The Blog of Alvaro

Alvaro expounds on his journey through Central and South America.

The Galapagos Islands, August 2011

We whent to Galapagos Islands. Today we are going snorkelling so we put on are swimming suit and snorkelling gear. My dad saw a eagle ray and every one in my family exept for Aida and Tariq saw a sting ray because Aida and Tariq were to little. Their was a sea lion next to […]

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Volunteering at the Children’s Eternal Rainforest

Today we are at children’s eternal rainforest to volunteer and volunteer means to help do some work without getting paid. First we met Wendy. Wendy gave us 4 pairs of gloves, 5 rakes and 4 bags. We had to brush the leaves and put them in a pile. Some of us had are gloves on […]

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Zip wires in Costa Rica

Today we are in Costa Rica at EXTREME Canopy. A man who works here told us how to put the harness on and were to put your hands and feet. On the second ride I got used to it. The first few rides were practice rides and they were 30 or 40m. The rappel was […]

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Che Guevara

Che Guevara was a argentinian doctor. He had a trip around South America on a motor bike. While he was travelling around South America he saw some poor people and some rich people. The poor people were working hard and not earning very much money from the rich people, and he saw that the rich […]

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Pedal boat in Trinidad, Cuba

On a lovely sunny day we went to the beach. At the beach we had to put some sun-cream on because it was so sunny. I was the first to go in the water, the water was see through. I told my mum if we could go on the pedle boat. She said yes but […]

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Havana,Cuba July,2011. Partagras Cigar Factory

Today we are at the cigar factory. Cuba is the most important country for cigars. The difference between a cigarette and a cigar is that cigars are brown and cigarettes are brown and white. Cigars are fatter and longer than cigarettes. cigars and cigarettes are very bad for you and can kill you. At the cigar […]

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The beach and pool in Mexico

We went to have lunch in a Mexican restaurant. Then we had a fabulous ice cream. I had cookie with cream and a fabulous cone with m&ms on top. Then we went to touch a cute monkey, it was free. Next I watched TV, next I went to the swimming pool and I met a […]

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Day one and our aeroplane

On Thursday 30 June 2011 I went to Mexico on British Airways which is a aeroplane. It was very interesting because it was like a computer and a television stuck together. The flight took 10 hours. I listend to music on the head phones. Next I watched James and the Giant Peach. It was brilliant! […]

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Archive for the ‘Ecuador’ Category

The Galapagos Islands, August 2011

We whent to Galapagos Islands. Today we are going snorkelling so we put on are swimming suit and snorkelling gear. My dad saw a eagle ray and every one in my family exept for Aida and Tariq saw a sting ray because Aida and Tariq were to little. Their was a sea lion next to […]

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Postcard to Chase Bridge

Dear Mr. King and school, I have been in South America for 2 months and we are coming back to England in 4 more months. When we are coming back Yuri who is the head teacher from Aldea Yanapay is coming to our house. I really enjoyed feeding and talking to the parrots, snorkelling with […]

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Archive for July, 2011

Zip wires in Costa Rica

Today we are in Costa Rica at EXTREME Canopy. A man who works here told us how to put the harness on and were to put your hands and feet. On the second ride I got used to it. The first few rides were practice rides and they were 30 or 40m. The rappel was […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Che Guevara

Che Guevara was a argentinian doctor. He had a trip around South America on a motor bike. While he was travelling around South America he saw some poor people and some rich people. The poor people were working hard and not earning very much money from the rich people, and he saw that the rich […]

Read the rest of this entry »

Pedal boat in Trinidad, Cuba

On a lovely sunny day we went to the beach. At the beach we had to put some sun-cream on because it was so sunny. I was the first to go in the water, the water was see through. I told my mum if we could go on the pedle boat. She said yes but […]

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Havana,Cuba July,2011. Partagras Cigar Factory

Today we are at the cigar factory. Cuba is the most important country for cigars. The difference between a cigarette and a cigar is that cigars are brown and cigarettes are brown and white. Cigars are fatter and longer than cigarettes. cigars and cigarettes are very bad for you and can kill you. At the cigar […]

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The beach and pool in Mexico

We went to have lunch in a Mexican restaurant. Then we had a fabulous ice cream. I had cookie with cream and a fabulous cone with m&ms on top. Then we went to touch a cute monkey, it was free. Next I watched TV, next I went to the swimming pool and I met a […]

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Day one and our aeroplane

On Thursday 30 June 2011 I went to Mexico on British Airways which is a aeroplane. It was very interesting because it was like a computer and a television stuck together. The flight took 10 hours. I listend to music on the head phones. Next I watched James and the Giant Peach. It was brilliant! […]

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Archive for August, 2011

Aztecs (well, pre-Aztecs mainly)

Although Omar and Alvaro started their trip here in Mexico, which is where the Aztec civilisation was centred, the areas we visited were not occupied by the Aztec. But Omar and Alvaro didn’t let that stop them finding out a little about the Aztecs. Mankind Gets to America The human race started out in Africa. […]

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The Galapagos Islands, August 2011

We whent to Galapagos Islands. Today we are going snorkelling so we put on are swimming suit and snorkelling gear. My dad saw a eagle ray and every one in my family exept for Aida and Tariq saw a sting ray because Aida and Tariq were to little. Their was a sea lion next to […]

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Volunteering at the Children’s Eternal Rainforest

Today we are at children’s eternal rainforest to volunteer and volunteer means to help do some work without getting paid. First we met Wendy. Wendy gave us 4 pairs of gloves, 5 rakes and 4 bags. We had to brush the leaves and put them in a pile. Some of us had are gloves on […]

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Archive for September, 2011

Postcard to Chase Bridge

Dear Mr. King and school, I have been in South America for 2 months and we are coming back to England in 4 more months. When we are coming back Yuri who is the head teacher from Aldea Yanapay is coming to our house. I really enjoyed feeding and talking to the parrots, snorkelling with […]

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Archive for December, 2011

News – Robber in Buenos Aires

Family Al-Qasem went on a tube on the same stop as a robber. This coud cause a problem because the robber could just take the wallet ad walk quite nicely and then at the stairs he could run and escape. Or another way is the robber coud steal the credit card and then use it […]

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Volunteering at the Children’s Eternal Rainforest

Written By: Alvaro’s dad – Aug• 01•11

Today we are at children’s eternal rainforest to volunteer and volunteer means to help do some work without getting paid. First we met Wendy.

Wendy gave us 4 pairs of gloves, 5 rakes and 4 bags. We had to brush the leaves and put them in a pile. Some of us had are gloves on and put the leaves in the bag to make compost.

Then we went to the green-house and we left the bags their and when we were at the greenhouse Wendy told us about Willow. Willow is selling plants from this area to the hotels so that they font bring in plants from other countries.

(Copied directly from Alvaro’s notes by his dad).

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The Galapagos Islands, August 2011

Written By: Alvaro’s dad – Aug• 21•11

We whent to Galapagos Islands. Today we are going snorkelling so we put on are swimming suit and snorkelling gear. My dad saw a eagle ray and every one in my family exept for Aida and Tariq saw a sting ray because Aida and Tariq were to little. Their was a sea lion next to us but it went away. Me and Omar felt cold so Victor took us in the boat and gave me and Omar hot chocolate with milk. I asked if we can sit on the front and they said yes. So we went to the front and drove to the Leon Dormido. The Leon Dormido was a big rock that got cut. At the last day we played a football match. We lost the firs match and the second match. All the people in the first match are scouts.

(copied directly from the original notes by dad)

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2 Comments

  1. Mr King says:

    Hello Alvaro!
    The Galapagos sounds very interesting. It sounds as though you needed some milky hot chocolate.

    The school has got lots of building work going on at the moment. There will be updates with pictures on the school website soon that show what has been going on.

    I look forward to reading more of your diary!

  2. Kailen Patel says:

    Dear Alvaro my best friend

    I miss you so much. What have you been up to recently and how are you.
    How much fun are you having out there…i wish I were there with you because I would be having lots of fun with you.
    We are having Roman day on Wednesday and I am making my costume. I can’t wait until the end of Wednesday because we will be lying down and eating roman food mmmMMMMMM.
    We have been reading the book ‘the Iron Man’. It is quite a funny book.

    I really can’t wait until you get back.

    By the way If you have emailed me – i have not got it because I lost my password so here is my new email address

    Love Kailen Patel