Mui Ne

We’ve been at the beach in Mui Ne, Viet Nam for about a week. It’s really nice! Our dad goes kiteboarding everyday and he’s really happy about that. We hang out on the beach, at the pool, and in our room watching tv (cable! Discovery Channel! Cartoon Network! ESPN! Animal Planet!). We met a really nice girl named Phoebe who we play with every day. She’s from California, but has lived her whole life in Pakistan. It’s been very fun to play with a kid who speaks English and is not our sibling. She’s leaving here today. We’ll miss her.


I've been boogie-boarding a lot. It's very fun. Me and my dad also rented a jetski. That was SUPER fun.



A few days ago I got two pretty - very pretty - dresses. One is red and has barely any sleeves. The other is blue and has long sleeves. Me and my new friend Phoebe played a game and in the game we wore the dresses. Here are a few pictures of us.



Yesterday, we all went to the sand dunes.


The sand dunes are giant mountains of sand with almost no footprints. It looks almost like yellowy white cement. There is also a lake there and a kind of oasis area. We got to ride horses there (but only for about 10 minutes). Then we played by the lake. We also got to play with a really cute monkey. When I squatted down, it came and sat on my lap. The monkey was on a chain. It seemed like they were treating the monkey pretty well, but it’s still kind of sad. It’s like the elephant at the internet shop. Kind of sad, but really neat to see up close.






We're here a few more days, then back to Bangkok and then the land. It'll be nice to get back to the land.

Vacation From Our Vacation

We're in Bangkok again for a few days. It's really cold in Phu Rhua right now - sweaters, jackets, hats, socks. So we're going to Viet Nam for two weeks to a beach called Mui Ne. We'll post more when we get back. We hope we can watch Mr. Obama's inauguration on satellite TV from there. love, all of us

I Hate Crocs

I hate crocs. They are plastic and they don’t feel good. So I made a boat out of one. Here it is. Like it?
-julie

Ever More Bugs

My parents know an entymologist who spent time in Thailand studying bugs. We know why he was here. Here are some more amazing bugs of Thailand. - arjuna

Blind Girl

I read a book about Helen Keller a few weeks ago. Here is a picture of her I drew. She is reading a book in Braille. My mom asked me to do some writing of if I were blind. Here is what I wrote:

Black as well as black. Nothing else to see in my dark enclosed world. I have found to feel vibrations. I have found to smell the plants to make out the different kinds.

In day it’s night, in night it’s night. All dark. No color when my eyes are open, no color when my eyes are closed.

I ask my mother, “What do you see?”
-julie