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Paty Coll: looks up information about transport and lodging Alejandra Smtih: looks up information about leisure activities and sights Chantal Pallarés: Captain looks up information about history and culture

Here is our Africa poster. We did it with Glogster.

**__Continent: Africa__** Dates: 3rd October to 19th October

3rd to 8th Oct: Egypt, Cairo 9th to 14th Oct: Madagascar, Antananarivo 15th to 19th: Madagascar, Toamasina

Please, help us decide where to go. Vote on [|Doodle] We are going to travelling to:
 * Madagascar and Egypt **



Madagascar: Antananarivo and Toamasina



Egypt: Cairo






 * //__ANTANANARIVO HISTORY:__// **

Antananarivo History is fascinating since its origin. It is also called Tananarive or Tana. Antananarivo has an unusual geographical location, built along a bent, Y-shaped mountain range that consists of more than 10 small hilltops. Unlike most capital cities in south Africa, Antananarivo was already a major city before the colonial era. The city was founded in 1625 by King Andrianjaka. For many years it was the principal village of the Hova chiefs, becoming a town of some 80,000 people. In 1793 Antananarivo was made the capital of Merina kings. The conquests of King Radama I made it the capital of Madagascar. The city has been rebuilt and now contains numerous European-style structures.


 * __//TOAMASINA HISTORY://__ **

The origin of the Malagasy name Toamasina is indefinite. One theory states that it was derived from the Portuguese name São Tomás (St Thomas). Another theory is attributed to the first visit of King Radama I to the ocean in 1817, when he said that ‘Toa masina’ (salty) when he tasted the water. The British took the town in 1811, but after, they gave it to France in 1816 (Treaty of Paris).Toamasina was one of the first objectives of the European colonial powers because its importance as a commercial port and slaving centre. Toamasina is Madagascar's largest port. It has a beautiful coastline and relaxing feel, especially at night.


 * //__EGYPT HISTORY:__// **

It is divided in much parts: the dynasties, prehistory, tinitia period, ancient kingdom, first intermediate , middle kingdom, s econd intermediate , third intermediate, new kingdom and late period. The first dynasty is brought into being by the king or pharaoh who in about 3100 BC. His is the first of thirty Egyptian dynasties, spanning nearly three millennia. In the prehistory, Egypt was divided in two parts: North kingdom (capital: Eb) and South kingdom (capital: Nekhen) The most important period in the Egypt history is the ancient kingdom because it's the moment that the egyptians built the pyramids. The history of Cairo can be divided in 3 different parts: Early fistory of Cairo, it was separated in the Paleolithic an the Neolithic, French Occupation of Cairo, when Napoleon wanted to invaded Egypt, and British Occupation of Cairo, which is the modern history of Cairo.

// **__FLIGHTS:__** // From Buenos Aires to Cairo: We will go to Cairo on Wednesday 3th October We will take the plane at 08:20 in Buenos Aires airport and we will arrive at 21:30 in Cairo airport We are going to fly with vueling. the price of these flight is 1.363,61€.

From Cairo to Antananarivo: We will go to Antananarivo on Tuesday 8th October. We will take the plane at 07:50h in Cairo airport. We will arrive at 10:45h(one day later) in Antananarivo airport. We are going to fly with vueling. The price of the flight is 1.456,45€.

From Antananarivo to Toamasina: We will go to Toamasina on Monday 13th October. We will take the plane at 05:15h in Antananarivo airport. We will arrive at 6:00h in Toamasina airport. We are going to fly with airmadagascar. The price of the flight is 211€.

// __**HOTELS:**__ // = El Cairo,Egypt: = = Pyramids park resort cairo =

Km 2.5 cairo alexandria desert road Direct Paymentat the Hotel Just 3 km from downtown Cairo A 14km from Cairo International ( Airport) price one room and one night:82,09 €

= = = = = Antananarivo, Madagascar: = = Ibis Antananarivo Ankorondrano =

Direct Payment at the Hotel. 1 km 720 m from the center of Antananarivo. 12 km from Antananarivo ( Airport). The price for one room and one night is 82,72€.

= = = = = Toamasina, Madagascar: =

** __Calypso Hotel __ **


Direct payment at the hotel. 20Km from the center of Toamasina. The price for one room one night is 20€

__//ACTIVITIES://__
=** Madagascar **= __- Antananarivo:__ - Lemurs' Parck - Queens Place burned out - Ambohimanga - Is Art Galerie - Madagascar Exotic - Croc Farm - Tsimbazaza Zoo

__- Toamasina:__ - Parc Ivoloina - Plongee Toukoul - Andasibe-Mantadia National Park - Avenue of the Baobabs - Acqua Diving - Sakalav Diving - Orca Sakatia Spearfishing & Freedi  =** Egypt **= __- El Cairo:__ - Pyramid de Gizah - Pharaonic art museum -Tutankamon's tomb -Islamic art museum -Karnak temple -Sphinx of Gizah -Abu Simbel -Luxor temple

= = = //__IITINERARY__// =

= __**DAY 1 (3rd October)**__ =

Here starts our itinerary by Africa: Cairo, Antananarivo and Toamasina. Today we're going to fly from Buenos Aires to Cairo. The flight costs 1.363.61€for a person. At 21.30h we're going to arrive to Egypt.

= __**DAY 2 (4th October)**__ =

Today we get up early because we have to go to Menphis for visiting the famous pyramids of Gizah. They contain the pharaohs tombs of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure.

In the first pyramid we're going to visit:

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After the Great pyramid (Cheops) we're going to visit this in the Kafre pyramid:

It has two entrances to go to the burial chamber. The chamber of the sarcophagus is cut in the rock, but the roof is made with granite. Inside the burial chamber, the sarcophagus, which was make with black granite, is empty. Bezoni was the person who discover that in 1818. In this pyramid we are going to discover why it was empty and his old mistery.

In the last pyramid (Menkaure pyrmaid) we're going to visit the tombs that contains and its old corridors that go to the big chambers.

The entrance is on the northern façade and it was found in 1837. It has a corridor, completely excavated in the rock that leads to the top part of the first room excavated in the rock too. After, the corridor leads to an antechamber and ends in a big underground room that is completed with another smaller where it was found the sarcophagus. In the north-east side of the pyramid there are the ruins of Micerino’s temple. A little south of the temple there are three small pyramids with the remainders of their temples. The biggest one was the queen Khamerernebty’s tomb (like the photo).

We're going to spend all the mornig visiting the pyramids and discovering their misterys. We're going to eat at Sphinx Sun 2 restaurant. It is next to the second entrance of the pyramids.

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= __**DAY 3 (5th October)**__ =

Today we are going to visit the pharaonic art museum.

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After seeing the museum, we're going to eat at the Felfela restaurant. It is a 5 minutes walking and it is specialist in egyptian fast food.

In the evening, after lunch, we are going to go to the Islamic art museum. It is an interesting museum because it has one of the most important collections of the islamic art in the world. This collections are from Egypt and other arb countries. media type="youtube" key="2apv2V-G4Ww" width="342" height="280"

= __**DAY 3 (6th October)**__ =

Today we are going to visit Tutankhamun's tomb and all his misterious treasures. We vill visit the Valley of the Kings too. We are going to spend all the day there. media type="youtube" key="K2T3fZDiSsw" width="383" height="315" align="right"



He was an important pharoh of Egypt. His real name is Tut-anj-Atón and it means living image of Aten. He is in the Valley of the Kings. The story of the search for the tomb of Tutankhamun is long. Theodore Davis wanted to search this disappear tomb of the pharaoh, who was mentioned in the inscriptions. He discovered a small hole in the Valley of the Kings. After several times without exit, Theodore Davis decided stop the search. Most of people belived him but one man thought that he was wrong in his idea. So Howard Carter continued the exploration with his team. In this video you can see a bit intoduction about what we are going to see:

= __**DAY 4 (7th October)**__ =

Today we're going to visit the Luxor Temple, the Karnak Temple and Abu Simbel. We are going to spend the morning in the Temple of Luxor and in the Karnak Temple.

In the Luxor Temple we are going to see the ruins of it. This video shows you the rebuilding of the temple in 3D. It's more real the photos that are next to the video, because we are going to see the ruins that we will see.

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In the Karnak Temple we will see its ruins too. For giving to you an idea, I show you this video:



In the afternoon we are going to visit the famous Abu Simbel.

This temple was built by Ramses II and it has two temples: Ramses II temple and Nefertari temple. Ramses II temple is considered one of the most beautiful temple of Egypt. In the facade, we can see four large statues that represent Ramses II. The temple is dedicated to his gods: Ra, Ptah and Amun. Nefertari temple is one of the only which is dedicated to a woman. This woman (Nefertari) was the favourite wife of Ramses II. In the facade there are six stautes, like Ramses II temple. The temple is dedicated to Hathor, goddess of love and beauty in the Egyptian symbology.

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= __**DAY 5 (8**____**th October)**__ =

Today we are going to fly all the day because the flight from Egypt to Antananarivo takes one day.

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= __**DAY 6 (9**____**th October)**__ =

Today we are going to visit: Lemur´s Park and Queens Place burned out.

In the first park ( Lemur's Parck ) we're going to see what that video shows you:

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In this park we will see many animals: elephants, monkeys, koalas... We decided to go to this park because this summer have brought many animals from other cities.

After seeing the park, we are going to eat at the la varange restaurant. It's the best restaurant in the city. The food is fantastic and it has a great atmosphere (like the photos).

After eating, we are going to visit the castle (Queen's Place burned out):



The location is nice but nothing to be seen with the palace. We are going to visit it and we are going to have a tour around the palace with explanations by a guide.

= __**DAY 7 (10th October)**__ =

Today we are going to visit: Ambohimanga and Croc Farm.



In the first park (Ambohimanga) we are going to see what this photos shows you: This park is very nice and we are going to learn the culture of that country.

After visiting the park we are going to eat at the Kudeta Restaurant. This restaurant is very elegant and the food is very good.



In the evening, we are going to visit Croc Farm:

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This park is great fun because there are many animals and we will see how they feed the animals.

= __DAY 8 (11th October)__ =

Today we are going to visit the Is'Art Galerie and Madagascar Exotic. To start the day, we are going to visit the art gallery museum. We are going to see what that photos shows you:



In this museum we are going to go because we love paint and this museum is full of table.

After visiting the museum we are going to eat at La Boussole:

We will love this restaurant because it's fun to have a tree with grapes and in the dessert you picked the grapes from the tree.

In the evening,we are going to visit Madagascar Exotic:

= __DAY 9 (12t____h October)__ =

Today we are going to visit Tsimbazaza Zoo:

As is the last day we decided to see animals and then make route by horse during 30 miuntesand eat at the bar.

In the afternoon we will go to the hotel to make the baggage.



= __DAY 10 (13t____h October)__ =

Today we are going to wake up at 3:30am because the flight to Toamasina take off at 05:15am, we arrive at 6:00am

= **__DAY 11 (14th October)__** =

Today, we are going to spend the day on the fantastic hotel for relaxing, because we are tiring for the long trip that we are doing! We going to the swimmingpool and to the spa. We will pass the hours "visiting" the fantastic hotel.

= __DAY 12 (15th October)__ =

Today we are going to go to the Ivolinia park. In this park we are going to see a lot of exotics animals.

We will do a picnic for dinner in the park.

In the evening, we are going to Aventure of the Boabs. This park is a reserve of animals and trees.



= __DAY 13 (16th October)__ =

Today we are going to spend the hours in the beautiful beach of Toamasina.

We are going to dinner in: [|Restaurant Labourdonnais]

After dinner, we will return to the beach for rest.

= __DAY 14 (17th October)__ =

Today we are going to go to Orca Sakatia Spearfishing & Freedi. This club is like the photos shows and we are going to do like this people is doing in the images.

= __DAY 15(18th October)__ =

Today we are going to go to Acqua Diving and Andasibe-Mantania National park-.

We are going to spend the morning visiting the Acqua diving. The ACQUA DIVING is a fishing club. In this club we are going to do scuba diving and we will go fishing exotics fish! Also we will swim with the fish!



We are going to have lunch on the Pimet Banane restaurant. The menu costs between 7-9€

In the afternoon, we are going to visit the Andasibe -Mantadia National park. In this park we will see what this images shows you. We will view exotic animals and the fantastic nature of one part of Africa.



= **//__CONCLUSION:__//** =

With this project we have learned a lot of things, but the most important is this beautiful continent that is Africa. It has exotic places where we going and specific animals which we didn't know and we didn't heard about them.

In this project, we also learned how to work good together without knowing the continent because we didn't visit it, so we discovered a new pretty place which is Africa.

Finally, with this project we realized that the poor countries can be nice like rich or normal countries.