My Travel Journal By Lina Martínez

IntroductionFor my birthday my parents planned a trip

from Rabat, Morocco, Kabul, Afghanistan I was very excited because it was the first

time I was going to visit those placesWhat really caught my attention was Egypt, I

was very excited to meet those great pyramids.

I learned a lot about some good and beautiful places

Rabat, Morocco When we arrived to

Rabat I was impressed because it is huge

The first day I visited the Mausoleum of Mohammed V it is a beautiful historical building which contains the tombs of the Moroccan King and his two sons

Rabat, Morocco Many of the people

in Rabat are muslimsI stayed at a

beautiful traditional hotel called Riad Dar El Kebira it only had 10 rooms and was very luxurious and expensive

I loved Rabat

AlgeriaMy next stop was

Algeria, it is the largest country on the Mediterranean Sea

I went on Air Algerie a great aeroline in Algeria

Algeria is ruled by the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika

AlgeriaThere i went to visit the

huge and beautiful Tassili n'Ajjer National Park which is located on the southeast of Algeria and has a variety of natural wonders

The islamic religion is present in Algeria in almost every town or city you can see one or more mosques

Lybia When I arrived to

Lybia I have to admit I got scared.

The situation present in Lybia was not the best

Lybia was having a civil war because people were against their ruler Muammar el-Qaddafi

Libya Libia is located on the

northeast coast of Africa between Tunisia and Algeria

It is governed by military dictadorship

Its capital is Tripoli The weather was very

hot and dry In Libya they talk

Arabic

EgyptMy next destiny was

Egypt which is famous for its pyramids in Giza

I got there by airplane the Egypt Air aeroline

In Egypt I visit the Khan-el-Khalili market which has everything you can imagine

In the day the temperature was very hot but in the night it was fresh

Saudi Arabia My next stop was in

Riyadh which is the capital of Saudi Arabia

I learned that in Saudi Arabia where located The grand mosque in Mecca and the prophet’s mosque in Medina.

I arrived by a car we hired

Saudi Arabia On my first night on

Riyadh we went to see sword dancing and drumming that was hosted at the hotel

I tasted delicious food which was flavoured and spicy

I went to Riyadh in a hot time because in the winter it gets colder

Iraq I got to Iraq by airplane, it

was a comfortable flightIn Iraq I went to visit

Hatra which is a beautiful preserved city

I loved the climated in Iraq because it is not cold nor hot

Iraq has a good economy because they are well dominated by the oil sector

Iraq is famous for its constant war with USA

AfghanistanWhen I arrived to

Afghanistan my father comented that it had changed so much.

Afghanistan giant Buddha statues of Bamiyan were distroyed

The temperature of Afghanistan was a too cold for my taste

I stayed at the Kabul Inter Continental which was a beautiful hotel

ConclutionI had so much fun in this trip i will like to

repeat it againI learn many interesting things about this

places, more about their culture, people, weather, etc.

I found out more about these places religions which is mostly Islamic

I learn about places that have suffer many devastations like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya