The Blog of Alvaro

Alvaro expounds on his journey through Central and South America.

Archive for July, 2011

Zip wires in Costa Rica

Today we are in Costa Rica at EXTREME Canopy. A man who works here told us how to put the harness on and were to put your hands and feet. On the second ride I got used to it. The first few rides were practice rides and they were 30 or 40m. The rappel was […]

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Che Guevara

Che Guevara was a argentinian doctor. He had a trip around South America on a motor bike. While he was travelling around South America he saw some poor people and some rich people. The poor people were working hard and not earning very much money from the rich people, and he saw that the rich […]

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Pedal boat in Trinidad, Cuba

On a lovely sunny day we went to the beach. At the beach we had to put some sun-cream on because it was so sunny. I was the first to go in the water, the water was see through. I told my mum if we could go on the pedle boat. She said yes but […]

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Havana,Cuba July,2011. Partagras Cigar Factory

Today we are at the cigar factory. Cuba is the most important country for cigars. The difference between a cigarette and a cigar is that cigars are brown and cigarettes are brown and white. Cigars are fatter and longer than cigarettes. cigars and cigarettes are very bad for you and can kill you. At the cigar […]

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The beach and pool in Mexico

We went to have lunch in a Mexican restaurant. Then we had a fabulous ice cream. I had cookie with cream and a fabulous cone with m&ms on top. Then we went to touch a cute monkey, it was free. Next I watched TV, next I went to the swimming pool and I met a […]

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Day one and our aeroplane

On Thursday 30 June 2011 I went to Mexico on British Airways which is a aeroplane. It was very interesting because it was like a computer and a television stuck together. The flight took 10 hours. I listend to music on the head phones. Next I watched James and the Giant Peach. It was brilliant! […]

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