diary

Week one,

We came to Thailand on friday.We arived on friday although we left on thursday(because of the time change.)
A van picked us up at the airport.We drove to the hotel.(see information on hotels page.) We stayed at the hotel for four nights.Tuesday morning we took a second class train to Lopburi. Lopburi is known for its monkeys. The monkeys were all over the streets. A monkey ran after me. I lost intrest in them at that point.We looked for a market but  we went to  a restraunt instead. Then we walked to the hotel. Next morning we took a train to Tak.When we finished  we took a rat hole of a bus to Sukothai.Yesterday we were in Thailand exactly one week.W3e ent to the ruins and today is our last day in Sukothai.

week two,

We got on the bus to Chiang Mai it took forever and we had two stops.The bus was double decker and I finally broke in to one of the storys on my I pod. Finally we got to Chiang Mai and dad hagled with a taxi driver.We got to the guest house okay and we went out to the sunday market. If you go to the sunday market make sure you dont go with sombody who likes to shop.The next day we stayed home and did a math lesson. The third day we went to the temple. We talked with a monk who had been a monk for 10 years and would be a monk for 5 more years.Then we went to the worst smothie place(you drink alot of smothies a lot of smothies here becauser it is so hot).On the fourth day,we took a tour to Mae sa elephant camp and we saw the elephant show. we went top the Mae sa waterfalls.Could not go in because of my stitches.We then went to the snake show and I cried many times because they made it so scary. We then went to a place where you could sit and play with a tiger.It was to expensive. Next day we changed hotels to dads favorite hotel of all time now.We had another school day. Yesterday we did a cooking school and tomorrow morning (night your time) we will go to the elephant camp for a week to volanteer.


Week three,

We got up at the hotel (Pak Chiang Mai)and had breakfast .Mom was not feeling good so she lay down and the rest of us went to mke final preparations for the week of volunteering.When we got back mom was in the van and ready to go.We went to the Elephant Nature Park office.Mom and dad had to sine some papers.
The whole family got our shirts and water bottels and we hit the road.We saw a documentary about elephant abuse.When we got to the park we wre introduced to Hin,Eak,Nat and Chet our co ordinaters.Nat brought us to our room (the nursry hut) and we settled in.Before that we had fed the elephants and bathed them.We had lunch before that to.
    The tipical day at the Elephant Nature Park started with a morning chore.Elephant food was when you took about one billion melons off the shelves and washed them.Housekeeping was where we swept and took out recycling. Elephant poo was where you shoveled poo.Cutting corn was where you nap down a whole feild of corn at the stem.If you were cutting corn you got the whole day off after. your next job was any job that needed to be done.This was called morning project. Elephant feeding time was next and after that, lunch.You washed elephants after that and then another odd job wich they called after noon project.You had free time until dinner.After dinner there was a evening event.Every day was like this with the exeption of  friday and sunday (when we left). On friday we went to a hill tribe because the park voluteers had helped build there temple so they had a festival to thank the park.
Now we are back at Pak Chiang Mai and tomorow we go to a place called Pai.


Week four (end of month one),

The next day we"went"to Pai.It took seven hours although it was suposed to take three.We got on 1096 instead of 1095.We had rented a car.We went with a woman who we met at The Elephant Nature Park. When we got to Pai,Michelle took a long time finding a hotel.We were staying at a tree house.The next day we rented motor bikes.We went to the local pool Fluid. After that we left we went to check out the hot springs.Since we had the bikes for 24 hours we decided to go to the hot springs the next day.That night we changed hotels that night.We went to the fish spa.The next morning we went to the hot springs.Then we went for a shake and drove (the right way) to Chiang Mai. That night we flue back to Bangkok.We spent two nights in Bangkok.Saturday night,we hoped a plane to Kohwala Lumpur Malaysia.We stayed over night in the airport hotel.We went to a Starbucks for breakfast go figure.Malaysia airlines is my favorate airlines.It has seats of many diferent colors and the atendents wear traditional Malysian clothing. We got on a plane to China.The fight was five hours and forty five minutes.Finally we arived at BCIA Beijing capital Internacional Airport.we were freezing after Thailand's warmth.We arived at the guest house.We had a crazy dinner because we knew nothing about eating skills.


Week five,

Our first day in china we got up at about twelve in the morning we got breakfast at the hostel and I lisened to my Ipod.We finally got up and went to the bus station nearby.I was definetly sick.We had been told about this plac called Xidan and went up to floor seven to have lunch.We were sort of forced to go to this place called Hai Di Lao because we walked in to look at the menu and they seated us and gave us hot face cloths.After we were going to walk to Tian amen square but after we got a little ways we (or at least I)began to feel sick again.Everybody was cold so we indulged it by getting milk shakes at Mc.Donalds.The next day we lazyed out more and I wrote last week's blog entry. We got on the line four of the Beijing (I love spelling that word)subway to Xidan station.We were going to go to tian amen square first but we decided to go get warm clothes at the silk market.Boy,its crazy,Every body is pulling you into their shops and saying"I give you special price look".You get the Idea.We never made it to the Tian Amen square that day. Next day,we took the subway to the Forbiden City.In old china it was a city that only royalties or soldiers were welcome.Now ofcourse,it is totaly open to the public.It is a interesting place full of chinese buildings.The chinese believed that their sloping rofes wich make their buildings so unique, kept off evil spirts. We did make it to Tian Amen square that day.The next day we stayed at the hotel and had a home school work day.That night we went to the acrobatic show.It is so amazing. All the acrobats started as humans but soon were a series of shapeless thing that were contantly moving.They turned themselves bake to humans at the snap of a finger.Friday we got u early and got on a bus where they served foul MC.Donalds egg sandwiches.It was a tour to Jinsaling great wall and we got on the wall and began to hike.We hiked six miles of the wall and it took us 4 1/2 hours to do it then we got to Simatai.Me,Charlie,Mae,Mom and dad took a zipline,a boat and a mini bus to lunch.Aidan, just a mini bus. The next day we went to a place called the dirt market and got Me a stamp with my name in Chinese and charlie a dagger.Next day we got up early again and went to the airport on the subway. We took Grand China air lines to Guilins seemingly shut down airport.


Week six (written a day early),

On our first day in Yangshuo,we went to breakfast late.I did not really like what I got.(two pieces of toast one with eggs and one with cheese with a cup of tea.)After that,we went back to our room and lounged.Mom and my siblings went on a walk into town.Me and dad stayed home and while dad worked I sat around and did nothing. On the second day,we rented bikes and rode to the dock.We got on bamboo rafts and shoved off into the flow.After about two minuets we reached some rapids. We jumped in the water and swam to our other raft. There were some more rapids. We got off the raft and returned to our bikes.(They had been brought on trucks.)We rode to a cave's ticket office. We got a mini bus to the cave.It was so cool. We went in a boat thrue a tiny opening and rode into the mountain. We got off and went to a mud pool.There was a slide and we all got super muddy.Then we went to a under ground river to wash off and we walked along it to get out.Next day we went to town.We walked on a mud track.When we got to town,we walked around and found a restaurant called Kelly's.We got milk shakes and very American food. We went to a book store slash cafe. We read and got drinks. Mom sayes we are going to India. The next day we went to a fan painting school. The teacher met us outside our car and we walked into a market. We went down to his workshop and began to practice. We took a break to have lunch.After that,we began our real thing . It turned out great. The next day we went on a Hike.We climbed up a cliff to a Plateau and climed down onto the path to town. We called the hotel because there dog had followed us.They came and picked it up. We walked into town and had some truble finding a restaraunt. After that we went to a computer store for dad. Today we are having a quite day today. We think we will go to town. Tomorow we go to Xian.




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