A Year to Remember!

Jordan, June, 2015

Thailand, June 2015

Laos, July 2015

Indonesia, August 2015

Palau, September 2015

Singapore, September 2015

India, October 2015

Bhutan, October 2015

Myanmar, November 2015

Cambodia, December 2015

Vietnam, January 2016

Australia, January 2016

New Zealand, February 2016

Samoa, March 2016

Chile, March 2016

Mexico, April 2016

USA, May 2016

Peace on Earth

There is a first for everything

This week was fantastic. We saw a shark bigger than my dad! We went to a place called Crabby. We stayed one night but then decided to go to a place near it. It is not an island but you have to take a boat to get there because it is surrounded by big intense cliffs and boulders. It's called Relay beach. We stayed there for 2 nights then moved on to an island nearby. It is a lot bigger than Relay beach. I loved it, not quite as much as Relay beach but I still loved it. The first day we were there we went for a scuba dive. The visibility was incredible.  The variations of fish expanded every time I turned my head.  We saw a turtle twice, and 2 lobsters. The person I did it with was perfect. I had no trouble with my ears. After that we rented a kayak and paddled out to some cliffs with a fishing pole hanging out the back of the boat. We had no luck but we were still satisfied by the beautiful orange sun setting behind the thin clouds. We got to the beach and got a drink at a bar.  Sitting next to us was a guy drunk as heck with an old guy with LONG dreadlocks, and a lady singing along to a Bob Marley song. We decided that tomorrow we  would move to another place. A place with dugongs!  Super excited!  

Mira

When I Realized

This week, not one day I didn't go swimming. I also got my diving license. I am going to talk about When I Realized.

It was a windy Saturday. The waves were huge and the tides were high. I jumped on a small blue rubber boat, and put on a soggy orange life jacket. We drove for about 2 minutes, and arrived at the scuba boat.  We hopped on and handed our life jackets to the guy on the smaller boat. I turned around and saw dozens of scuba tanks.

That is when I realized that I was about to learn how to breath under water!

I know it sounds silly, but this is the only time I really thought about it.

After that, while diving, it felt different.  It felt much different. It felt like I was flying in a slow motion video, like I was in space with coral, and fish. It felt like I was an alien on my zero gravity planet. It felt, AMAZING!

Mira

Adventure

This week was an adventure. In Laos on Wednesday, we kayaked on the mighty Mekong. We paddled and paddled until our arms were practically noodles.

We pulled to shore and started walking along the beach. I look up from the sand and saw what looked like a moving rock. We got closer and I realized that those moving rocks were elephants! I ran to see if what I saw was true and it was!

After that we got to ride the elephants, on the way we saw some interesting fruits and decided to taste them. There were some good ones and some not so good ones, but in all, it was an unforgettable experience.  Then after we rode the elephants, we bathed them. It was a blast, however it felt like 2 minutes but really was hours! You know what they say, time flies when you're having fun!

Then we went to some water falls and saw butterflies.

The day after that, Friday, we traveled some more. The day after that we went tubing. The day after that, we traveled ALOT, and then we finally arrived here in Pattaya, Thailand! We relaxed by the pool. We went out to dinner, but that night was an eye opener to the whole world - every piece was put in its place, but I am working on forgetting about it.

Mira

Tropical Bugs

In keeping with Mira's last blog, here is a set of photos of some of the more interesting bugs we've seen in northern Thailand and southwestern Laos...

Just for you, Billy, fried bugs:

Nadia