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Flight From Miami-12:00am
Leave Miami International Airport at 12:00am and Travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. On flight US905. The flight is 8 hours and 35 minutes long, perfect for sleeping.It will cost about $790. Brazil is a developing country. -
Arrive At Rio-8:35am
Arrive at Rio International Airport at 8:35 am. -
Sleep
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Journey to Maracana Stadium-8:53am
The team will take a taxi (18 m)to the Maracana Stadium. Brazilians and Americans share a similar interest in the popular sport, soccer. This is an example of CULTURAL DIFFUSION (the spreading out of a culture). Although Americans are proud of the sport, the Brazilians showcase a great example of ETHNOCENTRISM (the belief that one's own ethnic group or culture is superior to foreign people's). From their point of view, soccer is better than any other sport in the world. -
Journey to South Africa-10:00
The team will take a taxi (18 minute ride) from Maracana Stadium to the Rio airport, where they will take British Airways GIG to South Africa. The flight is 13 hours and 15 minutes and will cost $2,048. They will leave at 10:45. They will sleep and eat on the flight. -
Maracana Stadium-Part 2
Because it is so important to them, the team is required to kick a soccer ball in the stadium. A soccer ball is an ARTIFACT (Any man-made item that represents a material view of culture) of Brazil's ways. -
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Amazing Race
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Task in South Africa-12:00 am
Once they arrive at CapeTown International Airport, they will take a taxi ($20 and 13 minutes) to their next challenge. The team will be required to visit Rhodes Memorial. The team must collect five rocks, shaped like Africa, in honor of the South African CULTURE (the beliefs, etc. of a particular society, group, place, or time). -
Capetown-Part 2
Capetown, where the team will complete their challenge, is the CAPITAL (the city or town that is the official seat of government in a country, state, etc.) of South Africa. South Africa is infamous for the APARTHEID (a system of racial segregation) in 1948-1994. -
Journey To Morocco-11:05 pm
The team will take a taxi (13 minutes and $20) back to the Airport in South Africa, and fly to Morocco. They will take Boing 747 and the flight is 18 hours and 10 minutes. It will cost $1,089. They will sleep and eat on the trip. -
Blue Streets of Chefchaouen-5:15 am
From the airport in Morocco, the team will take a taxi (about 2 hours and $215) to the town of Chechaouen, a completely blue town. Here, the guests will be required to take 5 unique photos that convey the beauty and culture of the history of Morocco. -
Journey to Madrid, Spain-6:30
After completing the challenge in Chefcaouen, the team will take a taxi (about 2 hours and $215) to the airport and take Iberia 8375. The flight is 1 hour and 25 minutes. Their flight takes off at 6:45. -
Madrid, Spain-8:10pm
From the airport, the team will take a taxi (19 minutes and $35) to Hotel Ganivet. They will check in at 8: 20 pm. The address is Calle de Toledo, 111 - 113, 28005 Madrid, Spain. They will sleep there from 8:30pm-5:30am the next morning. They will check out at 5:45 am. The rate is $87 a night. When they wake up, they will complete their next task. Spain is a developing country. -
Morocco-Part 2
They must post them on Instagram, with the caption: #amazingrace #morocoo. The pictures must convey the CULTURAL LANDSCAPE (things that represent the mixed works of both nature and of man) and CUSTOMS (an action/way of behaving, that is traditional among the people in a particular group or place) of Morrocco. Photography is useful for conveying these things and also for GPS (global positioning system) and GIS (geographic information system) for data. -
Journey to New York-8:30am
The team will take a taxi (36 miles and $35) to the airport in Madrid, and the team will fly to New York on AirBus A330. It will cost $354. The flight is 7 hours and 55 minutes long and will leave at 9:00am. They will sleep and eat on the flight. -
New York
In New York, the team will arrive at JFK International Airport at 4:55 pm. The team will take a taxi ($36 and a 16 minute ride) to Katz Delicatessen, a famous Jewish deli in New York City. They will arrive at 5:11pm. It should take 1hr and 30 min to eat. Many famous actors, singers, and comedians have visited the deli to eat. It became a focal point for congregating during World War II, serving many customers during the Great Depression, and giving out franks and beans to the less fortunate. -
Return To Miami
After the challenge,it will be 6:41. The team will take a taxi from Katz Delicatessen to the JFK airport (16 minutes and $36). They will board United 223 at 9:00 and their flight will be 3 hours and 20 minutes. It will cost about $140. -
Task in Madrid-5:50am
From the hotel, the team will take a taxi ($4.08) to a famous flea market named El Rastro. There, the team will go on a treasure hunt. They must find two pomegranates (native to Spain), something bearing Spain's coat of arms, and at least two red carnations (national flower of Spain). This should take about two hours and the team should be done by 7:50am. -
Madrid-Part 2
Madrid is a CULTURE COMPLEX (a group of culture traits all related, and dominated by one main trait) displaying the POPULAR CULTURE (culture based on the likes of the general mass of people) of Spain. El Rastro is an excellent example of the MATERIAL CULTURE ( physical objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture). -
New York-Part 3
An example of this is also a STEREOTYPE (a widely believed but oversimplified, often wrong, image or idea of a particular thing), when someone complains about bad drivers and they assume that the driver msust be from New York. New York is part of the United States of America. America is a developed country and a fragmented country. -
New York-Part 2
They will be required to eat franks and beans ($7) at the Katz Deli. New York is a CULTURAL HEARTH (a site of innovation from which basic ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many other cultures) for many fashion trends and other trends. It is a CULTURAL SYSTEM (the interaction of different elements of culture), from the way the occupants drive to the way they talk and function. -
Arrive in Miami
At 12:20 am, the flight will land at Miami International Airport. The team is tired and they need to recover, so they walk to the hotel in the airport: The Miami International Airport Hotel will cost about $170 and the team will check in at 1:00 am. They will sleep for nine hours and check out at 11:00 am. The team has finished their trip a day early.
