My trip to the polar lands

It’s freezing here in Antarctica!
Today we walked trough the snow to see the penguins. While we were watching them dive into the freezing water suddenly they all started to waddle away from it. As we watched a huge leopard seal jumped out of the water and grabbed a penguin, before sliding back into the black water. Soon the penguins were back to diving into the water too feed, and eventually we had to walk back through the powdery white snow to our camp.
Antarctica is the world’s driest desert. Antarctica is a desert because the air is too cold to hold much water vapour. It has about 75% of the world’s fresh water, but as snow and ice. The arctic ice sheet holds up to 90% of the world’s ice. If all the ice in Antarctica was divided up, each person would get a chunk of ice larger than the great pyramid. In March 2000, the largest iceberg ever seen broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf. The iceberg was called B-15 and 300km long and 40km wide, which is about the size of Jamaica.

my trip to the grasslands

I am in South Africa, and today I went on a tour to see the Grasslands. We got in the car and drove out to a place where all you could see is dry grass and some trees! Suddenly some giraffes came walking towards us! They were sooooo tall! Soon we drove further and we drove past some elephants and some rinos! Soon we stopped for lunch and i realized how hot is was. While we were eating, some lions came to the trees near us and watched us. On the way back we passed a leopard eating something.

The Republic of South Africa takes up an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres - the same as the combined land mass of Germany, Italy and France. The coast line stretches for some 2954 kilometres, with lots of beautiful beaches and wonderful sea views. 20% of the worlds gold is mined in south africa. In the population of South Africa 77% of the population are black, 10% are white, 8% are mixed race, 2.5% are of Indian or Asian descent.

my trip to the desert

Today is my first day at Sahara Desert and it is so hot!! It is the largest hot desert in the world and is 8.6 million km2 The highest temperature ever recorded here is 58°C and receives less than 3 inches of rain a year! there are estimated 2 million people who live in the sahara.

This morning, after I had put on my sunscreen i went out on a camel tour where we climbed over the huge sand dunes on our tall camels. when we stopped for lunch we had some falafel and shourba (soup), then we went home. The Sahara Desert is nice, but it is a bit too hot for me. I will write more when i get to my next destination!

my trip to the coast

Aloha! im having a great time at a beach in Kepuhi Bay, Hawaii. usually the beaches are not safe for swimming because of high surf and rocky shorelines but in summer it can be alot calmer, making it good for snorkeling, diving and bodysurfing. There are no lifegaurds so i havent been swimming too much but the beaches are great for sunbathing and sandcastles! Kepuhi Bay is so relaxing with hardy any traffic (so you can hear the birds and waves) and beautiful veiws. Alot of the people who live there are surfers and most people are very relaxed.

In my stay at Molokai Island i went on a whale watching trip to see the humpback whales. the humpback whales come down from their feeding grounds in cold waters to have kids in the warm waters in Hawaii. The whales were fantastic. Hawaii was really fun, and i hope i can come back sometime!

my trip to the coral reef

The first stop on my trip was to the great barrier reef. The great barrier reef is located in queensland, Australia. It is the largest coral reef system in the world, made up of 2900 individual reefs. As soon as i got off the plane i could hear the birds and the crashing waves. Soon i had put my luggage in my hotel i went straight to the beach, to do some snorkeling. Soon i saw why the great barrier reef was so famous. As i swam through the clear water i saw a turtle, some clown fish and many more colourfull animals. when i was finished swimming i went back to shore and sat in the warm sun on this hot day.

Alot of the people staying at the Great Barrier reef are tourists, who stay there to see the animals and go on reef tours.

It is 30degrees in Cairns today and is the perfect day for swimming at the beach. Soon i will have to leave to go to my next destination, but untill then, im having a great time at the Great Barrier reef!