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Flight from Miami to Barranquilla, Colombia
We take flight Airbus 320 to Oranización Hotelera Warner Caputo & Cia Colombia. The tickets cost $880 per person, with two adults traveling ($1760). The departure time is 12:01 am, and the flight is 7 hours and 44 minutes. Because of the 1 hour time difference, the arrival time is 7:45 am. -
Challenge in Barranquilla
The challenge in Barranquilla is to buy a costume and participate in the Barranquilla Carnival Costume Parade. It is 12 miles (there and back) to the nearest store that sells costumes, so it will be $12. The costumes is $270 each. -
Drive from Organización Hotelera Warner Caputo & Cia
We take a taxi form the airport to San Francisco, Barranquilla. The drive is 115 miles, therefore $115. We leave at 8:00 am, it takes 1 hour and 45 minutes, and we arrive at 9:45 am. -
Hotel Del Prado, Barranquilla
We spend the rest of the day and night at Hotel Del prado (Carrera 50 # 70-10 Barranquilla, Distrito Especial, Industrial Y Portuario, Atlántico, Colombia), which costs $69 per person. We walk to the carnival, which is 2 miles from the hotel. We leave at 9:45 am and arrive at 10:00 am. We stay at the carnival until 12:00 pm, and successfully participate in the costume parade! -
Small Scale Map of Colombia
This map depicts the entirety of Columbia, but without much detail. -
Large Scale Map of Barranquilla
This map shows Barranquilla with detail. -
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Amazing Race
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Drive from San Francisco, Barranquilla to Oranización Hotelera Warner Caputo & Cia
We take a taxi from San Francisco, Barranquilla to Oranización Hotelera Warner Caputo & Cia. The drive is 115 miles, therefore costs $115. We leave at 6:00 am, the trip takes 2 hours and we arrive at 8:00 am. -
Flight from Colombia to Africa
We are boarding Aviancia flight 244 to Sierra Leone. The trip costs $1967 for both of us. It is 8:00 am when we leave and it takes 11 hours and 40 minutes to get to Lungi International Airport, so it is 12:40 am (December 10th), because of the 5 hour time difference, when we arrive in Sierra Leone. -
The Bullom Restaurant
We walk from Lungi International Airport to Bullom, where we successfully learn how to make lehweh! The restaurant is only 1 mile away from the airport so it takes 15 minutes.We leave at 1:00 am and arrive at 1:15 am. -
Challenge in Sierra Leone
We have to make lehweh, which is a ball of rice flour mixed with water and sugar with a kola nut on top. This is a cultural dish of Sierra Leone, traditionally made for burials. -
Small Scale Map of Sierra Leone
This map shows the entirety of Sierra Leone without much detail. -
Large Scale Map of Sierra Leone
This map shows the airport, hotel, and restaurant that we visited. -
Lungi Airport Hotel
We walk to the Lungi Airport Hotel (Tulun Road, Lungi 25487, Sierra Leone) from Bullom, which takes 15 minutes. We arrive at 2:00 am and stay until 8:00 pm. It costs $78 for both of us. Our minimum 6 hour sleep is included. -
Flight from Sierra Leone to Jordan
We walk back to the airport at 8:00 pm and arrive at 8:10 pm. We take Brussels Airlines flight 1255 and it costs $4259 for both of us. We leave at 8:30 pm and the flight is 11 hours and 50 minutes, so we arrive at 10:20 am (December 11th) because of the 2 hour time difference. We land at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman. -
Abu Azzam Supermarket
We take a taxi to the Abu Azzam Supermarket, which is 3 miles away and costs $3. We leave 11:05 am and arrive at 11:10 am, It takes us 45 minutes to collect all of our ingredients (a bread called sherack, lamb meat, yogurt, rice, pine nuts, almonds, and parsley) then we head back to the restaurant (another $3) and arrive at 12:00 pm. We make mansaf and the chef approves! -
Drive to Shalalat Abu Zad
We take a taxi from the airport to the Shalalat Abu Zad restaurant in Amman. We leave at 10:30 am and arrrive at 11:00 am. The drive is 28 miles, therefore costs $28. Here we are given our instructions for the challenge. -
Amman Airport Hotel
We take a taxi to the Amman Airport Hotel (Queen Alia Airport St A867 Amman 11104, Jordan) which costs us $27 because it's 27 miles away. It costs us another $130 to stay at the hotel for one more night. We leave at 12:00 pm and arrive at 12:30 pm.We stay at the hotel until 6:00 am (December 12th) and our 6 hour minimum sleep is included. -
Small Scale Map of Jordan
This map shows the entirety of Jordan without much detail. -
Large Scale Map of Jordan
This map depicts the airport and hotel we stayed at. -
Challenge in Amman
We have to successfully make mansaf, the national dish of Jordan. We have to collect and cook the ingredients ourselves, then a chef must approve. -
Flight from Jordan to Denmark (fragmented country)
We walk to the Queen Alia International Airport, which only takes us ten minutes. We arrive at 6:10 am. We take Aegean Airlines flight 941 and it costs $624 for both of us. We leave at 6:30 am and the flight takes 5 hours and 55 minutes. We arrive at Copenhagen Airport at 11:25 am because of the 1 hour time difference. -
Drive to Tivoli Gardens
We take a taxi to the Tivoli Gardens Christmas Market, which is 6 miles away and costs $6. We leave at 11:30 am and arrive at 11:35 am. Here we receive our instructions for the challenge. -
Challenge in Denmark
Christmas is a major holiday in Denmark. For this challenge, we have to make traditional æbleskiver, which is a Danish Christmas-time dessert. We have to go to a supermarket and find the ingredients, bring them back to the Christmas Market, make the dessert, then have customers at the market try them. -
Kvickly Supermarket
We take a taxi to Kvickly Supermarket, which is 30 miles away, so it costs $30. We leave at 12:00 pm and arrive at 12:30 pm. it takes us 30 minutes to find all of our ingredients (dough, apples, jam, and sugar). We take a taxi back to the Christmas Market (another $30) and arrive at 1:30 pm. -
Making the æbleskiver
Once we are back at the Tivoli Gardens Christmas Market, we make the dessert, and the customers like it! -
Small Scale Map of Denmark
This map shows the entirety of Denmark without much detail. -
Large Scale Map of Denmark
This map shows the place we completed our challenge. -
Scandic Palace Hotel
We leave the market at 2:00 pm and walk to Scandic Palace Hotel (Rådhuspladsen 57 1550 København V, Denmark), which costs $124 for one night. We arrive at 2:10 pm and stay at the hotel until 5:00 am. -
Flight from Denmark to Canada (developed country)
We walk back to the airport, and take Aer Lingus flight 627 to Charlottetown Airport on Prince Edward Island. The flight costs $2084 for both of us. We leave at 5:10 am and the flight takes 11 hours and 50 minutes. We arrive at 1:00 pm because of the 5 hour time difference. -
Challenge in Canada
We have to participate in the Charlottetown Festival of Trees, held at the Confederation centre. We use the supplies provided to decorate a Christmas tree to the best of our abilities and it turns out great! We then walk around the festival to see the other themed trees until 4:00 pm. -
Rodd Royalty Hotel
We take a taxi to the Rodd Royalty Hotel (14 Capital Drive, Charlottetown, PE C1A 8C2, Canada), which is 3 miles away, therefore costs $3. It is $100 for both of us for one night. We arrive at the hotel at 4:05 pm and stay until 11:54 pm (December 14th) when we can board our return flight. -
Small Scale Map of Prince Edward Island
This map shows the entirety of Prince Edward Island without much detail. -
Large Scale Map of Charlottetown
This map shows Charlottetown in detail, with road names. -
Drive to the Confederation Centre
We take a taxi to the Confederation Centre of the Arts, which is 5 miles away from the airport, and costs $5. We arrive at 1:10 pm. Here we recieve instructions for the challenge. -
Homeward Bound!
We take a taxi back to the Charlottetown Airport, which costs $3 because it is 3 miles away. We arrive at 11:59 pm, and board Westjet Airlines flight 33 to Miami ($246).
