin to realize that the culture of humankind is a synthesis of many cultures races the whole period from ancient designs all the way to modern architecture. alexander has areas dedicated to more than ten different cultures and we. paid all respects to zeus and we found ourselves in

ancient egypt. it may be a little smaller than the pyramids of giza but it's based on but it's certainly boasting some fine acoustics. listening he can't have been too impressed with all singing as it probably began to rain. it was a perfect moment lou to head indoors and visit the punk's medieval town and there's a bird's eye view of the grounds. here we are james this is our territory. is to build a space where architecture and nature into the harmony. to be. bunts if your fortune has something to do with the docks are probably

a pretty good place to start and if you go there early enough they'll be plenty of fishermen setting off for the morning catch. one of the best things to me about. so that's why we're. going to take the place we can collect sit down there. sam. will work from the stir. his crew a muscle and. they've been breeding the tasty mollusks for three years but they're already proving very popular. i can tell you that as far as the front city is concerned this is a budding market. traditionally people here. know there's a great demand for seafood not only locally but also in moscow st petersburg and elsewhere there were no shellfish an oyster is in the menu bar the restaurants only

local people like to cook shellfish for a very long time. so. there is an oyster and once they've arrived at the beds his job begins. so they were in the right place. but once everything secure the catch has to be loaded into the rowboat and that's where the hard work begins. if you're not a fan of dirty jobs this probably isn't for you each will pretty much guarantees you a seawall to show on fingers and plenty of unwelcome guests. little crowds in there as well as going to stop because about. themselves can be surprisingly hard to find. so this kind of reading program apparent doesn't yield too many oysters they're quite rare so you see we've got tons and tons of mussels

but only one or two oysters hidden among them. it's more like. finding a bit of a needle in the haystack. gave his crew. this still huge demand for fresh muscles locally. and there's definitely no shortage of them. so this is going to be one of the biggest secret coffees you have a lightly the see you've got about a hundred twenty. muscles a few invading crabs and fish and of course the press is. it's not often you get to eat seafood when it's this fresh unfortunately on an oyster boat there's no shortage of experience because. sooner or. later for the most romantic setting to try one of nature's great efforts. you don't get much fresher than this. not to mention extremely tasty. so i have my long journey over want but i'm not sure that even the most generous

marine biologist would count oysters all mussels among the small taste of cold screeches swimwear that is intelligent animals pointing. well when you're behind a black sea and tough to find. hello to. say hello to zurich. three beautiful. they've been living in performing here of the dolphinarium for more than ten years. making technique down to a fall in oh. this is probably the best quickest way to make friends i think. this one is great it. is the best way to

get quickly. happy to share their breakfast. with the ladies clamoring for the ghost. in a row the fights i've won the. rivalry since so. around two hundred fifty kilos and tips the scales are over three hundred but fortunately there's plenty of food for everyone. so the girls sixteen. can you imagine how many of these that is still. hungry and that means that he's quite happy to run seems. to

track this attention and then you throw it. people. of faith. this is the. james.

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but you can. unfortunately like. the world. but as they say sometimes one man's trucks can be another man's treasure or in this case another woman's treasure. what did she rather waste properly in sacks production and some bottles here you can see waste from shoes production just like you was. still in and used sacks seven years ago in the queue for of a gave up her practice is a doctor to become an artist and environmentalist. recycling is still rare in russia and is

a common sight nima has opened. to try and draw attention to the damage the waste is doing to the local area. it's always a pain to see the earth turn into a garbage can i try to collect some of the rubbish but of course my efforts were in then the trash was not getting smaller many people just don't understand me i don't know how to explain it to them my idea is to make people remember my work and everything that i have taken care of before the litter i want them to remember my beloved black sea and the fish it will be great if they begin doing such things even better than me i mean or offer to give me a quick lesson in how to make plastic stick that isn't there let's make a fish ok come on we're making a little addition biggest installation a sculpture that's intended to represent the whole of the black sea first let's get rid of unnecessary stuff here is the fairmont gun take a look it's not clear if it's

a fish yet but now we're going to shape it look here is the tail. and now we're going to color it and it will become absolutely fabulous. with. painting. right and that's right. yes beautiful i don't affect and no you should shake it a little bit to let the paint spread. about. me around let me paint for where it's my. exactly sure what breed of fish we were creating but it was pretty colorful and once the finishing touches had been added it was ready to take its place in the gallery forwards we go james and here is here to make this work if you know now you have your own face in the back seat that's right into the sea find a nice place behind hope she'll have a happy life. to me and think you can transform this rubbish into something really

rather beautiful and hopefully the people who see it maybe they'll think a little bit more before they chuck away that next plastic bottle. but taking a look at that sculpture of the black sea reminded me of another thing i don't quite have the time for us. i've been so busy here in the textile almost forgot about my favorite thing to do with the seaside. and it is up here.

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full report looks after more than sixty different species and i met up with head keeper. until he started working here three years ago because i was a hunter but it seems like the animals don't generally crunches. let's go buddy this is the himalayan band both of you want to see how long you want to have fun and once he's only ten months old growing like a weed he's a fairly sap now but when he gets big. he's going to be about a hundred. and i think he's. great i'm having fun and biting everything in his meat. every careful. that's it but. then if you think bellew's a handful wait to meet his friends next door. is a demanding baby. with

a spate of recent births the zoo now has around three hundred animals and they've set up a nursery for their baby pig cats and why can't we all get along my place. my genes in my shoes are becoming a delicious treat and just a few months ago they welcomed one of the world's rarest animals this little is adam a baby. and the son of two called the skates a tiger so he really is a little miracle and you can already see. it's not going to be too long. before. he's going to turn into the world's biggest cat and a bit of a killer and i'm hoping he's going to be gentle with me. most of the animals here have been rescued from poachers or from circuses but some come from rather more unusual backgrounds. this is grigori he lived with their grandmother in know what i

see he was living in a simple flat for a long time is more than ten years old grandmother has brought him here some three years ago she was a very old woman she brought to bear here in a car without any cage just using a leash she cooked a big delicious cake for him that grandmother is just too old to look after him. just imagine a bad living in a granny flat now. spare room with me. but never seemed to have such a bond of trust with so many different creatures it was like being around a real life dr doolittle and hopes that the fountains of visitors who come to the park take a new appreciation of the animals away with them. having survived my visit to the safari park with minor cuts and bruises i figured it was time to visit one of the black sees more sedate tourist attractions then maybe get myself something to eat. one thing you learn quite quickly about the russians is that they love their bread

whether it's brown black roy it pretty much comes with everything we just call it strains in the two years i've been traveling around this country i've never seen one of those. it's a replica of a mill that was growing flour in this area more than a century ago and with the help of a few modern improvements it's back in business. the history of this company is fairly typical of russia. eight hundred ninety five it was nationalized in one nine hundred eighteen. in the one nine hundred thirty s. it was renamed sickle and hammer and wasn't until the early one nine hundred sixty s. . a few years ago the original mill was stripped transported and rebuilt and the old gears were given a new lease of life. but it really is a tiny bit of engineering. the power and the

energy. is then converted down here by these wheels. and this one is part of the original century mechanism still running today. which. we get. and making it is a really simple process so. now follow me. here is the receiving bunker. this week here that's now the process is already underway plenty of. time for a smoke. ok so i've heard of a ploughman's lunch but i'm guessing this is

a. milk. bread. this mill may be an example of the region's recent history but they're all relics. that date back to antiquity. this is the ancient city of gold the pier was home to thousands of people until it was destroyed in the third century a.d. and it's one of the best preserved examples. of the one thousand city on the russian coast the greeks who settled here named their city after a samarian king and its ruins cover around forty is it still possible to wander through the so is of great houses and you can even discover the citizens favorite temple i bet the this would have been one of the most popular places back in the days of because it's the remains of an ancient winery people would have crushed the grapes had the juice then would have come down these forests and into these

enormous votes. show you. down here. unfortunately. well we've got now of course it is rain water back in the day this would have held the equivalent of bali bombers and. may have been long since deserted but the descendants of its greek settlers are still in the area and they still have a passion for the grape. this is russia's wine country around sixty percent of the crop comes from around this area and about to meet the people who make some of the best. these. grapes yes and this is a very important one of you. and his family are almost ready to start making the latest batch of their famous

and. so much depending on the use of stretch i will set you back around fifty dollars but this grapes went destined for the. my father. oh yes the beginning. is bringing in the harvest he likes to have a few friends and the old greek tradition. where it's. there was a pretty big power of grapes to cross so it seemed to take. you supposed to get everyone stomping away in a nice uniform rhythm but lumia greek. slipping around on fifty kilos of grapes takes some doing.

and i was about to get my reward from them being a foot. so i think. we definitely deserve a drink thank you very much. yes this is a bit. she was sent to continue the evening but i wanted to take a stroll across a number of months before i called my plane back to moscow. hole. when it's this windy even plenty of wine won't keep you warm. and his son max can run a t.v. toss along the jeans here. i'm off to tackling the dunes it certainly beats walking back to the hotel. it may have been getting chilly but as a born and bred seaside town boy i was sad to be leaving the black sea coast it may not boast the infrastructure of some of the famous mediterranean resorts but with

months of sunshine relatively low prices and no troublesome visa refuse is easy to see why millions of russians come here for their summer holidays it's a place to relax bring the family and enjoy the warmest blue water that russia has to offer.

nato says it says strikes could have killed seven civilians in. tripoli raising questions over the. submission. and top stories that made the headlines in the week for most greece's new bond over money rolls up his sleeves to steer the debt stricken countries reforms after furious public rage against even deeper cuts in. america's accused of twisting. judge cost in the galaxy of extraditing of russian arms smuggler to boot to the state. of mystery keeps moving over whether the president will run for a second term as he runs off the international economic forum in some places.

roundup of the week's top stories with me kevin no it's no ten pm here in moscow first night two admits that it may be responsible for an airstrike that killed seven civilians including two babies in tripoli early on sunday morning the incident spoke widespread public outrage and is being seized on by gadhafi loyalists who have long painted nato is a ruthless force and said to destroy libya even so the western alliance launched more strikes on the capital just hours later as the intervention enters its fourth month now with little to show except deadlock his maria financial reports from the capital tripoli now you may find some of the images coming up in her report upset. residents of secrecy my district here in st louis have been woken up by a strike in the middle of the night and more all several moms landed here this

story as you can see behind me several three story building quite a densely populated area with their buildings standing very close to each other time to many people found them very poor as we were told at least four families have been living in the damaged houses which is from twelve to fourteen people. under the rubble who were able to show children into adults and doing. some of the people are still missing as you can see behind me the rescue operation is now undergoing what people here on the ground are saying that there is little hope that someone could be alive the buildings on the opposite side of this street have also been possibly damaged but we were told that no one from there has been preparing the government spends person looked at him aside but he has come to the scene shortly after this happened and he has sad.