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There was a contest to get the golden ticket it was said that their was only one golden ticket they said if you find the golden ticket you would get an all expenses paid trip to Africa. So I went to the candy store and bought 1000 chocolate bars I ate 999 chocolate bars and as I trembled holding on to the last one I screamed, "oh please be in this chocolate bar wrapper" and as I tore open the wrapper there was no golden ticket. Than I flipped the chocolate bar over and saw the golden ticket, yay for me. And that’s how I won this trip to Africa.
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 * My Golden Ticket ||

Day one: on the way to Libya my translator told me that the people of Libya speak mainly Arab Berber. I decided that I was going to go to Libya. I never seen a desert before so that’s why I came to Libya to see the sandy desert. It can reach 136 ° F I wanted to leave right away as soon as I walked on the hot sand. But I promised my self I would make the most of this trip. I was scared I going to be in the desert for the whole trip, because 90% of Libya is just desert.
 * LYBIA **
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 * Libyan Desert ||

Day two: I went to history museum where I learned that in 1951 Libya was made independent. Than a military officer named Muammer Al Quadaffi gained power and set up dictatorship. I also learned that Libya was made rich by all the there countries oil.


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 * Muammer Al Quadaffi ||
 * NIGERIA **

Day: three
==== The next place I decided to go to was Nigeria I heard in Nigeria they have many mangrove swamps. Mangroves are trees and shrubs that grow in coastal habitats. Nigeria is also name after the Niger River. The Niger River is the eleventh longest river it is 2590 miles long. The Niger river goes through five countries. ====

Day: four
==== Today I learned that Nigeria makes 90% of its money from all their oil. I also learned that in 1840 a man named Dan Fedro, a muslim, began a holy war to reform the practice of Islam. I also found out that there government is a federal government. A federal government is a government with strong central powers. ====

Day: five

Ethiopia has very rugged lowlands and makes most of its money from agriculture, they grow coffee cereal and sugarcane. One of Ethiopias landmarks is the great rift valley. Also Ethiopia is is almost twice the size of Texas.



Day: six

The majority of Ethiopians are Muslims. In 1800 Ethiopians successfully stopped the Europians attempts to gain control of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a federal republic. A federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government.

Day: seven The Central African Republic has flat platuas and is landlocked. A reason go to the CAR is to see all the water falls. CAR makes most of its money through agriculture. Day: eight On december 4 1976, Central African Republic became the Central African Empire. The government there is a republic.