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The Amazing Race

  • Catch Flight to Nassau, Bahamas

    Catch Flight to Nassau, Bahamas
    Beginning our adventure, we caught the Bahamasair 230 flight to Nassau, Bahamas at 12:00AM on Saturday, January 11th, departing from Miami International Airport. We arrived in Lynden Pindling International Airport at 12:55AM.
  • Cab Ride from Airport to Cable Beach

    Cab Ride from Airport to Cable Beach
    Once we arrived in the airport, we caught a cab ride from the airport to Cable Beach from 12:56AM to 1:03AM.
  • Conch Fishing in Nassau, Bahamas

    Conch Fishing in Nassau, Bahamas
    Once we arrived at Cable Beach, we sped out into the ocean to go conch fishing. Though the area is now generally COMMERCIALIZED (transformed to be attractive to tourists), conch fishing is one of the Bahamas' long withstanding cultural traditions. Conch fishing is just one example of the CULTURAL ECOLOGY (the interactions between man and the environment) of the Bahamas. Conch is one of the Bahamas' largest EXPORTS (goods sent to be sold internationally), and important to Bahamian economy.
  • Cab Ride from Cable Beach to Airport

    Cab Ride from Cable Beach to Airport
    At 5:05, after conch fishing, we hopped back into the cab to return to the airport.
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  • Flight from Nassau to Brussels, Belgium

    Flight from Nassau to Brussels, Belgium
    We caught British Airways 252 to London, England. Since the flight was 8 hours and 25 minutes, we slept on the plane. After a 2 hour 25 minute stop in London, we were on our way to Belgium on British Airways 402. We arrived at 5:06AM.
  • Cab ride from Airport to Neuhaus Vlezenbeek

    Cab ride from Airport to Neuhaus Vlezenbeek
    Once we arrived at the airport we caught a cab to Neuhaus Vlezenbeek from 5:07- 5:27AM.
  • Cab Ride to Etap Hotel

    Cab Ride to Etap Hotel
    After successfully producing a batch of chcolates at Neuhaus, we jumped in a cab to the Etap Hotel. We arrived at 9:37AM and slept until 3:37PM to prepare for our upcoming travel.
  • Cab Ride to Brussels Airport

    Cab Ride to Brussels Airport
    After we slept we left Etap hotel and caught a cab to the Brussels Airport at 3:38-3:59 A.M.
  • Make Chocolates at Neuhaus Vlezenbeek

    Make Chocolates at Neuhaus Vlezenbeek
    From 5:28- 7:28 A.M. we made choc olate. Chocolate making is a CUSTOM (a practice that a group of people follows) that Belgians have had in their CULTURE (the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, or ethnic group) for centuries. The history of Belgian chocolate goes back to the 17th century. Back then Spanish explorers IMPORTED (bringing goods into a country) cocoa beans from South America. The Spanish nobility, who then ruled Belgium, liked cocoa as a luxury drink.
  • Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan

    Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan
    We boarded the plane at 4:00PM and flew from Brussels to Doha, Qatar on Qatar Airways 194.
  • Cab ride from Hamid Karzai Airport to Kabul fairgrounds

    Cab ride from Hamid Karzai Airport to Kabul fairgrounds
    After we left the airport we caught a cab to go to the Kabul fairgrounds.
  • Kite Fighting in Afghanistan

    Kite Fighting in Afghanistan
    From 5:00-7:30A.M. we were at the fairgrounds kite fighting. Kite fighting is a sport where two kites are in the air and they try to cut each other down with their glass rods. Kite fighting is a traditional sport in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and the GHETTO (a part of a city with a minority group) of Brazil. This is an example of FOLK CULTURE (culture practiced by small, rural groups). This is just one out of the many TRAITS (The specific everyday customs) of Afghanistan.
  • Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan

    Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan
    After a brief stop, we got on Qatar Airways 616 to Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan

    Flight to Kabul, Afghanistan
    Finally, we boarded Pakistan International Airways flight 249 and landed in Kabul, Afghanistan at 4:50AM.
  • Cab ride to Hamid Karzai Airport

    Cab ride to Hamid Karzai  Airport
    We catch a cab from the fairgrounds to the airport so we can travel to our next destination.