Road To Rio Carnival

ROAD TO RIO CARNIVAL Home to the oldest known dinosaur species, the ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES Eoraptor (230 million years ago) is often called the "Paris of South America" Iguazu Falls could fill. 45,000 BATH TUBS each second in wet season OMAZON 20% Earth's oxygen comes ANDES Both tomatoes & potatoes originated in the Andes from the Amazon Rainforest CHILE NO RAIN FOR 40 YEARS The Atacama Desert has one of the longest recorded dry spells 1,300 VOLCANOES Chile has over 1,300 volcanoes & some are still active PERU BOLIVIA 5,000: man navy, but no coastline PERU The only country whose name can be typed on a single row of letters on a keyboard/typewriter GUINEA PIG? Peru's national dish is 'Cuy'. Roasted guinea pig, served whole, with the head & feet intact THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS are where Charles Darwin noticed the diversity of species began to study evolution ECUADOR The national flower is the rose COLOMBIA The most deadly creature is Kokoi frog. One millionth of an ounce of its venom can kill a man BOGOTA Has the most extensive network of cycle routes out of every city in Latin America LINGERIE Colombia is the 3rd leading producer of women's lingerie e world in the w is the most visited city in RIO the Southern Hemisphere BRAZIL RIO CARNIVAL The stars on Brazil's flag represent the night sky over Rio on 15th Nov 1889, the date of the proclamation of the Brazilian republic BRAZIL Has won most of its Olympic medals in volleyball & sailing 2 MILLION + people are on the streets every day during the carnival Camival marks the BEGINNING OF LENT, the 40 day sacrifice before Easter Carnival creates 1/4 MILLION JOBS & generates £420 MILLION for local hotels, restaurants & bars ***....... Some of the samba schools are expected to spend up to £3 MILLION JOIN THE PARTY! on outfits & preparations References: 01. http://thinkglobalschool.org/seven-interesting-facts-about-argentinal 02: http:www.enforex.com/buenos-aires-facts.html 03: http://worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-travel-blog/posts/ten-interesting-facts-about-iguacu-falls 04: http://www.potato2008.org/en/potato/origins.html 05: http://ecolocalizer.com/2011/07/20/21-tropical-amazon-rainforest-facts/ 06: http://truenomads.com/26-interesting-facts-about-chile/ 07: http://truenomads.com/26-interesting-facts-about-chile/ 08: http://www.wakkipedia.com/WEIRD-FACTS-ABOUT-BOLIMA/ 09: http://www.wakkipedia.com/WEIRD-FACTS-ABOUT-PERU 10: http://alibi.com/blog/s/travel/31337/Fun-And-Not-So-Fun-Facts-About-Peru.html 11: http://truenomads.com/17-interesting-facts-about-ecuadorl 12: http://truenomads.com/17-interesting-facts-about-ecuador 13: http://www.wakkipedia.com/WEIRD-FACTS-ABOUT-COLOMBIAI 14 http://www.seebrentgo.com/2011/08/interesting-facts-about-colombia.html 15: http://www.mantarayatravel.com/blog/10-astonishing-facts-about-colombia 16: http://flagspot.net/flags/br_astro.html DRAGOMAN www.dragoman.com 17: http://braziltheguide.wordpress.com/the-facts/fun-facts-about-brazil/ 18: http://braziltheguide.wordpress.com/the-facts/fun-facts-about-brazil/ 19: http://www.sambadrome.com/rio-carnival/ 20: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/southamericaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-SouthAmerica14.htm 21: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sunday-mix/Twenty_Facts_About_Rio_Carnival-190556011.html 22: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/rio-carnival-2013-20-things-1594692 IGUAZU FALLS ------ .------.