MY TRIP JOURNALValerie Barvo 8 yellow

Introduction

ˉ I decided to begin a journey through North Africa and Middle East since their culture, politics, cuisine, geography and climate

called my attention. ˉ My journey will start from the city of Rabat, Morocco and will finish in Kabul, Afghanistan.

ˉ The transportation of my trip will be varied and will depend on the geography and its

climate.

Rabat, Moroccoˉ Rabat is the capital of Morocco

ˉ Rabat is located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is a humid city, its temperatures varies from 6 degrees C to 30 degrees C.

ˉ It is a country that is very religious, it counts with 90 percent of Muslim people.

ˉ People are not so educated, most of the children work to make a living.

ˉ They have a monarch government ruled by Mohammed VI.

ˉ In there I stayed at the Golden Tulip Farah, a 4 star hotel that cost me 203$ a night.

ˉ Rabat can be best explored on foot. So I wander around the Moroccan streets

ˉ There in a lovely restaurant I drinked a traditional green tea with meant and after that I ate a couscous which is a Moroccan popular

dish.

Algiers, Algeriaˉ Algeria was are next destiny. What I discovered as soon as I arrived was that it real name is

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and that it is the largest country on the Mediterranean Sea.

ˉ It government is an authoritarian regime governed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

ˉ We were at Algiers, its capital. It is very nice the only thing I didn’t like about it is that it was at 36°C and I don’t go away of Barranquilla to receive more heat in other country than the one I

receive daily.

ˉ At night I was happy since it was cold with 5°C.

ˉ I stayed in the Sofitel Algiers Hamma Garden a five star hotel that cost me 345$ the night. It was expensinve, but nearly perfect.

ˉ In Algiers, most of the interesting sights are in the old part of the city known as the Casbah or Medina

ˉ I was impressed with the very friendly and hospitable people. The old French buildings, the promenade along the seafront and the food also got my good ratings.

More…ˉ I also went to the kasbah of algeris;

it's a nice neighborhood, houses of the Ottoman era, and

unique.

ˉ I take this space to tell you that Algeria is recognized for its

agricultural work.

ˉ Algeria is recognized for its fertilized soil and 25% of the people work in

agriculture or fishing.

ˉ Its principal resources are oil, gas, iron, zinc, silver, copper, and

phosphates.

ˉ Only the  17,1% of its population is unemployed.

Tripoli, Libyaˉ After a long train trip a finally arrived to Lybia.

ˉ When I wake up in the train after more than 600 miles traveled I noticed something I wasn’t prepare to see.

ˉ When I knew people were in civil war I emerged Libya as fast as we can.

ˉ I was very mad with myself, because after being in a long train, we couldn’t take advantage of our time.

ˉ I stayed in the Four Seasons Hotel, Tripoli rated 4 stars and very economic.

ˉ Tripoli is the hottest place in the world in the days, but in the nights it is very cold.

ˉ Libya is located west of Egypt, and east of Algeria.

ˉ For now I have not accomplished my dream of knowing and studying every city as I wanted.

Cairo, Egypt

ˉ It is most known for its ancient pyramids, tombs and artesian markets.

ˉ Most of it is desert with a hot climate.

ˉ I stayed in the Fairmont hotel-Nile City a beautiful 5 star hotel representing the

architecture of Egypt.

ˉ El Cairo is located in northern Egypt, and east of Libya.

ˉ Egyptian government is a Military Junta.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabiaˉ Are next stop by bus was

Riyadh which is the Saudi Arabian capital.

ˉ I arrived to a home of an uncle. He act almost as a

guide man. ˉ He told us that his country

was the one of the largest country in the Middle East, if

not the largest.ˉ People talk both languages

Arabic and English.ˉ Its government is an Islamic

absolutist monarchy governed by Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.

More…ˉ The average temperature in Riyadh,

Saudi Arabia is 25.3 °C, even though there are days that temperatures

riches to more than 35 °C.

ˉ I couldn’t do much in Saudi Arabia since it was raining a lot. So much that

I got scared.

ˉ I spend all days talking in family and as always my dad and uncle star talking about the economy of the

country.

ˉ Saudi Arabia's command economy is petroleum-based.

ˉ Here there are many luxurious people..

Iraq ˉ After seen how money flows in Saudi

Arabia we travel on to Iraq with my uncle.

ˉ Iraq has a very attractive climate; the average temperature in Iraq is 22.8 °C it is not so hot neither so cold.

ˉ Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, and Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south.

ˉ Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector.

ˉ Right now Iraq is in reconstruction after fighting almost 30 years against Iran and USA.

ˉ For me this country was very boring since it was in reconstruction but nothing concrete.

Kabul, Afghanistan

ˉ We finally arrived to are last destiny after taking a shortcut for not passing through

Iran.

ˉ Officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

ˉ As it names says, over 99% of the Afghan population is Muslim

ˉ Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic governed by Hamid Karzai.

ˉ Its capital is Kabul, place were we were established.

ˉ Afghanistan temperatures varies from -7 °C to 23 °C.

ˉ Finally I had a cold temperature in North Africa.

ˉ It is an impoverished and least developed country, one of the world's poorest.

Conclusion..ˉ In this trip I have learned a lot.

ˉ I didn’t know that temperatures can vary so much from day to night.

ˉ Something that impressed me is that I passed through countries well develop with very rich people to countries as Afghanistan which are not developed

and very poor.

ˉ Religion is basically Islamic.

ˉ This is one of the most amazing trips I ever had.