Brett


 * Before it started... **

Today was a day like no other. I was just watching T.V. and all of a sudden a commercial came up about a free twenty-day trip to Africa. Not thinking I would win I called the number on the screen. When I won I was so surprised. A couple hours later I had my Bags packed and I headed to the airport.

** North Africa **

** Day 1 **

Today I stopped by in Egypt. I decided that after a long plane ride I would just visit a nice hotel and stay the night. I stayed in the hotel below. My room was the window all the way to the left. At the bottom of the palm trees where some hammocks so I took a nap for a few hours. There where some neat paintings and stories on the walls in the hotel. Also some guy told me an interesting fact. Egypt use to be ruled by Great Britain and that Egypt is about the same size as Texas. Being a republic government it does pretty well for surviving almost entirely on farming. Well, better head off to my room it’s getting kind of late.




 * Day 2 **

First thing I woke up to was to doorbell! I was woken up at seven in the morning Egypt time so I could have breakfast. Sure I wanted breakfast but my body still wasn’t use to Egypt time. Egypt is six hours ahead of Michigan. After breakfast I decided to se some beautiful landmarks. My favorite was going scuba diving. In the water I saw many cool animals. One of the coolest things I saw was some clown fish swimming in a coral reef. Later I almost ran into a poisonous fish. Luckily one of the people scuba diving with me knew it was poisonous. After I got back I decided to stay until morning and take an early flight to Morocco instead of leaving now. I need all the sleep I can so bye.


 * Day 3 **

Today I landed in Morocco. While landing I saw the Atlantic ocean that reaches all the way into the Mediterranean sea. I decided to visit one of Morocco’s most famous landmarks, the high Atlas Mountains. It was kind of hard to find some one who could climb with me but luckily I found some one who didn’t speak any of the countries main languages, Arabic and Berber. We didn’t climb the entire mountain because it would take days so I take a ride up after we climbed part of it. On the way up I overheard ( I wasn't trying to eavesdrop) some guys complaining about the government being a liberal economy and how most of the citizens are Muslim. The scenery from the top was amazing! I could see miles and miles away. Then on the way down the other guys were talking again... Apparently, Morocco use to be ruled by the Roman empire and the government is rules by a monarchy. Glad to be home and away from those other guys. Well better some rest.



** Day 4 **

Well, today wasn’t as exciting as I hoped... I though it would be cool to visit Dar Batha Museum. It was a really long tour. I saw many sculptures and famous paintings. I did enjoy parts of it but for some odd reason they wouldn’t let me leave when I wanted to. At the bottom is a picture of the inside of the museum. Afterwards I headed on back to my hotel and decided to pack up my things and head to the airport. Today wasn't as exciting as the others. Next Stop, Guinea !



West Africa ** Day 5 ** Earlier today I landed in Guinea. On my way down somebody told me the country is surrounded by other countries. It’s a really nice place so I decided to get started on the fun activities right away. First I went to Africa Mia, which is a place that has all these cool African animals. In short terms I went on a safari. I had to pay for some animal food. For some reason there is only one building in Guinea where the dollar is made. The closest animal I got to was a giraffe. There is a picture below of it. The safari was really cool. We rode around jeeps for the most part. After I went back to the hotel this guy asked if I wanted to hear a story so I said “Why not?” It was this really interesting story about his ancient ancestors and there hunting techniques. Well better get to sleep I have a lot of fun things to do tomorrow.

** Day 6 **

First thing I did when I woke up was this really strange breakfast. It looked like a pigeon but taste like chicken. It had a strange name but somebody told me it was one of the countries main foods. So after I ate breakfast I decided that I would go hang gliding through a forest. On my way there I heard that Guinea has many many mines. When I finally got there I was scared but then after I finally did it I was so excited and was having so much fun. Well, after I reached the end I went to the airport to get on my ride to Liberia. On my way there a couple of men where talking about the government being public and was made in the 900's. Hope they have food on the plane …



** Day 7 **

// After I landed in Liberia I though that it would be nice to go swimming. Since it is mainly fat rolling plains there are a lot of good water springs. It’s boiling hot in Liberia so I went to a __famous__ swimming area. Its called Guanacaste Viajes. There is a picture of it below. It was the best place that I have ever swam in. I swam for hours and never wanted to go home. Most of the main there wore top hats because apparently its part of there culture to wear them. I heard animals go to the Guanacaste Viajes at night so I decided to head back home. //



** Day 8 **

// I went to the best zoo ever! Its called Sapo National Park. They had all these cool animals that I’ve never seen in Potter Park Zoo. My favorite was the elephants so I took a picture of a mother caring for its kin. It was pretty good weather. It was about 75 degrees and humid. There were a ton of awesome birds and other interesting animals. It was the biggest zoo ever! It took me two hours just to get back to the entrance. When I got home I decided to watch some T.V. and found out that the government is a constitutional republic. Then I decided to leave in the morning because my feet hurt. //

** Central Africa ** ** Day 9 ** // Today I met up with Robbie at Zongo Falls in Congo, also known as the Democratic Republic of The Congo. It was amazingly cool looking. Robbie almost pushed me in... Not on purpose of course. Robbie told me many things while I was there. Like that Congo has many different types of land and how the freedom score is 43 and a half. I was there for about three hours and decided to leave. Robbie wanted to stay longer but I had to get back to my hotel. In my opinion, this is a lot better then Niagara Falls. I’ll never forget how majestic the water looked as it was falling down the edge. The best part is that I got to spend it with one of my best friends. //

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** Day 10 **

Today was amazing! Robbie and I went to Lake Tanganyika. It’s the longest lake in the world. For the entire day Robbie and I decided to go half way down the river. This time he actually got me in the water though. When I was dried off and calm Robbie also told me that Congo use to be called Zaire and the main ethnic group is Congolese. Then we went back to the hotel. After we got back to the hotel we talked about the other places we were going to and the places we have already seen. After we checked to see if we would meet up again, and found out the answer was no, we left for the airport.


 * Day 11 **

Today I landed in Chad. A country that is a little less than 500,000 miles around. Sadly it is also the 7th poorest country in the world. On my way to where I was staying I saw some camels and I got an idea. I should go camel racing. So later that day I decided to go camel racing. It was really fun. There were about 75 racers and I got 13th. Even though I lost I had a lot of fun. Oh by the way, camels actually do spit a lot. The other racers said congrats and gave me some information. For example, Chad has an extremely high cultural heritage from their ancestors and is listed as a failed state by the Fund For Peace organization. I didn’t really believe it but trust me they do. Well better get some sleep I got a long day ahead of me.




 * Day 12 **

Well, thought that one museum would be enough yet I went to another one. To be honest this one was a lot better and not just because they let me leave when I wanted to. They had all these interesting sculptures and ancient stories about Chads old culture. I was there for about three hours and decided to leave. For a place that is really dry its kind of weird that there was a slushy stand near the museum just down the block… Well I better head to my hotel so I can get some sleep. I have a long day in Liberia.



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