The Blog of Alvaro

Alvaro expounds on his journey through Central and South America.

Archive for August, 2011

Aztecs (well, pre-Aztecs mainly)

Although Omar and Alvaro started their trip here in Mexico, which is where the Aztec civilisation was centred, the areas we visited were not occupied by the Aztec. But Omar and Alvaro didn’t let that stop them finding out a little about the Aztecs. Mankind Gets to America The human race started out in Africa. […]

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The Galapagos Islands, August 2011

We whent to Galapagos Islands. Today we are going snorkelling so we put on are swimming suit and snorkelling gear. My dad saw a eagle ray and every one in my family exept for Aida and Tariq saw a sting ray because Aida and Tariq were to little. Their was a sea lion next to […]

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Volunteering at the Children’s Eternal Rainforest

Today we are at children’s eternal rainforest to volunteer and volunteer means to help do some work without getting paid. First we met Wendy. Wendy gave us 4 pairs of gloves, 5 rakes and 4 bags. We had to brush the leaves and put them in a pile. Some of us had are gloves on […]

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