Paper chasing

• Please complete health/vaccines and permission slips right now before we start.

• Have you provided…– Passport front page to Mr. Smith?– Contact details in emergency,

including if you think you may be away? Cell phone best.

– Medical details?• Final payments by 19th September

to finance office.

TGS Amazon field trip 2008

Itinerary…

• Sunday 29th Sept – get to Auckland Airport by 5:30pm at the latest. Meet outside the Aerolineas Argentinas check in area. Ensure you see your group leader (i.e. Mrs Evans, Mrs. Wynn or Mr. Hodson).

• Plane departs at 8:00pm.

Itinerary cont…

• Plane arrives at Buenos Aires at 4pm local time on 29th September.

• Departs for Rio de Janeiro at 7pm. We will not be leaving the airport.

• Arrive Rio de Janeiro 10pm 29th September. Transfer to hotel and sleep.

Itinerary cont…

30th September.• Breakfast provided at hotel• Tour departs at 9 am. Eight

hour tour of sites of Rio, lunch provided.

• We will fend for ourselves for dinner that evening. You will need Brazilian Real.

Itinerary cont…

1st October.• Depart for airport approx. 8am.• Plane departs for Manaus at 10am.• Arrive Manaus 2pm.• Transfer to lodge will take approx.

1 hour by bus and 2 hours by canoe.

• Arrive at lodge approx. 6pm• Settle in, have dinner and listen to

jungle.

Itinerary cont…

• Divide into 3 or 4 groups and over next four days do a series of organised excursions to see animals and plants or visit locals.

Itinerary cont…

5th October.• After breakfast, we will leave

the Malocas jungle lodge with a regional boat, going down the river to a fantastic lake area full of birds and fishes ( even dolphins ...)

• Dinner and Night onboard boat in hammocks.

Itinerary cont…6th October.• After breakfast on boat we join the

Amazon River through a little canal heading to the meeting of the waters and the January national Park.

• Lunch on a floating restaurant.• Arrival in the Manaus Harbour

around 6 pm.• Transfer to the airport at around

1am for 4am flight to Sao Paulo.

Itinerary cont…

7th October.• Arrive Sao Paulo at 8:30am. We

will not be leaving the airport.• Depart Sao Paulo at 10am.• Arrive Buenos Aires at 1:30pm.

We have a choice.

Itinerary cont…

• Buenos Aires:– 10 hours sitting at airport.OR– Bus tour at cost of USD $55 plus

departure tax

Itinerary cont…

• Depart Buenos Aires for Auckland at 11:55pm 7th October.

• Arrive Auckland 5:30am 9th October.

Itinerary cont…

• Back from Auckland Airport.– Arrival at 5:30am– Probably finish processing etc. by

6:30am, though it is apparently very quick now.

– Bus to TGS or parent pickup.

Calendar of eventsDay Date Events

1 28-Sep Leave Auckland - cross dateline

2 28-Sep Arrive Rio

3 29-Sep Day in Rio

4 30-Sep Travelling to Lodge

5 1-Oct Lodge

2-Oct Lodge

6 3-Oct Lodge

7 4-Oct Lodge

8 5-Oct Downriver by boat

9 6-Oct Downriver by boat

10 7-OctDepart Manaus in early morning, afternoon/evening in Buenos

Aires

11 8-Oct Cross dateline - skip day

12 9-Oct Arrive Auckland

Packing…

• For Rio you will need; – Casual clothes for one full day.– A day pack, or School bag type

bag, for carrying around your gear.

– Toiletries – Togs– Towels are provided at the lodge

and in the hotel.– Sunscreen and a hat– Camera if you have one

Packing…• For the Jungle you will need

– Tennis shoes (sneakers) or decent walking shoes.– Evening clothes to change into (Permethrin treated?).– Comfortable shoes like sandals or crocs (DEET may melt).– 3 x tee shirts and 1 x long sleeve (cotton) shirt .– 1 Long trousers and 2 shorts.– 3 x socks ( long enough to tuck your trousers in to if you want to ).– Sweatshirt in case of cold times.– Torch and batteries (no easily available electricity remember).– Togs.– Light, rain protection ... $2 poncho.– Mosquito net optional.– Mosquito repellent (40% with sunscreen is fine – 80% if worried).– Binoculars if you have them (Kathmandu).

Packing…

• For the plane you may need– Warm clothing on plane as it gets

cold– Neck cushion

• Happy flying ideas.– Knock yourself out and sleep. It is

a 13 hour flight.– Ear plugs, i-Pod, Gameboy, book.– It is a Spanish speaking airline so

don’t expect English movies.

Vaccination booklet

• Ensure it is in with your passport. No booklet, no entry.

• Use the plastic slip from Travel Clinic to keep passport and vaccination book together.

• Complete your rabies antibody level if you haven’t filled it in yet.

Rules and regulations on trip• You MUST tell your group leader before

disappearing somewhere.• No-one is allowed out alone, groups of

three minimum.• School rules and expectations apply at

all times.• Anyone caught doing anything

inappropriate can expect full ramifications.

• This is not NZ. There are other risks so use your brain first.

Groups and leaders

• Mrs. Evans – Yr 12 Geography

• Mrs. Wynn – Yr 12 Biology

• Mr. Hodson – Yr 13’s.

There are some swaps between these groups.

Room lists – who is sleeping with who.• 1. Bianca Wildish, Sophie Lovell, Kyra Topp• 2. Michael Sherell, Degan Wye• 3. Christie Pope, Emily Draper• 4. Claudia Thompson, Kate McRobie• 5. Laura Burley, Lucy Korn• 6. James Burton, Chris Clubb, Sam Cox,• 7. Tristan Dashwood, Milton Barber• 8. Avalon Hermans, Lauren Cornish, Marija

Bonderovic, • 9. Anneke de Bie, Sarah Clough• 10. Jacob Hesketh, Tim Pickerill, Tamati Tupaea• 11. Lucy Colmar-Jones, Ji Yeon Kim, Kyoko

Hasumi

Recharging electrical devices.• Brazil has 110-240V depending on

area. Check the transformer on your item if it can handle this range.

• BIG Memory cards for camera can be bought at duty free before you leave.

• Take spare battery, if you have one, just in case.

• No easy electricity at the lodge so recharge everything before you leave Rio.

Recharging electrical devices.• Not everyone needs an adapter for

their plugs. Brazil uses type A, B, C or I plugs.

• Type I is NZ plug.• Type A+B

– Type A has no earth pin

• Type C

Downtime

• There will be downtime in some evenings. You may wish to bring cards or something else to occupy some time.

• A notebook and pen would be good for a diary or old school blog.

Money

• Brazilian Real is approx. 1:.8 with NZD.– Recommend R50 - 100 or so for

souvenirs and dinner in Rio de Janeiro.• Argentinean peso is 2:1 with NZD

– Recommend ArgP50 -100 for souvenirs and dinner in Buenos Aires.

• Lots of cash can be dangerous. Based on the maximum of these recommendations you could take NZD$150 of foreign currency.

Questions?