Matthew

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= = =** The Amazing Race **= Sydney The Rocks is an old district that is a brilliant tourist attraction that was established in 1788. It has gone from being an old rundown district to a popular tourist attraction. With cafes and markets open 364 days a year you can have an enjoyable day at The Rocks. That’s right Matthew.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a huge bridge beside the Sydney Opera House. Going over the Sydney Harbour it is the world’s largest (not longest) steal arch bridge. On the way across it you will be informed by signs about its history and the builders of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Well done.

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The Sydney Opera House

When I was at the Sydney Opera House I saw the one person I thought I would never meet Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundie)! He was wearing a brown button up te-shirt and long brown baggy pants. His hat with teeth around it was unbelievable it made him look amaizing. His sun beaten face was red from sunburn and his hair nearly all gone. We talked all afternoon about his adventures crocodiles. I had the time of my life. Great, Matthew. You have earned $3000 to take on your next adventure with the Amazing Race.

Berlin East Berlin was occupied and run by the Soviet Union. East Berlin was claimed to be the capital of Germany and the soviets would not allow its citizens to belong in a free city. West Berlin on the other hand was made up of four sectors, the Americans, the British and the French as well as the West Germans. In West Berlin the occupants were allowed to have their say but it wouldn’t always be taken. The East and West were divided by the Berlin Wall.

The Berlin Wall was constructed by the Russians in 1961 in an attempt to block off the allied sector of West Berlin, occupied by the French, Americans, and British. During WW2 the Berlin wall was the divider between the East and the West. If the Berlin Wall wasn’t there it would be a war where the two sides were in the same city. But the Berlin Wall stood until 1989, when it fell along with the rest of the [|Iron Curtain]. Now the Berlin Wall is a major attraction in Berlin it is probably the biggest attraction Berlin has.

To get through Checkpoint Charlie you had to apply to the East German embassy for a visa. If your visa was accepted you could go through Checkpoint Charlie. This needed to be done several weeks before you wanted to travel to East Germany. $3000

San Francisco

The Golden Gate Bridge is a world famous bridge that connects the northern part of San Francisco and Marin Country. It is 2737.4m long, 27.4m wide and the deck is 75m above the water. The highest point of The Golden Gate Bridge is 230m above sea level. The construction of the golden gate bridge began on the 5th January 1933 and finished on the 19th April 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge is the world’s second most popular place in the world to commit suicide. But apart from that the golden gate bridge is a wonderful tourist attraction and if you are in San Francisco you should go and see it. Well done, Matthew.

For some very odd reason there is a prison on an island 2.4 km offshore from San Francisco called Alcatraz Island . A prisoner has escaped and remains unfound to this very day. He was sentenced because he murdered several people and the police fear him being loose again. We are lucky because he is not very strong but the police think that the reason he has been staying on this island for so long he is building up his strength for the swim he has to make to get off the island. We believe that he lives off shellfish, crabs, berries, dew off the leaves and insects that he finds on a tree infested shore. He has lived like this for 5 years building up his strength for the 2.4km swim to San Francisco. He has grown stronger over the years but I heard on the news last night that he was caught snooping around to get some strength food for the swim he was just about to make. He was killed immediately. Excellent, Matthew You have earned $3000 towards your Amazing Race.

New York Central park is a beautiful park in the centre of Manhattan, New York, it costs 37.5 million dollars to maintain.It is the perfect place to walk your dog, go for a morning stroll or even just go sightseeing. Many people in New York don’t have the time to go to this park because they are too busy working. This one of the many things New York is famous for.

The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. . Sculptor Fredric Augusta Bartholdi was commissioned to design a statue with the year 1876 in mind of completion and to celebrate the 100 years of the declaration of Independence; the statue was not finished until 10 years later. The statue is made out of copper and the pedestal is made out of granite. The statue was made in France and transported to America in 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates. The pedestal was made by the Americans. On the 28 October 1886 it was officially opened to the public. It cost 87 million dollars and in 1986 on July 5 it was reopened to the public on liberty weekend to celebrate her centennial.

It was 8:46 a.m. American airlines flight was flown into the northern tower t6ower of the World Trade Centre. At first people believed it to be an accident or a simple pilot error. Then at 9:02 united airlines flight 175 was flown in to the southern tower, America was clearly under attack. Unknown to them there was another at least 1 more flight was heading towards Washington D.C. At 9:37 a.m. united airlines flight 77 was flown in to the pentagon, the military headquarters of operations for America. Americans were horrified that other planes might have been hijacked and were still not accounted for. Loved ones of the passengers of united airlines flight 93 began receiving phone calls that indeed the flight had been hijacked. They told their loved ones of the earlier attacks. But the brave men and woman of flight 93 would not let their plane or their deaths be used to harm America. They retook the plane and crashed it near shanksvile Pennsylvania instead of its intended target believed to be near Washington D.C. It was 10:03 on September 11 2001. So in just one and a half hours 3 land marks had been hit and one avoided. This day has been known as ‘ the day the world changed’ and ‘the day America reunited.

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 * |||||| The Amazing Race ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Marking || Matthew ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Event ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   |||| Income |||| Expenditure || Balance ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || 10,000 ||
 * Flight to Sydney on Emirates ||  ||   ||   ||   || $3,000 ||   || $165 ||   || $9,835 ||
 * Shuttle ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || $16 ||   || $9,819 ||
 * Accomodation - Hostelworld backpackers ||  ||   ||   ||   || $51.10 ||   || $9,769.90 ||
 * Flight to Berlin on Royal Jordanian in conjunction with Cathay Pacific || $3,000 ||  || $1,211.70 ||   || $11,556.20 ||
 * Bus ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || $3.46 ||   || $11,552.74 ||
 * Accomodation - Generator Hostel Berlin ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $22.89 ||   || $11,529.85 ||
 * Flight to San Francisco on Air Berlin ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $886 ||   || $13,643.85 ||
 * B.A.R.T Shuttle ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || $8.10 ||   || $13,635.75 ||
 * Accomodation - AAE S.F. European Hostel ||  ||   ||   ||   || $42.10 ||   || $13,593.65 ||
 * Flight to New York - Jet Blue Airways ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $248.80 ||   || $16,344.85 ||
 * Transportation to CBD - shuttle ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $12 ||   || $16,332.85 ||
 * Accomodation at Hostel La Guardia ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $42.35 ||   || $16,290.50 ||
 * Flight to New York - Jet Blue Airways ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $248.80 ||   || $16,344.85 ||
 * Transportation to CBD - shuttle ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $12 ||   || $16,332.85 ||
 * Accomodation at Hostel La Guardia ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || $42.35 ||   || $16,290.50 ||