Unicode encoding exceptions

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys

def try_to(text):
    try:
        after = text.encode('ascii')
    except UnicodeEncodeError:
        after = text.encode('utf-8')
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
        after = text
    except Exception as exc:
        print type(exc), exc

    print type(text), type(after), after

def main():
    for k in ['szia', u'szia', u'Öt szép szűzlány őrült írót nyúz']:
        try_to(k)
        if isinstance(k, unicode):
            try_to(k.encode('utf-8'))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()