Well, here I am! Week two of travelling around the world virtually!
In case you – like myself – you forgot what exactly Week Two was supposed to entail, here is the travel layout that I laid out in my post a couple of weeks ago:
Week 2: “Travel” to Petra, Jordan and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Challenges:
- Find out one really unique fact about Petra.
- Pick out your favourite watery creature that you saw while “diving” at the Great Barrier Reef.
On Saturday, I posted a poll on my Instagram to see which destination I should travel to first for week two of my travels. After leaving it to the voters for a time, I came back to find that I was destined to travel to the Great Barrier Reef first! I saw beautiful coral and fish in some amazing underwater pictures, and even got an underwater tour courtesy of a turtle with a camera attached to him! My favourite part of my travels that day was definitely seeing the ocean through the eyes of a turtle – it was truly a unique experience! On Monday, I found myself discovering the different sea creatures of the Great Barrier Reef. I was trying to find my favourite “watery creature” to complete the Travel Challenge for the Great Barrier Reef. Finally, I found the perfect creature – the Mantis Shrimp! This little guy is so intense! At only ten centimetres longs, the Mantis Shrimp does not seem intimidating at first, but do not underestimate them – they are powerful predators!
To find out more about these amazing creatures, check out this link:
https://www.barrierreef.org/the-reef/animals/mantis-shrimp?fbclid=IwAR2rxipyf1QWT3cSrtZwnCKt6TuZpzVr6tP9TbNfTVbMY2YsACyPIFi4ek8
Tuesday, I “travelled” to Petra, Jordan. I was especially excited about exploring this fascinating city, because ever since I first saw pictures of the Rose City, I wanted to visit it! I found it so intriguing and mysterious, and wanted to know more. My virtual expedition gave me just such a chance. On both Tuesday and Wednesday, I saw some spectacular pictures of Petra. Today, I read up on some of Petra’s history, as well as some different facts about Petra, Jordan. To complete my other Travel Challenge, I found a unique fact about Petra, which was that the city is 85% unexplored by archeologists! I found this fascinating, and think that it makes this the Rose City seemingly all the more mysterious! I also went on a virtual tour of Petra, which was also really interesting. Not only was it a virtual 360 tour, but it was an aerial tour as well, which I found gave a really amazing perspective to the city.
I had fun exploring both The Great Barrier Reef and Petra, Jordan this week! Although very different places, both of these tourist locations had very unique and spectacular sights to see and adventures to offer. I cannot wait to see what I will discover during next week’s “travels”!