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CANADA

Climate region is Subarctic and Tundra, and the capital city is Ottawa.

HISTORICAL FACTS

• 30,000-15,000 BC first people arrive
• 1534 Jaques Cartier explores St. Lawrence river and claims gulf for France
• 1800's Immigration starts
• 1965 Flag is adopted (the one they have now)
• 1976 Parti Quebecois wins elections in Quebec

You will get there by plane, Dallas to Ottawa, for $504, then you will stay there for 2 days.

THINGS TO DO:

• Royal Ontario Museum, for $28
• Wapusk National Park
• Eat at Rouge
• Connaught Building
• Canadian War Museum

MARCH-MAY

A festival that goes on is Winterlude, and it's Jan. 29- Feb. 15

CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot

DON'T SAY "EH"

They use the Canadian dollar and speak English and French.

POUTINE

$632

COSTA RICA

The climate region is Tropical Wet and Tropical wet and dry, and the capital city is San José.

HISTORICAL FACTS

• 1502 Christopher Columbus explores the place and calls it Costa Rica
• 1808 Coffee is introduced from Cuba, and becomes the main crop
• 1838 Costa Rica becomes independent
• 1949 New constitution allows women and Africans to vote
• 1968 Arenal Volcano erupts

You will get there by plane from Ottawa, Canada to San José for $786, you will stay there for 2 days

THINGS TO DO:

• Arenal Volcano for $128
• Celeste River for $105
• Pre-Columbian Gold Museum $48
• Ruins of Ujarras

DECEMBER-APRIL

One festival is Limon Carnival which goes from Oct. 11-Oct. 22

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot

GALLO PINTO

They use Costa Rica colón, and speak Spanish

$1167

ARGENTINA

Climate region is humid subtropical Semiarid, and the capital city is Buenos Aires.

HISTORICAL FACTS

• 1916 Hipolito Yrigoyen is elected president, introduces minimum wage to prevent inflation
• 1951 Peron is re-elected president
• 1955 Peron's wife dies of cancer, support declines
• 1974 Peron dies
• 1989 Carlos Menem is elected president

You will get there by plane, from San José to Buenos Aires which costs $805, and you will stay there for 2 days

THINGS TO DO:

• Monte Fitz Roy
• La Recoleta Cemetery
• National Historic Museum
• Eat at Don Carlos

APRIL-JUNE OR SEPT.-DEC.

Octoberfest is a festival that goes on in the first two weeks of October.

REPUBLIC

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid

ALFAJORES

They use the Argentine peso and they speak Spanish.

$905

NAMIBIA

The climate region is arid and semiarid, the capital city is Windhoek.

HISTORICAL FACTS

• 1488 Explorer Bourtolomeu Dias visits
• 1915 South Africa takes territory of the First World War
• 1968 South Africa renames Namibia with UN Assembly
• 1990 Namibia becomes independent
• 2002 Theo-Ben Gurirab becomes prime minister

You will get there by plane, from Buenos Aires to Windhoek for $2040, you will stay there for 3 days.

THINGS TO DO:

• Fish River Canyon
• Spitz Koppe
• National Museum of Namibia
• Etosha National Park

JUNE-AUGUST OR APRIL-MAY

There is a festival called Enjando Street Festival and it's every March.

REPUBLIC

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid

"Never cross the imaginary line between the holy fire and the headman's hut. This is a major insult," ~Chris Liebenberg

Cultural no-no

WHAT NOT TO EAT

• Don't eat food from strangers
• Don't eat raw eggs
• Don't drink tap water
• Don't eat wild animal meat

They speak English and their currency is the Namibian dollar

$2190

KENYA

The climate region is Tropical wet and dry and Semiarid, the capital city is Nairobi

HISTORICAL FACTS

• 600 Arabs settle in coastal area
• 1900's British settlers settle in highlands
• 1947 Kenya African Union leader becomes Jomo Kenyatta
• 1963 Kenya becomes independent
• 1978 Kenyatta dies

You go on a plane from Windhoek to Nairobi, for $8899
And you will stay there for 3 days

THINGS TO DO:

• National Museum of Kenya
• Giraffe Center
• Bomas of Kenya
• Karen Blixen Museum

JANUARY-MARCH

A festival that goes on in Kenya is called Jamhuri Day and it's on Dec. 12

REPUBLIC

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid

In Kenya don't be angry, they might think you have a mental illness.

DO NOT CONSUME:

• Unwashed fruit
• Unpasteurized dairy products

They speak English and Swahili and they use the Kenyan Shilling

EGYPT

$9049

The climate region is Arid and Semiarid, and the capital city is Cairo

HISTORICAL FACTS

• Circa 7000 BC Settlement of Nile Valley begins
• 969 Cairo becomes capital
• 1922 Egypt gains independence
• 1952 At least 20 people are killed from a anti-Britain riot
• 1956 Invasion by Britain to Egypt

You will get there by plane, Nairobi to Cairo, for $699 and you will stay there for 3 days.

THINGS TO DO:

• Egyptian pyramids
• Pyramids of Giza
• Dendera
• Egyptian Museum

OCTOBER-APRIL

There is a festival called Leylet en Nuktah, and that's on June 17

REPUBLIC

SHOTS REQUIRED

• MMR
• Diphthena-tetanus-pertussis
• Chickenpox
• Flu shot
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid

Don't use salt, because then it's like you are saying that the food has no flavor

DON'T CONSUME

• Room temperature food
• Raw or uncooked food

They speak Modern Standard Arabic, and use the Egyptian pound

$849