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Flying from Miami International Airport at 12:00 a.m. on Swiss International Airlines flight A330-300, to Zurich and arriving at 11:00 a.m. (Sleep on plane- no hotel necessary for the day)
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Team has layover in Zurich, Switzerland for 1 hour and then after will continue on flight to Egypt
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Team leaves Zurich at 11:55 am on AIRBUS A320 and arrive in Sharm El Sheikh at 5:15 pm
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After arriving at the airport, Team takes a 15 minute cab ride to 4U Cafe and restaurant and arrives at 5:40 pm
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Team takes a 15 minute cab ride from the cafe back to Sharm El Sheikh Airport and arrives at 9:05 pm
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Team borads flight from Sharm El Sheikh Airport on EMBRAER 170 that departs at 9:10 pm, and arrives in Cairo at 10:10 pm
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At the cafe, team must go into the kitchen and learn how to prepare cow brains, a CUSTOM(practice that a group of people regularly follow) often practiced in Egypt. Once team has learned how, they must go to the ABSOLUTE LOCATION(the exact position of an object/place measured within spatial coordinates of a grid-system) where cow brains originated. In order to get to that place, team must use a REFERENCE MAP(a map type that shows information for a particular place). Time to do this: 3hrs
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After the arrival in Cairo, team has a 3 hour and 10 minute layover until 1:20 a.m.
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Team departs from Cairo on BOEING 777-300ER at 1:20 a.m., and arrives in Dubai at 5:00 a.m.
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Team has a layover in Dubai for 2 hours until 7:00 a.m.
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Team departs from Dubai on Airbus A380-800 Passenger at 7:05 a.m., and arrives in New South Wales at 9:05 p.m.
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After team's arrival in New South Wales, team takes a 1 hour cab ride to Belgenny Farm
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Team arrives at Belgenny Farm at 10:05 p.m. and must wait for their clue until 9:00 a.m. the next day when the farm opens
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Team borads flight from Sydney, N.S.W. Airport on AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300 that departs at 12:10 p.m., and arrives in Kuala Lumpur at 9:10 p.m.
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Team has a layover in Kuala Lumpur for 2 hours until 11:10 p.m.
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After waiting around all night, team gets clue at 9:00am by the farm's owner.The team's challenge is to decapitate 2 sheeps heads and then debone it. According to farmers, there is a PATTERN(a particular arrangement) on how to do it. New South Wales grassy LANDSCAPE(material character of a place) is perfect for raising sheep. After killing the sheep in a gentle way,team must debone it at a particular SITE(the physical character of a place) where it wil be shipped off
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After completing the challenge, at 11:00 a.m. Team takes a cab back to the airport to catch their next flight and arrives back at the airport at 12:00p.m
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Team departs from Kuala Lumur on AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330-300 at 11:20 p.m. and arrives in Tokyo at 6:40 a.m. the next day.
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After arriving in Tokyo at 6:40 a.m, Team takes a 20 minute cab ride to Sukiyabashi Jiro where they will receive their next clue
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After completeing the challenge at 10:00 a.m. (3 hrs to complete), Team takes a cab back to the airport to catch the next flight
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After team's arrival in Dubai, Team has a 3 hour layover until 11:45 p.m.
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After the cab ride, team departs to Dubai at 10:05 a.m on BOEING 777-300ER and arrives at 8:45 p.m.
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At 7:00 am team receives challenge which is to prepare a dish by stabbing and skinning a frog and serving him half alive on a plate. Team must then eat it. Team first goes to the PLACE(uniqueness of a location) where the frogs are kept. One of Japan's CULTURE TRAITS(A single attribute of culture) is eating live sushi. After successfully serving it, the team must now eat it. FOLK SONGS(traditionally sung by the common people of a region and is part of the culture) are sung as the team does it.
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After the layover, Team leaves Dubai on BOEING 777-300ER at 12:05 a.m. arrives in Stockholm at 6:40 a.m.
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After arriving at the Stockholm Airport, Team takes a 30 minute cab ride to Restaurang, Akkurat and arrives at 7:10 a.m.
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After finishing the challenge at 12:10 p.m., Team takes a 30 minute cab ride back to the airport
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Team departs from Sweden at 12:45 p.m. on Boeing 737-700 and arrives in Berlin at 2:20 p.m.
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After our arrival in Berlin, Team has a 4 hour layover until 6:20 p.m.
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After the layover in Berlin, Team departs from Berlin at 6:30 p.m. on Airbus A321and arrives in London at 8:30 p.m.
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Team has a 3 hour layover in London until 11:30 p.m.
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Teams challenge is to go to local markets all throughout the country's CAPITAL(principle city in a state or country) and find ingredients necessary to make Bloodsoppa(soup with goose blood as the main ingredient). After getting ingredients, team must take a class on how to make it. Team must then go around town again and get 3 approvals from cafe's. Team is allowed to use a GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM(satellite-based system for determining absolute location) to navigate.
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After the layover in London, Team departs London at 12:00 a.m.on Airbus A320 and arrives in Lisbon at 2:30 a.m.
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Team checks into hotel at 2:30 a.m., sleeps and then checkouts at 7:00 a.m.
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After checking out of the hotel,Team takes a 10 minute cab ride to Restaurante Tasca de se and arrives at 7:10 a.m.
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After completing the challenge, Team takes a 10 minute cab ride back to the airport and arrives at 2:10 p.m.
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Team departs Lisbon at 2:20 p.m. on Boeing 757-200 and arrives in Philadelphia at 10:20 p.m.
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After landing in Philadelphia, Team has a 2 hour layover until 12:20a.m.
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After arriving to the restaurant at 7:10 am, Team challenge is to go to the sea (10 minutes walking distance) and collect 15 pounds of fish eggs, a HABIT(repetitive act that a certain individual performs) performed everyday by the people in Lisbon. After collecting the eggs, Team must return back to the restaurant using a MENTAL MAP(Image of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception) and chop the eggs and help the chef prepare the meal.
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After the layover, team departs Philadelphia at 12:20a.m. and arrives in Norfolk at 1:20 a.m.
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After arrivng in Norfolk, Team has a 1 hour layover until 2:20 a.m.
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After the layover, Team departs Norfolk at 2:20a.m. on Embraer RJ145 and arrives in Miami at 4:50 a.m.
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After MANY, MANY hours and MANY, MANY miles...
it feels so good to finally be home! Very jetlagged and very sleep-deprived as well :)
