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Leaving Miami
The team will leave MIA at 12:01 AM on American Airlines Flight 1406 to go to JFK in New York. This will cost the team $141. -
Arriving In JFK
The team will arrive in JFK at 3:01 AM for a layover of 39 minutes. After the layover the team will board Air India flight 6336 at 3:40 AM. This flight will cost them $437. -
Arriving in London
The team will arrive at LHR at 10:40 AM after a 7 hour flight from JFK. The team sleeps on the flight. Once they arrive they take a shuttle to AVIS Budget Rental Cars and pick up their car at 11:00 AM. This car rented from 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM costs $51.98. -
Driving to challenge
The team will drive from LHR to Saturdays Catch at Billingsgate market. The drive will take one hour and 9 minutes. They will arrive at the market at 12:29 pm. -
Fish and chips challenge
When the team arrives at the market they will have a 5 hour cooking course to learn how to make the traditional British dish, fish and chips. The team will be challenged to make fish and chips on their own after the cooking class. The class will coast the team $100. Vocabulary: contagious diffusion, material culture, globalization. -
Leaving the challenge
The team leaves the market at 7:45 pm. They arrive back at the car rental at 9:00 pm. They can drop off their car at 9:00 pm. The team than takes a shuttle from the rental car site to LHR. The team boards Air China flight 938 at 10:30 pm. This flight will cost the team $908. -
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Amazing race project
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Arriving in Beijing
The team arrives in PEX at 8:15 am. The team will sleep on the plane. They walk to the car rental site at the airport and pick up their car at 9:00 am. They have the car until 1:00 am on the 30th. This will cost the team $140.41. -
Driving to Beijing challenge
The team will leave the rental car site at 9:10 am. They will drive to the Hutong kitchen. It will take the team 1 hour and 23 minutes to drive to the kitchen. They will arrive at 10:33 am. -
Spring roll and sweet and sour pork challenge
When the team arrives at the Hutong kitchen they will have a four hour cooking class to learn how to make spring rolls and sweet and sour pork. They will finish the cooking class at 2:33 pm. After they finish the class the team has to take their cousin to a famous Beijing restaurant, The Courtyard. It will take them 30 minutes to drive. They than will take their food to a famous chief Brian McKenna. He will try the food they made. If he approves it they can move on and go to their hotel. -
Driving home from challenge
Vocabulary words for this challenge are: cultural linkage, contagious diffusion, and hearth. The team will be finished with the challenge at 4:30 pm. They have an hour drive to their hotel. The hotel is the Grand Hotel Beijing. It has one room and two twin beds. This will cost the team $127. They go to bed when they get to the hotel. -
Leaving Beijing
The team leaves the hotel at 1:00 am. They drive to the PEX and return their rental car. They will get to the airport at 1:30 am and they can return their car at 2:00 am. At 3:00 am the team boards Air China flight 173 to Sydney, Australia. They will arrive in Sydney at 3:00 pm, so the team will sleep on the flight. This will cost the team $733.40. -
Driving to Sydney challenge
The team arrives in Sydney at 3:00 pm. They take a shuttle over to the renal car site. The team gets their car and drives to 4 miles to Australian Surf Tours. They will get there at 3:15 pm. The surfing lesson is 3 hours. This will cost the team $50. Vocabulary: human environment interaction, non-material culture, popular culture. -
Sydney challenge
The teams challenge in Sydney is to get a taste of local life in Sydney. Surfing is a big part of local life in Australia, so the team will take a surfing class to learn the basics of this popular sport. The team will be done with the lesson at 6:15 pm. After the lesson they will drive 10 minutes to Paula's Cafe(a local cafe in Sydney) to eat what locals would have for dinner in Sydney. This will cost the team around $25. -
Leaving Sydney
The team will be finished with their dinner around 9:15 pm. They then will drive to the rental car site. They will arrive there at 9:35 pm. The team drops off the car at 9:40 pm and takes a shuttle over to the airport. At 11:00 pm the team will board Jetstar Airways flight 03 to Honolulu. They team will arrive to Honolulu at 8:40 am, so they will sleep on the plane. This will cost the team $315.79. -
Arriving in Honolulu
The team arrives in Honolulu at 8:40 am. The team takes a shuttle over to the renal car site and can pick up their car at 10:00 am. The team has the car until 8 pm on the May 2nd. This will cost the team $98.16. -
Driving to Honolulu challenge
The team will drive to ala moana beach park. It will take them 30 minutes so they will get there at 9:30 am. -
Honolulu challenge pt. 1
When the team arrives to the beach they have to find different flowers and plants to make leis. The team has to make 4 different leis they can wear. Leis are a big
Art of the Hawaiian culture and are worn on special occasions. The team will be done making the leis at 12:00 pm. They than get to take a 4 hour ukulele class on the beach. The class will cost the team $40. They will be done at 4:00 pm. The team will than help set up for a weekly bonfire the beach holds. -
Honolulu Hotel
The team will get to the hotel at 10:30 pm. For one room and two beds the hotel will cost the team $157. -
Honolulu challenge pt. 2
The bonfire starts at 7:00 pm. The team will stay and get to watch hula dancers. Hula dancing in native to Honolulu. The bonfire ends at 10:00 pm. The team than drives 30 minutes to Airport Honolulu Hotel. Vocabulary: human environment interaction, cultural landscape, place. -
Driving to Diamond Head
The team leaves the hotel at 9:00 am and drives to Diamond Head volcano and State Park. This will take the team about 25 minutes so they will arrive at 9:25 pm. -
Diamond Head
The team will get to hike up Diamond Head volcano. The hike will take the team about 2 hours to reach the top. At 1:00 pm the state park holds a class on top of the volcano so people can learn about the history of the volcano. The team than will have to teach 10 tourists about the history of the volcano. The team will be done with this challenge at 5:30 pm. They than will hike back down the mountain and will get back to their car at 7:30 pm. -
Leaving Honolulu
The team will drive from Diamond Head to the airport. They return their rental car at 8:00 pm. They than board United flight 1229 to LAX for a 30 minute layover. -
Arriving in LAX
The team arrives to LAX at 2:30 am for their 30 minute layover. They than board United flight 274 to Mexico at 3:00 am. -
Arriving in Mexico
The team arrives in Mexico at 6:50 am. The team takes a shuttle over to the rental car site and picks up their car at 7:30 am. They than drive 25 minutes to Gran Hotel Ciudad De Mexico. They arrive at the hotel at 7:55 am. They sleep for 5 more hours. -
Driving to Library
The team is up at 2:00 pm. They than drive to the Biblioteca Vasconcelos. It will take the team an hour to drive their so they will arrive at 3:00 pm. -
Library visit
The team will have an hour to look around Mexico's most famous library. The team than will research the importance of Cinco de Mayo to the Mexican culture. Next the team will be able to explain this to tourist visiting the library. The team will be finished at 8:00 pm. -
Driving to hotel
The team leaves the library at 8:00 pm and arrives at the hotel at 9:00 pm. For one night the hotel will cost the team $106. -
Driving to Mexico challenge
The team leave the hotel at 9:00 am. They drive to La Ciudadela 20 minutes away from the hotel. They arrive at the market at 9:20 am. Vocabulary: cultural identity, folk culture, commodification. -
Mexico challenge
When the team arrives at the market place they will be able to make sugar skulls in preparation for Cinco de Mayo. The team gets a four hour class on how to make a sugar skull. After the class the team is asked to decorate 10 sugar skulls in a traditional way. The team than must sell their sugar skulls in the market. Sugar skulls have been a big part in the Cinco de Mayo celebration for years. At 7:30 pm the team leaves the market and drives 30 minutes to the rental car site. -
Leaving Mexico
The team will get to the rental car lot at 8:00 pm. The team than will take the shuttle over to the airport. Next the team will board Interject flight 2964 to MIA at 9:02 pm. This will coat the team $304.24. The team will arrive back at 11:57 pm. Welcome home.
