miniquest: a trip to Australia

 A TRIP TO
AUSTRALIA

My friend Alex and I have decided that the next summer we are going to visit Australia to try some extreme sports together.
We chose Australia because it is an exotic city where we can find many animals, wildlife, beaches, and a lot of adventures.
We are going to travel by plane from Spain; we are going to fly above Italy; India, China, and after that, we are going to arrive at our destination.
We will be there for four three days in a four star hotel.
The hotel will have a lot of luxury stuff like a swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a steam room, a gym and beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean.

We are not going to spend our last day there because we are going to visit the Tasmanian Islands. Tasmanian Islands are near to Australia. They are known because of “ Taz, The Tasmanian Devil”, a cartoon TV show.
To reach Tasmania we will have to take a boat in Melbourne.
We are going to drive an impressive canoe down the Tamae River, and we also are going to learn about the animals that live there.  

The first day of our trip we will be a little bit tired due to all of the hours that we will have spent flying, so we are going to start with a “light” extreme sport to prepare ourselves to what will come later.
After discussing a lot of different places to visit that provides us to do some sports, we decided to go to the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), which is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. There, we are going to go scuba diving because we have booked a course with professionals that are going to teach us the correct ways to dive and also they are going to explain us about the flora and fauna of that amazing place.

The same day in the afternoon, we are going to visit the Blue Mountains National Park to do a extreme sport called Orienteering, that consists of using your navigation skills, a compass and a highly detailed map you have to choose routes to reach a particular place. We have selected this place because it has 140km of walking, so we will be able to enjoy the sport as its best.

The second day we have decided to go to the Karijini National Park. There we are going to try bungee jumping because this extraordinary place has got a circular natural pool in the middle so we are going to feel the thrilling sensation of almost touching the water.

  Later, we will go straight through the Great Ocean Road till arriving to the Bells Beach, where we are going to go surfing and also we are going to try flyboarding. This beach is famous because there are a lot of waves that let you practise some surf. They are also really wonderful, I actually know that we are going to enjoy the landscape. 

The third day in Australia we will try something that in my opinion will be the most strong emotion of all that we will have experimented the previous days: skydiving.

 


I really feel like trying that extreme sport, but I am also very afraid because you have to face the extreme dangers that it involves. However, I really think that we are going to like the experience a lot.

First, we are going to climb a mountain where we will take a canoe that we are going to use to descend down a river.
Then, we are going to descend by canoe down the Tamae river, it will be awesome because we will experiment some high-speed sections.
On the route we will find some animals of the area.

After these unforgettable experiences, we must return to Spain.
We are going to return to Australia in a boat because we will have to take the plane there, in Sydney.
We will fly above China, India, Italy, France and finally we will arrive at our destination.



ELENA FIGUEIRAS SAMPEDRO and ALEX MILLET ALBA.

Carnival and its origins

Carnival is known all around the world because you can dress up as everything that comes up to your mind without any kind of critics. Also, people get fun doing that kind of things and going outside dressed up only for joking with their friends, for example.

The most popular place to celebrate Carnival, is Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
The tradition came out due to a Roman custom caulled Saturnalia. It consisted on drinking alcohol without stopping for 2 days because the romans wanted to applaud the god Bacchus, the god of the wine. Roman men were so drunk that they decided to change their roles between masters and servants.
The time passed by and this tradition became everytime more celebrated and finally it lasted for a whole week.
Carnival became famous in Brazil, so people started using shiny bikinis decorated with feathers and other fashion stuff like beads.
They practise for 4 days to be prepared for the Sambódromo, a competition about Samba with very big rewards for the crews which participate on it. Because of that, a lot of people takes part there and it's a very popular place to do some tourism.

 

introducing myself

My name is Elena and I'm 16 years old. My mother chose my name because of Helena de Troya so my dad didn't have any option to decide it haha 
I live in a coastal place called Ribeira, which is one of the most important daily fishing harbour of Spain and even of Europe.

 In my free time I use to watch videos on the Internet or listening to hip hop music. My favourites singers probably are Nicki Minaj, Drake, Fetty Wap, The Weekend... I am also really into making up and all the fashion things (I think that's because my mum works as a hairdresser). 

I have one dog called Laika and she's about 10 years old, but I'm not sure. 
 
So, I think with that info is enough, anyway, you don't need to know so much about me ;)