Navigate A2 Unit 8 Adventure Holidays

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holidays are a great way to see new

places

but while some people want to go

sightseeing

or relax on the beach

others prefer exciting adventure

holidays

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they hike through mountains

go trekking across the desert

or ride boats through dangerous waters

sarah darby is one of these people

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sarah is from oxford in the united

kingdom

she took three months holiday from work

and went on a cycling trip in south

america

i journeyed to patagonia and starting

off in ishwara which is the southernmost

city in on earth i flew my bicycle out

from britain to

to ushuaia

and i wanted to cycle the karatera

austral

the karatera austral

is a

1240 kilometer long

highway it runs through patagonia and

chile

and goes through some of the most remote

areas in the world

so why did sarah decide to go

there i decided to go to patagonia

because it was a an opportunity to go to

a different continent um and i just

thought well you know patagonia is a

dream place to go to if you like remote

and wild places

one of sarah's favorite things about the

journey

was the scenery

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the landscape was amazing

and the colors changed all the time

from red to orange

yellow green

and even grey

but that wasn't the only thing she liked

about the journey the other thing that

amazed me about the place was the people

they're really really generous and you

know they often buy you coffee or a bowl

of chips or even lunch you know

after a whole day of cycling they kind

of want to help you out and

yeah the people are amazing

but cycling through this beautiful but

empty landscape wasn't easy

i read a lot of horror stories before i

went about the the karate austral it's a

very lonely empty road there's hardly

any traffic on it

the road was in a very bad condition

and she fell off her bike a lot of times

she sometimes had to push the bike which

wasn't easy

the whole bike weighed 46 kilograms

so it's heavy

and i'm not i'm you know for quite a fit

strong person i think but it was yeah it

was difficult

sarah wanted to cycle the entire highway

but she only had three months

and she wanted to see a lot of places

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so what other kind of transport did she

use

chile's very very long country and i

really wanted to get to the very

northern tip and see the atacama desert

as well so

after cycling

i left my bike in san diego and i used

overnight buses

i did use pickup trucks when when i

needed to

i also used boats

and i took a flight

to easter island

as the very last thing

sarah traveled from the southern tip of

patagonia to the atacama desert in

northern chile

it was an incredible journey

with lots of amazing things to do and

see

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