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__** South America **__ Carmen Koerts: Information about history and culture (music, traditions, religion, etc) Marta Mestre : About transport (how to get there and around- plane tickets) and lodging (hostel/hotel) and other uselful information (visas, vaccinations,weather, flags,etc) Elena Casals: Capitain - Elena Casals: information about leisure activities and sighs.

Please! Help us to decide //where// to go... vote on our [|Doodle]! __South America__
 * __Caracas (Venezuela)__: 14th -19th September **




 * __Georgetown (Guayana):__ 19th -24th September **

** __Buenos Aires (Argentina):__ 24th - 29th September **  

__** Caracas  **__


 * Caracas is the capital city of Venezuela. It has around 6.000.000 inhabitants, which makes it the 6th urban aglomeration of Latin America.
 * The most important indigenous tribes in Caracas are "los Caracas", "los Teques" and "los GuayquerÃ­es"
 * Over the years it has recieved the nicknames of "Sultana of the Avila", " the birthplace of the Liberator" and " the branch of heaven".
 * It has an area of 822,9 km2
 * The saints of the city are Santiago el Mayor and nuestra SeÃ±ora de Coromoto
 * Caracas has a very big gastronomical culture, due to the influence of the migration. There is mediterranean dishes that they believe are theirs because they have eaten them since the beggining of s.XX, when spanish and italians (mostly) came over.


 * The most famous plates are the "pabellon criollo", the "escabeche" and the typical chritmas food called "hallaca venezolana" or just "hallaca", as you can see above.
 * The misic in Caracas is very varied, due to the oil exploitation and all the farmers moving to the city, bringing with them all their typical music. Also, when all the foreigners came over, they brought lots of other different music. That's why in Caracas music culture is so interesting.
 * The emblematic tree is the "ceiba petandra" or ceiba: [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYqcPI_F5aRl5O-PGBssWGh9xuBDryK2qXrXPa1iyIT4LfA70U-g width="115" height="152"]] [[image:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tGUGj4aPumw/S7EFy6z5e4I/AAAAAAAAAF4/yfIw5qy9Vec/s400/Ceiba_pentandra1.jpg width="226" height="178"]]
 * The typical crafts are made with fabric, leather and metal, as you can see below.
 * Caracas, like the cosmopolitan city it is, has suffered variations on its folklore. Some of the customs there are the carnival, the "burriquita" and the burning of Judas.

It is obligatory to take the DNI and the passaport in Carcas,Georgetown and Buenos Aires, becaus you have identity when ypu go out your country.

We will fly with AirEuropa from Barcelona at 12:10 to Madrid where we will arrive at 1:30, and then from Madrid at 15:00 and we will arrive at Caracas at 17:55. The price of the flight is 938.18 â‚¬ euros. When we arrive at the Airport Internacional MaiquetÃ­a SimÃ³n BolÃ­var, we will take a taxi to go to the hotel Gran Melia which will last 1hour and 10 minuts approximately and we will unload the luggage. Here you can see images of the hotel Gran Melia in Caracas,and the price of breakfast and the five nighs is 1.344,00 euros [] The suit that we are going to be is very big,espacious,elegant and it's designed for the interiors design specialists.It's have one bath luxury,double bed comfortable,incredible views to the beach but from a distance is the views, the bath there a shower with massages and a jacuzi or a water vapor.The clients of the hotel are very nice and the workers of the hotel also. And you can get a massage to relaxed done for a specialists in this, in the hotel, it's costs 40 euros because is 2 h doing the massage.Also you have a phone if you want the dinner and they up to bring you or to change the savannas or that something happend you or your friend and you of courde have a television but it's american no spanish.
 * DAY 14th **
 * Carcateristics of the hotel: **

At 7:15 we will take a walk and go shopping to the "Centro Comercial El Recreo", so that we can rest. We will go walking, and return at 9:00 to have dinner at the hotel and afterwards, we will go to the room.

[] We will get up at 8:00 and we will have breakfast at 8:45, at 9:30 we will go back to the room and at 9:45, we will get a taxi to the National Park of Canaima which will take us one hour. We will spend there all day walking, visiting and having a good time there. We will lunch in a restaurant there, and at 8:00 we will take another taxi to go back to the hotel and have dinner at 9:00, after we will go to bed to rest after this long journey. There you can see photos from the National Parck of Canaima: (angel falls)
 * DAY 15th **

**DAY 16th** We will get up at 8:00 and we will have breakfast at 8:45, at 9:30 we will go back to the room and at 9:45, we will get a taxi to the Museum the "Bellas Artes" which will take us fifteen minutes so we will arrive there at 10:00. We will spend there twoo hours. At 12:00 we will take a taxi to the Square Bolivar to see the Cathedral of Caracas, we will get there at 12:20 and we will spend there one hour. At 13:30 we will go to the restaurant near the Cathedral. At 14:30 we will have twoo hours to walk round the streets. At 16:30 we will take a taxi to go to the river Orinoco, we will get there at 17:00 and we will spend there three hours and a half walking and sweeming in the river, and at 19:00 we will see the sun coming down. We will take another taxi to go back to the hotel at 8:00, and we will have dinner at 9:00. We will go to sleep at 10:00. Here you can see a photo of the Museum: Here you can see the Cathedral:

Here you can see the river Orinoco at 19:00 hours: **DAY 17th** We will get up at 8:00 and we will have breakfast at 8:45, at 9:30 we will go back to the room and at 9:45, we will get a taxi to the "Casa Natal de SimÃ³n Bolivar" which is a beautiful house for visit. We will get there at 10:00 and we will spend there one hour. After that, we will take a taxi who will bring us to the "BasÃ­lica of Santa Teresa" at 11:00; and at 12:00, we will take another taxi to the "Parque de los Chorros", a beautiful parc. We will have lunch at 14:00 in a restaurant near the parc. At 5:00, we will take a litle boat who will bring us to the island Margarita, we will spend there three hours sweeming and having fun. At 8:00, we will go back to the hotel, and we will get there at 9:00 to have dinner and after to go to sleep.

**DAY 18th**

**__Georgetow__****__n__**


 * The biggest and most famous auditorium for cultural representations in Georgetown is the National Culture Centre.



It's located on Homestretch Avenue, Dâ€™Urban Park. It seats about 2,000 people. Its stage is 15 m deep with an orchestra pit. The Centre is decorated with a chandelier made of local woods over the main staircase.
 * Guayanese culture is a mix of African, Indian, French, Amerindian, Chinese, British, Dutch, Portuguese, Caribbean, and American and Nepalese culture, because of all the migration.
 * Guyana is one of a few mainland territories that is considered to be a part of the Caribbean region
 * Mashramani, often abbreviated to "mash", is an annual festival that celebrates Guyana becoming a Republic in 1970. The festival, held on 23rd of February includes a parade (as you can see below), music, games and cooking and is intended to commemorate the "Birth of the Republic". Its translation means "the celebration of a job well done".
 * Phagwah, or Holi, is the Indo-Caribbean Hindu celebration of the new year. Every spring, the Sunday after the first full moon of the Hindu calendar, Phagwah literally paints the streets as kids and families "color" one another with dye (//abrac//) and powder and chase away the winter grays.


 * Deepavali, popularly known as the "festival of lights**,**" is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December. It involves the lighting of small clay lamps (//diyas// or //dÄ«pa//s) filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. These lamps are kept on during the night and one's house is cleaned, both done in order to make the goddess Lakshmi feel welcome. Firecrackers are burst in order to drive away evil spirits. During Deepavali, all the celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with family members and friends.

> St. George's was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and opened on 24 August 1892. The building was completed in 1899. It is located on Church Street in Georgetown, and has been designated a National Monument. We will fly with Rumbo from Caracas to Georgetown,the price of the flight it's 285,82.We will take off to Georgetown at 9:10h and we will to arrive at 20:50h at the airport. Then we willgo to the hotel Pegasusus and we will have dinner there.The price of the hotel it is 2,99.00 euros.
 * The music of Guyana is a mix of Indian, African, European and Amerindian elements. Popular Guyanese performers include Terry Gajraj, Eddy Grant, and the Tradewinds. The Guyana Music Festival has become also wildly popular among the caribbean regions.
 * Most historic architecture reflects the country's British colonial past.
 * St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Georgetown is one of the tallest wooden churches in the world, at a height of 43.5 metres.
 * DAY 19th **




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**__B__****__uenos Aires__**

In this one it says: "This 20th of June find us all united under the same flag!!" And this one: "Day of the flag!Two colors that shout out our roots, our culture and our identity. Let's make way in our nation to all those ignored flags aroun Argentina!"
 * It is the 8th most densely populated city in the world and one of the largest.
 * The Teatro Colón is a very highly rated opera house in Buenos Aires. There are several symphony orchestras an choral societies that participate in it.
 * Buenos Aires has a world-famous zoo, also. [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9sxn4wjoGKMmkkyyU3-lDQe7OD76CpL2tvck5NjlEQ9lPd0qC width="274" height="184"]][[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5fW1soisImopC8wj0d2auhyqzq_BKqkhw0cL_3bMrwJ5FfEZxTA width="265" height="190"]]
 * Every April in the city is celebrated the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, it is one of the top-five book fairs in the world.
 * "La Noche de los Museos" (Night of Museums) also takes place every November. This day most of the museums of the city are opened all night long.
 * Buenos Aires is also very active in street art, it has major murals everywhere in the city.[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSpI4VadKwhSeskdUJAH5-2Badqd4uYToHD3ZKynsUSaGz7RcLM width="259" height="194"]][[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQABVsiC0iePQ8fFn5UiGxLgzTC94c8NHrqelLt1XqBEajlgn24iQ width="261" height="193"]]
 * Known as //Rioplatense Spanish//, Buenos Aires' Spanish is characterised by //voseo//, //yeísmo// and aspiration of //s// in various contexts. It is heavily influenced by the dialects of Spanish spoken in Andalusia and Murcia.
 * Aregentina is Tango music's birthplace. Its dance moves were not seen as respectable until they were adopted by the Parisian high society in the 1920s, and then all over the world. In Buenos Aires, tango-dancing schools (known as //academias//) were usually men-only establishments.
 * Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) is an international festival of independent films organized each year in the month of April, in the city of Buenos Aires.
 * The most important fashion event is the Buenos Aires Fashion Week that is held twice a year. It's been held since 2001 and is often a good chance for national designers to display their collections.
 * This is the Buenos Aires skyline. Isn't it beautiful?
 * The argentinian currency is pesos [[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSnSk9T2jRcWoOwDTk_1VJraCOyGYMm_z6ra9KxhbyRQvNrljQB width="226" height="223"]][[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRng-EXT5Yjo7wkYu6EitB3uEC8SGuxZ5YhH6PGBVfVm97Xgo7rNA width="316" height="159"]]
 * The argentinians love very much their flag. The celebrate every 20th of June the anniversary of the death of Belgrado, who created the flag.

**DAY 24th** We are going to fly with edreams from Georgetown to Buenos Aires ,the price of the flight is 954,76 euros.We are going to take off to Buenos Aires at 21:55h and we are going to arrive at 23.15 at the airport (Pista de Aterrijaze 1).Then we are going to delay 30 minuts aproximately to arrive in taxi at the hotel Algodon Mansion.Here you can see the information and images of the hotel: http://www.expedia.es/Buenos-Aires-Hoteles-Algodon-Mansion.h4417480.Informacion-Hotel Algoson Mansion have spacious suites is have been designed by persons especialists in interior design,but in the hotel you can catch the suite that you like. The suite it have double bed,very big and comfortable, you can skeap that is not broken,the bathroom it's luxurious and it's has a jacuzzi, a shower with massages(jets,smalls waterfalls) and the bathroomm it's decorated with a beautiful bookmatched Italian,but ours this bookmatched. Also the suite include additional comforts as seperate living areas,cozy fireplaces and elegant wines,and you have a television but it`s american no spanish and the phone if you want that they up your diner,or if you want to informate with him to tell you about the culture or something interesting to visit.
 * Caracteristics of the hotel **

**DAY 25th** We are going to get up early at 8:00h,because we are going to go at the amusement and we must arnes the day and at 9:00 we take a taxi for go.We are going argeted to all the atraccions and we are going to eat a lot of candies.We stay from 10:00h at 17:00h,we eat a big sanwich and one cholate icecream and after the diversion we go to the cinema to look the film: como son los cines en Australia? and it's a film strange!.before we are going to the hotel relax at the swuiming pool and go to dinner out at the restaurant and at 22:00 to the hotel