SOLO FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD

SOLO FLIGHT AROUND SOLO FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLDTHE WORLD

By Matt MaidaBy Matt Maida

FIRST STOP . . .FIRST STOP . . .

Distance from Melbourne to

Jakarta: 5207.68 km

Direction Travelling: North

WestLatitude and

Longitude: 6.08 ° S and 106°EJAKARTA, INDONESIA

Continent: Asia

WEATHERWEATHER• Indonesia has a hot, humid

climate.• They have two seasons:

Wet and Dry. They are based on rainfall, not temperature.

• The average temperature is 27 ° in the mainlands, but it’s lower in the highlands.

• Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year, but there are lots of heavy downpours in the wet season.

Rain in Jakarta

A hut in a jungle

Rainfall

languagelanguage• Indonesia has their

own language: Indonesian, of course.

• “Hai” means “Hi”• “Nama saya” Means

“my name is”. Just add your name on the end

• “Apa kabar?” + “Baik” means “how are you?” And “Good”

Apa kabar?

Jakarta

CultureCulture• The Main Food of Indonesia

is rice, boiled or fried. The main meats are water buffalo, beef and chicken. Coffee and tea are popular drinks.

• Many Indonesians enjoy European and American sports like soccer and badminton. They also like tennis, volleyball and swimming.

• More than 85% of people are muslims. Bali and western lombok have their own religion, bali-Hinduism. It is based on hinduism but features balienese and javanese traditions.

Boys playing soccer

Boiled rice

A Muslim

My second stop . . .My second stop . . .

Distance from Jakarta to

Brazzaville: 10119.61 km

Direction Travelling: West

Latitude and Longitude: 4.14 ° S

and 15.14 ° EBrazzaville, Republic of

CongoContinent: Africa

WeatherWeather• Congo is a hot, humid

country.• Average temperatures

are at a humid 24° and between 16 and 21 at night.

• The average rainfall yearly ranges from 1100 mm in the south to over 2000 mm in central parts.

• They have a dry and a wet season.

A damaged hut from the weather

Roads after it rains

Geographical + EnvironmentalGeographical + Environmental• Congo covers 342000

square km.• It is located in the

central-western part of Africa, along the equator.

• Brazzaville is located on the congo river, in the south of the country. It is also immediately across from Kinshasa, the capital of the democratic republic of congo.

• The equator runs right through the country.

Brazzaville

The congo river

HistoryHistory• The pygmy were the

earliest inhabitants, who were soon largely displaced by bantu, who found tribes during the bantu expansion.

• The inhabitants of the congo river first met Europeans in the late 15th century when the Portuguese were having expeditions on the African coastline.

Pygmies

Locals from congo

Third stop is . . .

Distance from Brazzaville to

Dublin: 6708.14 kmDirection

Travelling: North North West

Latitude and Longitude: 53.20°

N and 6.15 ° EDublin, Republic of

IrelandContinent: Europe

Weather• Ireland has a mild wet climate.• Average temperatures are 5° in winter and 15° in summer.• The ocean winds bring in lots of rain. The heaviest rain falls

in the mountains in the west coast. There, they have an average rainfall of about 150 cm. the lowlands have around 90 cm of rain a year.

• Frequent rain is common in Ireland.

Some Irish try to escape the rain It also snows in ireland.

People of Ireland• The island of Ireland is divided in

two. In the north is Northern Ireland, a province of the UK, and in the south is the Republic of Ireland, and independent country. Many Irish want to be united as one.

• Many people living Ireland trace back to the Celts and Vikings. Most people who aren’t either are English. Many descendants of Scots who were sent to Ireland in the 17th Century still live here today.

• Music, dance, film and art are important in Ireland. Dublin holds annual jazz and film festivals that attract visitors from all over the world. Gaelic football is the most popular sport.

A fan going to watch Ireland play Gaelic

Geographical + Environmental• The River Shannon is the longest

river. It begins in Northwest Ireland and it flows 370 km into the Atlantic Ocean. Most of Ireland’s lakes lie in the west.

• The lowlands cover most of central Ireland. The lowlands include some wooded areas but mostly are made up of farmlands. Most of the mountains rise near the coast and border the lowlands.

• Ireland’s highest peak is 3414 ft at Carrauntoohil in the Mountains of Kerry. The city of Dublin

Final stop is . . .

Distance from Dublin to LA: 8300.40 km

Direction Travelling: West

South WestLatitude and

Longitude: 34° N and 118.15 ° W

Los angeles, United states of America

Continent: North America

Weather• USA have a constantly

changing climate – it can be snowing, really cold or raining during winter or it could be 35 to 45 in summer.

• The average temperature in California is 24.

• There are four seasons and in this order: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.A Californian beach

Culture + Attractions• The most popular sports are ice hockey, NFL

(football) and basketball. Baseball, since the late 19th Century, is the main sport of the USA.

• The American Cultural Icons are: Apple Pie, the American Flag and a Baseball Bat.

• The USA hold many film, TV and music awards, like the Academy Awards, the Emmys and the Grammys.

• Disneyland is in Anaheim, California. It opened on July 18 1955. Hollywood is also in the USA and has released some of the biggest films in history.

• These are some American holidays: Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Jr Day.

The American Cultural icons

Baseball

Famous People• Some famous musicians are:

Michael Jackson, Green Day and the Black Eyed Peas.

• Some famous actors are: Matt Damon, who has been nominated for three Academy Awards, and he won one for co-writing “Good Will Hunting” with Ben Affleck in 1997.Sandra Bullock, who won the Best Actress at the Academy Awards this year for “The Blind Side”.

• President Barak Obama is the 44th and current President of the USA, and is also the first President to be African-American.

Matt Damon President Obama

Then I return back home to Melbourne.

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