hello, and welcome to a special edition of the travel show covered in ice, snow, and that special kind of magic, as much of the world prepares to celebrate christmas, and also the end of another year. we spent most of 2023 on the road, so it s a great opportunity to be at home to recharge and look back at some of our favourite winter adventures here on the programme. so without further ado, let s jump straight in and remember the time when ade headed to finnish lapland not to meet santa claus, but a rapper who s keeping his language alive with music. huskies howl. ade: finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. more than one million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa, and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world from northern norway, sweden, finland, and the far north part of russia. there s around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland, and here, they re known as the inar
huskies howl. ade: finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. more than one million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa, and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world from northern norway, sweden, finland, and the far north part of russia. there s around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland, and here, they re known as the inari sami because most of them live around lake inari, which is 250km north of the arctic circle. i ve never been so far north. i m here! after landing in the town of ivalo, just an hour and a half flight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. hello! hey! welcome to finland and ivalo. thank you! i m ade. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, i m johanna. nice to meet you look at your outfit! oh, thank you! you look amazing. thank you. is this our transport? yeah, it s going to be our transport for this trip. and we ve got so many things planned for y
huskies howl ade: finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland. more than one million tourists come here each year in search of the northern lights, santa, and his reindeer. the sami are the indigenous people who live in this part of the world from northern norway, sweden, finland, and the far north part of russia. there s around 6,000 samis left in this part of finland, and here, they re known as the inari sami because most of them live around lake inari, which is 250km north of the arctic circle. i ve never been so far north. i m here! after landing in the town of ivalo, just an hour and a half flight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. hello! hey! welcome to finland and ivalo. thank you! i m ade. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, i m johanna. nice to meet you look at your outfit! oh, thank you! you look amazing. thank you. is this our transport? yeah, it s going to be our transport for this trip. and we ve got so many things planned for yo
susan caruana waited six long years for this message from her grandson, alex batty. their first direct contact since he failed to return from a holiday in spain with his mother and grandfather. now back in the uk, alex and his grandma have been speaking to the sun newspaper, describing the last time they spoke over the phone in 2017 from a beach in spain. i said to him, you are coming home on saturday, aren t you? and then i heard in the background his mother telling him to put down the phone. all the phones had been switched off, all communications were cut. and ifelt so betrayed. and i was absolutely devastated. alex spent the next few years living a nomadic lifestyle in france and spain with his mother and grandfather. during the whole six years, susan told the sun, i never knew if they were dead or alive. with no school or formal education, alex said he resorted to books. i used to read harry potter, gosh, i ve probably read it about 20 times in complete order. i used
you can get more on those stories on the bbc news website. all have a full bulletin of news for you at the top of the hour, but right now, the travel show. this is just incredible. the caribbean a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it s home to over 45 million people and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is as fragile as it is beautiful and the caribbean s relationship with its seas and ecosystems are changing rapidly. i m reece parkinson. as someone who has caribbean ancestry, this place has almost mythical status, even though i ve never been here before. we re swimming with sharks! i m kicking off my adventure in the dominican republic. oh, i m excited! ..where i discover how islanders are carving out a new relationship with the sea. really, what i want is for the community to get in touch with the ocean because that s the only way we re going to take care