ArtsceneThe Travel Guy is back, this time in high-definitionBy Dominik KurekEvery destination you go toOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFjust blows your mind, and that's basically what you getFrom feeding sharks in open waters to zip lining through rain-to see.forests, Oakvilles Frank Greco loves his job.Frank Greco, And now hes able to showcase The Travel Guythat work to a Canadian audience.GrecosThe Travel Guyreality The first episode of the seasontelevision show is returning for a airs on Tuesday, June 21 at 7 p.m.second season, this time on the It features The Travel Guy sailingCanadian channel Discovery World HD. It to six islands of the Grenadines andfollows up a first season that Saint Vincent in six days. The sec-aired on the European Travel ond episode, a week later, featuresChannel and elsewhere overseas in a visit to Nova Scotia.14 different languages.Every destination is my favou-It started out there and we had rite. That sounds lame but its truesome airings in Canada of season because every time I go there, I goone, Greco said. But now with with childrens eyes. When I get off season two, its a Godsend with the plane, as soon as I get off, I loveDiscovery World HD coming the place, he said.onboard to pick up the show. Its much biEvery destination you go togger than its ever been.just blows your mind, and thatsThough a new network has basically what we get to see.picked up the show, Greco said it Whether its feeding tiger sharks inwill still air in Europe and in the Fiji people look at it as, Oh myU.S.SUBMITTED PHOTOGod, theres this 12-foot thingOur goal is to make it a global coming at you, Im not in a cagetelevision show, he said.HARD AT WORK:Oakville's The Travel Guy Frank Greco is pictured here in Iceland, working as the host of a televi-but this is set up for tourists.The show concept was created sion show he produces.He adds that everything he doesby Greco and his wife Julia, who both love to travel. At the time of show since the original 13-episode Its more work for me because not. Firston the show is accessible to anyly, it aims to entertain.the show's creation, Greco was season. For starters, it is now in before I had a little more time off Stourist.econdly, Greco said, it gives itsGreco also travels light. He hasworking in the television commer-high-definition. Greco said the first while the other co-host was doing audience a view to a country peo-cial industry.season was a way for him to test her stuff, he said. But at the end pone cameraperson and a crew of le may have dreamed of travelingMy beautiful wife is the best the shows appeal and hes made of the day it was the same amountfour to each location. to. Its a small world out there andproduction manager Ive ever had changes since.oI purposely made it that smallf work, we do the same amount of if you want to go there, you can goso we can do a lot of the things thaton these shoots because she keeps There is no co-host this time, things, the same goofy things on there. Nothings really stoppingme in a big crew might not be able to,line and she keeps everyone either. The show was co-hosted by the show that hopefully tourists you. You just have to think ithe said. When we go to some of else in line and on time, Greco Lauren Lee Sally previously, but experience when they travel.through and we give advice on thesaid.this season The Travel Guy is going But whthese places, were there with theile the format has show that is specific to the areaSee Production page 33There are some changes to the it solo on screen. changed, the shows purpose has were in.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, June 17, 2011 30