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Our team's flight takes off from Miami on Air France, and arrives at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. The plane takes off at 7:30 am. The total flight time equates to 9 hours and 20 minutes. The time should be about 4:50 pm when the team lands at their destination. The price of the flight is $1,969 per person ($3,938).
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In 1920, a French law was passed, saying that workers could not start work before 4am. This gave no time to cook bread in time for breakfast. So, in order to save time, a thinner, longer bread was born: the baguette.
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Once the team has completed their mission, they will be picked up by a taxi driver and dropped off at their hotel for the night: Hotel Agora St. Germain in the heart of Paris. The taxi price will be about $20. One night at the hotel costs $136. The time should be about 11:00 pm.
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The baguette is an example of France's FOLK CULTURE. However, English and American POP CULTURE have transformed the baguette into a somewhat steroptypical trait of France.
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Here, the team's challenge is to deliver baguettes on bicycles to citizens all around Paris. This challenge is culturally significant; for many people in France, the baguette is a staple food, and it is a veritable symbol of France's people and history. The word baguette comes from the Latin word "baculum" which then became the word "baccheto," meaning staff or stick. French is the OFFICIAL LANGUAGE of France.
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Dylan and Hannah creating the Amazing Race!
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The team will be dropped off from the taxi, and must now meet our experienced agent and guide. He will lead the team through the market, showing them all of the endless foods Jerusalem has to offer: spices, Israeli olive oil, chocolates, and Challah bread. Our agent will inform the team that Challah bread is a traditional braided bread eaten on many special occasions by the Jews in the region, but primarily on Shabbat. Shabbat is a holiday that occurs every Friday and Saturday.
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The team needs to board the Israeli plane El Al at 7:00 am. The plane will arrive at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv at approximately 8:45 am. The total flight time, without layover, is 4 hours and 30 minutes.The cost of the flight is $605 per person ($1,210). The time the team will arrive will be about 1:15 pm.
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After arriving at Ben Gurion airport, the team must take a taxi to Jerusalem in order to complete their first challenge: take a tour of the Mechane Yehuda food market.
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Challah bread is traditionally braided and baked by Jewish'/Israeli women. Different shapes of bread are used on different holidays. Judaism is a MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION that experienced a DIASPORA after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem.
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After the team is finished touring the market, they will take the same taxi to the Zion Hotel within Jerusalem. The driver will be expecting a payment of $15. The time they arrive should be around 11:30 pm. The cost of one night in a standard room is $89.10. The team can now sleep off their jet lag and prepare for another challenge in the Phillippines! :D
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The team must wake up at 5:00 am for their 7:00 am flight to Israel. A taxi will bring them to the airport. The distance from the hotel to the airport is approximately 30 minutes, so the fare will be about $30.
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The Western Wall in Jerusalem is an example of a SACRED SITE in Israel, where Jews from all over gather and worship.
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The distance from Ben Gurion airport to the market is about 50 miles. If they leave the airport by 9:00 pm, they should arrive by 9:50 pm, if traffic runs smoothly. The driver of the taxi will be expecting a payment of $50.
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The team will be flying Swiss International Air Lines 255. The flight time from Tel Aviv, Israel to Manila, Phillipines is 25 hours and 30 minutes. The arrival time at Manila, Phillipines will be 9:30 pm. The price is $1,937 per person ($3,874). The plane will eventually arrive at Ninoy Aquino International Airport the following day.
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Wake up call! The team must wake up at 4:00 am in order to get ready to catch their flight to the Philippines at 7:30 am. After they are finished getting ready, they will leave the hotel on a shuttle bus. The driver will be expecting tips. Again, the distance between Jerusalem and Bel Gurion Airport is about 50 minutes, so they will arrive at the airport at around 5:30, not counting traffic.
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Since the team had plenty of time to sleep on the plane, they can begin their challenge in the Philippines right away. By the time they leave, it should be about 10:00 pm. The distance from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the Dampa Seafood Market (the place where their next challenge will take place) is 8 miles, so the price for the taxi should be about $8.00.
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As their third challenge, the team will compete in the annual seafood eating contest at the Dampa Seafood Market. Each individual will have thirty seconds to eat as much as possible. The winner will then verse other Filipino contenders and obtain a $100 reward to spend on personal souveneirs or to alleviate costs.
In the Philippines, fishing is a way of life. Much of the Filipino population lives along the coast, since the Philippines is home to one of the largest coastlines in the world. -
The number of people in the Filipino fishery sector is estimated at around one million. The businesses of fishing are central to the economy and culture of the islands. The Philippine's large seafood industry increases their CONNECTIVITY between other countries around the world.
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The long coastline in the Philippines results in the country being a major seafood industry, which is an example of ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM, since the landscape of the Philippines seems to have determined the occupation of the country's people. The Philippine's various islands are a major part of its PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
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The Philippines contain several tribes that center their lives around fishing for survival, and is a staple practically everywhere. Therefore, seafood is very significant concerning Filipino culture.
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The team's flight takes off at 1:00 am and is 22 hours, 19 minutes long. The team can take this time to rest on the plane. They will arrive at the Quito-Marical Airport in Ecuador at 11:00 pm. They will be traveling on the Philippines Airlines. The price of this flight is $3,039 per person ($6,078).
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The team will now travel the 8 miles back to the Manila- Ninoy Aquino Airport for another long ride on the plane to Ecuador. The taxi driver will be expecting an $8 fee.
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By the time the team leaves the airport, it should be 11:00 pm. They will travel via taxi to Motes de la Magdalena, a restaurant that sells native Ecuadorian food. The taxi drive will be about 10 miles, so the driver will be expecting a $10 pay.
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The team's challenge will be to fully and successfully eat cuero de librillo (soup made from the outside of a cow's stomach), guatita (cow-stomach stew) and menudo (tripe and beef heart soup) at the restaurant.
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In Ecuador, music festivals are continually celebrated while these traditional foods (along with grilled guinea pig called cuy) are eaten. It is a CUSTOM to eat these foods during traditional festivities. Food, as well as Ecuador's original clothing, is part of its unique MATERIAL CULTURE.
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Completing this challenge will open the team's minds to the diverse nature of Eduador's cuisine and culture. Ecuador's food is entirely unique to the area, making it a significant CULTURE TRAIT of the country.
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The time should be about 12:30 when the team arrives at the airport to leave to go to Brazil. A taxi will bring them to the airport, which in turn will cost $10.
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The team will travel on an Avianca airline. The price per plane ticket is $743 per person ($1487). The flight time from Quito, Ecuador to Sao Paulo airport is about 5 hours and 30 minutes. The team will arrive at 6:30 am.
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When the team arrives in Rio, their challenge will be to eat pao de queijo (a small baked cheese roll) while balancing a soccer ball on their head. The team must catch the pao de queijo balls while trying to balance the soccer ball.
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Rio de Janeiro is a MEGALOPOLIS of Brazil and is home to several landmarks. Completing the challenge there while eating Brazil's traditional food intertwines with the cultural soccer concept, creating an example of Brazil's CULTURE COMPLEX.
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The team will finish their challenge at 9:30am, and arrive at the Sao Paolo airport at 11:30 am via taxi. Since the drive will be 2 hours long once more, the taxi price will be, again, $150.
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The flight from Sao Paolo to Miami International Airport will take off at 12:20 pm. The flight duration from Brazil to Florida will be 8 hours and 25 minutes. The team will fly on Copa Airlines at $4,276 per person ($8,552).
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A taxi will drive the team from the Sao Paolo aiport to Rio De Janeiro. It will take about 2 hours to drive there, with the taxi fare being $150.
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Soccer is a large part of Brazilian life, expecially since worldwide media has made soccer a major part of the world's PERCEPTION OF PLACE of the country.
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The team will arrive at Miami, Florida at about 8:45 pm. Congrats!! The team will now have completed Mrs. Ray's Amazing Race! :D :D :D
