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C Yes, there are lots of really good restaurants
in Connaught Place. Oh, what was the
name of that place we used to go to?
R Oh, yes, I know the place you mean ...
I think it's called The Shanti.
C Yes, that's right. It's only a few minutes
from the Raj Hotel and the food there
was amazing!
M Thanks, that's really useful. Er, have you
got any other tips?
R Well, only drink bottled water, of course.
And don't drink anything with ice in it.
Ice is usually made with tap water, which
isn't very safe.
E Yes, I've heard that before.
C And I wouldn't eat any salads because
they're often washed in tap water too.
M Yes, that sounds like good advice.
R All this talk of India is making me want
to come with you.
C Yeah, me too. Perhaps we can ask Lisa
and Daniel to babysit for a month!
E Oh look, here comes our food.
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PAUL What are you working on at the
moment, Josie?
JOSIE I've been making a TV series called
Modern Adventurers.
P That sounds interesting.
J Yes, it's fascinating. The first episode
is about a man called Ed Stafford, who
became the first person to walk the length
of the River Amazon in 2010.
P Wow, that sounds like hard work. How
long did it take him?
J About two-and-a-half years.
P You're joking! Why didn't he go by boat?
J Very funny. But that's the point of the
series. Why do some people go on these
crazy adventures? Just to be the first
person to do something?
P Good question. So did this guy - what
was his name again?
J Ed Stafford.
P Right. So did Ed Stafford walk the
Amazon on his own?
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J No, he set off with a friend called Luke
Collyer. They'd planned to do the whole
walk together, but Luke went home after
68 days.
P I'm not surprised. I wouldn't last 68
minutes!
J No, me neither. Anyway, a Peruvian
guide called Cho joined the expedition
after Luke had gone back to the UK. Cho
had planned to walk with Ed for only five
days, but ended up staying with him until
the end.
P And what did they eat?
J They mainly lived on rice and beans,
which they bought in villages and carried
with them. But they also went to parts of
the forest that nobody had ever been to
before. So they sometimes ran out of food
and had to eat whatever they could find.
P So did they just disappear into the jungle
for two-and-a-half years?
J No, not really. Every day Ed wrote his
blog or uploaded a video of his journey
onto his website, and of course he also
read messages that people had sent him.
P So how far did he walk in total?
J Well, the River Amazon is about 4,000
miles long, but Ed calculated that he'd
walked about 6,000 miles.
P I hope he took some insect repellent.
J Well, if he did, he didn't take enough. He
says that during the trip he got 200,000
mosquito and ant bites.
P Really? That's amazing!
J Yes, and he also got 600 wasp stings and
12 scorpion stings.
P Ouch! So what did he do when he'd
finished the journey?
J He flew back to England, had a rest,
and then a few weeks later he ran four
marathons in 27 hours!
just hearing about him.
P Wow! This guy makes me feel exhausted
J Well, if you think he's extreme, the
second programme is about another
modern adventurer called Martin Strei.
He was the first person to ...
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1 I had a bad day. I'd had a bad day.
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3 She made a mistake. She'd made a
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4 Tom had thought it was wrong. Tom
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PRESENTER ... and with the weekend
just around the corner, I have with
meJ j/)n the studio Gabrielle Wallace,
from theJj/~excellent website
londonfornothing.com, to tell us how
toJw/~enjoy London for free.
GABRIELLE Hi there.
P Welcome to the programme, Gabrielle.
beJ jc a veryJKexpensive city to visit.
G Well, it can be, but
theryr1~aryrcactuallyJj/~a lot of things
you can doJw!)n the city for free.
P Such as?
G Well, of course you don't have to pay
to visit manyJj/~of London's museums
P Right.
G And if you'd prefer to wanderJr/~around
the cityJ j/_on yourJr/~own, you can
download free walking tours onto your
phone. My favourite is the tourJr/~of
theJj/~areaJr/~around London Bridge,
which is reallyJ j/)nteresting. And all the
tours come with a free downloadable map
so you don't get lost.
P OK. And is theryr1_anywhere you can
hear some free music?
G Yes, theryr;)s, actually. ForJr/~example,
there's free jazz at the National Theatre
six days a week, and if you go to the
Royal Opera House at lunchtime on
Mondays, you can enjoy some
freeJj/~opera.
P Really? I didn't know that.
G Yes, and you can also goJ w/_and seeJ j/_a
radioJw/~Or TV programme being
recorded. I've seen a few TV comedies
and chat shows being made, and
they'ryr;~always great fun - and
theJj/~audience always gets in for free.
P And how do you get tickets?