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    Life Of Pi And Life Of Pi

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    A boy lost at sea and a man captured by pirates, who knew they could be so similar? Both of these characters experience hardships, that they have to overcome. Pi is a boy from The Life of Pi who got stranded in the middle of the ocean and Phillip Ashton is a man who was captured by pirates in 1722 but escapes and waits in the Caribbean until he is saved. In the novel Life of Pi, the main character Pi is similar to the castaway Philip Ashton because they both survive tragic incidents, lose their families

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    Roatan Research Paper

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    Bay Islands consist of the three islands of Roatan, Guanaja, and Utila as well as the smaller islands of Barbareta, Morat, St. Helena, plus 53 cays. These form a small archipelago which lies along the world’s second largest barrier reef. Roatan is its jewel, and the largest at 45 miles long and about three miles wide. The island, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1502, is the top of a granite mountain rising from the sea. This gives Roatan its lush, hilly landscape, which offers dramatic

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    LIVING ZONES The area around Roatan and the Bay Islands is considered to be a Tropical Humid Forest. This area of life is restricted to narrow lowlands and covers coastal plains. The flora that integrates the vegetation of the area has characteristics and morphological features which include trees, shrubs, and grasses; as well as an evergreen, deciduous phenology. VEGETABLE ECOSYSTEMS Mangroves estuaries, coastal lagoons, and Mangrove wetlands are found throughout Roatan and its surrounding islands

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    As a result, they become lazy and they take the easy way by stealing and use many other ways to make money. One woman from the U.S. was attacked after she traveled to Roatan on Carnival Cruise-line to dive. Here are her comments,"I ..i am female..came to roatan to dive and was basically attacked by 3 local men on this island. They assaulted me then robbed me... I heard them discussing kidnapping me for a ransom..or selling me to a slave market...to be taken out

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    Roatán Island off the edge of Guatemala has recently discovered a five-mile-long pile of trash. The heavy rains from the hurricanes this past fall is where this trash has come from. Guatemala’s government doesn’t have a formal garbage collection. Roatán Island is located about fifteen miles off the edge of Guatemala. Trash pollution is becoming worse and worse in the Caribbean. Trash in ocean is harming more than 600 species worldwide. From what we can tell from the photos of the trash in Roatán

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    Abstract “They Are Taking our Culture Away” by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou and Dimitrios Theodossopoulos discusses the Garifuna community and their struggle with cultural commodification and how their community handles and tries to fix it. Throughout “They are Taking our Culture Away” Elisabeth and Dimitrios looked at the many ways the Garifuna are being commodified. Within this paper what they researched will also be discussed and also what can be done to help preserve this culture. Commodification as

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    Honduras Research Paper

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    part of the country. Three other important cities in Honduras are San Pedro Sula, Danlí, and Roatan. I chose San Pedro Sula as an important city because it is the second largest city in Honduras. Also, it is located in Northern Honduras. I chose Danlí as an important city because is the smallest city, and has the smalled population. Danlí is located in Southern Honduras. The last place I chose is Roatan, I chose it because it is the biggest of Honduras’ bay islands. It is located North of Honduras

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    definitely say that I am Nick; the curious, passionate and humorous, Nick. My passion is expressed as my curiosity-driven love for exploration. This compelling force has driven me to many new experiences, including a marine biology field study in Roatan, Honduras. The first step was to earn my

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    Republica de Honduras, also known as Honduras is visited by tens of thousands of people every year, regardless of having the highest crime rate in the world. One of the most visited islands in Roatan. The main language is Spanish and some of the Immigrant languages include Arabic, Armenian, Turkish, and Yue Chinese. Three major geographical regions include the interior platue of hills and mountains, the Caribbean lowlands, and the Pacific lowlands. The interesting country of Honduras is filled with

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    This is what the airplane in my mandala represents. Traveling is something i wish i could do the rest of my life. I have been to Roatan, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas. Roatan was my favorite place of them all. I wish i would have never come back and i want to move there and live in my dad's beach house. A couple places i want to go are africa, bora bora, and italy. When i graduate high school i

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