Marco Polo: Dennis and Francias Style by Caroline Broersma https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd Made with swagger en-us 2017-11-20 21:17:20 UTC 2017-11-21 20:26:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png Jerusalem 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208900319 Jerusalem
  • Denis and Francis collected some of the same oil Polo had on Easter Sunday
  • This Holy land created a vivid imagination of what the trip was going to be like
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  • When they docked it reminded them of New York harbor
  • They visited hotels where travelers could spend the night safely with their pack animals
  • This is where the tradition of getting into the local newspaper started and it opened up doors to new opportunities
  • They didn’t spend any money there because of the welcomeness of the people 
]]> 2017-11-20 21:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208900407 Iran 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208900434 Iran
  • Denis and Francis explained to the Iranian ambassador that their trip was non-political and the ambassador told them that their visas would be in Turkey
  • They spent 6 weeks for visas before the embassy told them no
  • Denis and Frances thought it would’ve been the end of the project
  • They changed their path and they would figure out later how to get into Iran
  • Marco Polo never had this problem because he never needed a visa
]]> 2017-11-20 21:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208900434 Persia/Uzbekistan 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208900936 Persia/Uzbekistan
  • They spent 2 weeks on a train
  • No other foreigners were there
  • The people were very excited when they saw Denis and Francis and asked where they were from
  • The people required a different visa for every city Denis and Francis visited
  • They couldn’t go through the border guards 
  • They forged the visa for crossing the Friendship bridge to Afghanistan
  • All they had to do was pay a fine 


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  • They ate every part of a lamb that was edible
  • They received a letter from a warlord that happened to be the leader, Commander Attah
  • 25 bodyguards went with Denis and Francis to protect them’
  • They learned the difference between the gunshots (a celebration or a fight)
  • Little children had guns 
]]> 2017-11-20 21:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208901078 Balkh 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208901187 Balkh
  • The city was as Marco Polo described it
  • Before they left they checked in with the state department and everywhere they went was very dangerous 
  • Denis wondered whether or not to turn back
]]> 2017-11-20 21:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208901187 Walkhan Corridor 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208901529 Wakhan Corridor
  • A forgotten passage to China and seldom traveled
  • One slip could mean death
  • It is very cold and even with heavy blankets someone was still frozen
  • It’s a land time forgot and it’s about a 12 day trip
  • Marco Polo made this exact same trip more than likely the same way Francis and Denis are
  • It starts at about 9,000 ft above sea level and then rises to about 25,000 ft; the mountains are called the roof of the world
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  • Silk road oasis
  • Some people are fighting for independence
  • People lived off of the market in many different ways
  • After Francis had his head shaved he received one of the warmest coats
Taklimakan Desert
  • Means you go in and you don’t come out
  • It took them to get camels
  • The natives wrote names on their doors to basically keep track of who was in the household
  • Dennis and Francis stood up to military guys in China
  • They went through a restricted area where the Chinese did nuclear testing
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  • The people there were having a real tough time living and when Francis and Denis arrived the people were questioning who they were, where they came from and the people despised them and threw insults
  • Francis and Denis hated it there because of how they were being treated by the natives
]]> 2017-11-20 21:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208901976 Mongolia 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902046 Mongolia
  • Marco Polo wrote more about Mongolian life than Chinese life
  • They were very welcoming to Dennis and Francis
  • Mongolians killed the sheep the same way Polo said they did in his book
  • They have 22 different types of milk products
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  • The food there felt exquisite compared to what they had been eating after weeks in the desert
  • When Francis took a shower there was about ⅛ of an in. at the bottom of the tub
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  • The people there called them “Big nose” and “Foreign Devil”
  • Francis got sick of being their
]]> 2017-11-20 21:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902310 Yunnan 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902422 I couldn't get notes for this place]]> 2017-11-20 21:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902422 Tibet 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902450 Tibet
  • Francis said it was like traveling to OZ (Wizard of OZ)
  • Coral and shells are expensive and only idols and some women wear them
  • After they did a radio broadcast P&O shipping company brought them to their next stop and all the way to India
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  • There used to be cannibalism in Sumatra
  • Males and females are covered in tattoos and the more they had the more good looking they were
  • The natives were hesitant to give Francis a tattoo but gave one to him in the end
  • Francis and Denis enjoyed roughing it but they did miss the simple life every now and again
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  • Dennis and Francis made a desperate plea to the Iranian Embassy to let them through
  • Finally, Francis and Dennis were allowed in and they were basically the first Americans there since 1979
  • Francis and Dennis found out if they talked to people they might be killed
  • The square that was full of people were shouting “Death to America” and burning the flag
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  • Took about 6-9 days to get birth for the ship on land
  • It is a great sin to travel by ship because people who travel that way are considered pirates
  • Dennis had his fortune read and it said that he will die at 75, he will have a supporting wife, and strong children
  • Francis called his mother for the first time in months and found out his father died. They dedicated the entire trip to him
  • The culture here is extremely similar to what it was when Marco Polo visited

    • ]]>     2017-11-20 21:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902612     Venice 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902624 Venice
    • When Francis and Dennis traveled there they were thankful they didn’t have to think about anything
    • Their parents and family were there to see them
    • Lots of people were taking pictures
    • Francis and Dennis made it their goal to bring back the same things Marco Polo did
    • They got to look at Marco Polo’s will
    ]]>     2017-11-20 21:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/208902624     Where I want to go 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/209150396 I would love to go to Mongolia because the people there seem very welcoming and kind]]> 2017-11-21 15:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/209150396 Lesson They Learned 20ckb01 https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/209151264 The lesson Francis and Denis might have learned was that not everyone has a perfect life and that innocent people die everyday. So American should live our lives to the fullest and never say your have it horrible before you look at life for others around the world]]> 2017-11-21 15:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20ckb01/lzcmj67uemd/wish/209151264