Hi
I have been without an Internet connection since leaving Jennifer's. Kathryn & I spent 2 weeks at an ashram. Up at dawn for prayer, meditation,chanting, yoga for two hours, lunch, sitting on the floor, eating with our hands just like the natives. Lecture at 2, yoga for 2 hrs. Dinner, ending the day with prayer, chanting, singing, etc. And a little sweet. I was sure I was going to starve to death but in actual fact managed to gain 3 lbs eating vegetarian. We went on 4 field trips. Went to the elephant preserve, bathed, fed, and rode the elephant. Went down to the southern tip of India, and saw where the bay of Bengal, Indian ocean and Arabian ocean meet. Then the next week we went to see the lions and a jungle hike. The high light of the jungle hike was, leeches, boy are they disgusting and a fabulous waterfall and pool to swim in. After the ashram we flew to Delhi and got in a car and saw 4 cities in 3 nights. Agra, Jaipur and old Delhi. We saw the Agra fort, the amber fort and the Taj Mahal. Rode an elephant again and took a lot of pictures of the taj, and various forts. In Jaipur, there was every kind of vehicle youcna imagine, camel pulling carts, bicycles pulling carts, women carrying sticks on their heads, tractors, cars, scooters, motor bikes, donkeys. The only thing I didn't see was a motorized wheel chair.
Now I am in Hanoi, Vietnam. Lots of people. There is a book called the Lonely Planet. I think it might be a misnomer. There are so many people in india and Vietnam it is unreal. The traffic is horrendous. The Vietnamese ride scooters. The women wear gloves long sleeved shirts that have an extra piece to cover theirnhands, and lots of people wear face masks. The air is terrible here. They wear a mask so they are not breathing the air, ourguide says it's mists that is causing the haze but in think it might be pollution as well. We have seen factories for shoes, glass and cannon printers. Last night we spent on a junk in Ha Long bay. Pretty spectacular landscapes. This trip is basically an Australian experience. 9 Australians, 1 American, and 2 Germans. We went to see the prison today where they imprisoned American pilots during the Vietnam war. I think during the war they called it the Hanoi Hilton and today there is a 5 star hotel named the Hanoi Hilton. That is where our taxi driver took us in the beginning. One of these days i will figure out how to add pictures. Actually I know how to add pictures, but for some reason when I trynto, the add picture is Greyed out and son there is no way to add them.
We are off on the train tonight. We have all bought a sleeping bag sheet to sleep on on the train. I hear it is going to be quite an experience.I hear that the worst part is the bathroom. I bought some hand sanitizer, and have some toilet paper, and 3 bottles of water, a baguette and some cheese. I am sure I won't starve. In the 4 & 5 star hotels we stayed in india there Internet came at a fee, in this 3 star hotel in Vietnam, the I tenet is free.
Showing posts with label scooters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scooters. Show all posts
Friday, October 21, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Still waiting
No baby yet! She's definitely being a contrarian. The reason we were in Dubai is because Jennifer thought
she was having contractions. We had a nice time there going to the water park, to the pool etc. First off their hasn't been a girl born in this family ever. So first girl, jennifer's boys arrived 6 weeks early. Her actual due date is sept. 25 but the Dr. Said if she
doesn't come on her own he will induce her around the 13th of September.
We went to "the club" today. A great place. Two pools for the children and a big pool for adults with 2 lanes
For lap swimming. Pool is 25 meters. A bit longer than 25 yards. We had the car washed there. The dry cleaners
is there. There is a beach and swimming in the sea. It's blocked off so big boats can't come into the area and there
are two docks to swim too. There is also beach side seating. They have a children's club area where they show
movies, and serve food. Tennis courts and today they had a bouncy castle for the children. Of course they serve
food for the adults, buffet and order from the menu.
It's been another hot day here around 100 f. They measure their temperature in Celsius and they said
It was 40. So it was gear to go to the club, they chill the water.
They had friends over for dinner. We had burgers cooked on the grill, with vanilla ice cream and blueberries!
We are going to watch a movie on Netflix!
I feel like I am in the twilight zone, because no paper is delivered so am unsure of the day, and their weeks
start on Sunday. Sunday is their Monday. The weekend starts on Thursday night. It just seems off to me.
Until we came back to Abu Dhabi, I never knew what time it was, no clocks! Of course if the Internet was up
I could look at the time on the iPad. The children are definitely earlybirds. No matter what time they go
to bed they are usually up by 6:30 in the morning.
Tomorrow I will download the picture of the Burge hotel and include it in my post. Remember it was the hotel
That looked like sailboat and tea was $139 per person.
she was having contractions. We had a nice time there going to the water park, to the pool etc. First off their hasn't been a girl born in this family ever. So first girl, jennifer's boys arrived 6 weeks early. Her actual due date is sept. 25 but the Dr. Said if she
doesn't come on her own he will induce her around the 13th of September.
We went to "the club" today. A great place. Two pools for the children and a big pool for adults with 2 lanes
For lap swimming. Pool is 25 meters. A bit longer than 25 yards. We had the car washed there. The dry cleaners
is there. There is a beach and swimming in the sea. It's blocked off so big boats can't come into the area and there
are two docks to swim too. There is also beach side seating. They have a children's club area where they show
movies, and serve food. Tennis courts and today they had a bouncy castle for the children. Of course they serve
food for the adults, buffet and order from the menu.
It's been another hot day here around 100 f. They measure their temperature in Celsius and they said
It was 40. So it was gear to go to the club, they chill the water.
They had friends over for dinner. We had burgers cooked on the grill, with vanilla ice cream and blueberries!
We are going to watch a movie on Netflix!
I feel like I am in the twilight zone, because no paper is delivered so am unsure of the day, and their weeks
start on Sunday. Sunday is their Monday. The weekend starts on Thursday night. It just seems off to me.
Until we came back to Abu Dhabi, I never knew what time it was, no clocks! Of course if the Internet was up
I could look at the time on the iPad. The children are definitely earlybirds. No matter what time they go
to bed they are usually up by 6:30 in the morning.
Tomorrow I will download the picture of the Burge hotel and include it in my post. Remember it was the hotel
That looked like sailboat and tea was $139 per person.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
No baby yet
Here we are waiting for baby, thankfully not sitting around on bed rest or in the hospital but out and about doing as much as possible with two boys in tow. I don't know how jennifer did it but the key board reappeared. Yeah!
We went to Aquadventure at Atlantis which is on The Palm. Both boys slid down the slides, with great abandon. Stefan didn't much like the big bucket when it dumps out. It's a lot of water dumping. Fortunately they ring a bell so you know when it's coming. I have been here a week.
It's Ramadan and what that means for us is that you can't eat or drink in public, or in your car. There are some restaurants open that have film on their windows, so that people on the outside can't see you eating and if you are inside you can see out. At the malls, no music was playing.We went to get our toes done, and jennifer had to go into the massage room to drink some water.
After it gets dark, the natives come out in their black dresses for the women and white dresses for the men.
Starbucks fills up, the restaurants are hopping, and you can buy popcorn at the movies!
Anders and I went to see Mr. Poppers penguins, jennifer and I went to see bridesmaids. Mr. Poppers penguins was much more entertaining.
We walk on the path in the back nearly every day. We measured it last night and it is about 1/4 of a mile. We are usually walking around 7:30. No sleeping in for this group. Anders rides his bike, Stefan rides his scooter and Jennifer and I walk. Sometimes, Cathy comes, she's the nanny, cook and all around wonderful person to have on staff.
The malls are big and have many levels. They usually have a playground for the children. Not like the play areas at some of the malls in Dallas. You have to pay to get into these play areas.
Dubai is also famous for the tallest building in the world. There is also a hotel here called the Burg (sp)! It looks like a sailboat. We were going to have tea there but it costs $135 per person for tea and that's the only way you can come in and look around, is if you want to eat something there.
Dubai's population is 80% expats. Fortunately, their signs are written in English as well as Arabic.
All of the food is imported. We have had wonderful nectarines from California.
Jennifer continues to study the 100,000 name book. I am still calling her Matilda, it won't be her name but in like it better than baby girl.
So we go to the pool after walking and breakfast. Stefan takes a nap and then we make scooter movies with the iPad.
We went to see the world's larges piece of plexiglass in the aquarium at the Dubai mall. And then today at the aqua park they also had an aquarium. With rays, sharks, purple and yellow and blacks zebra striped fish.
We went to Aquadventure at Atlantis which is on The Palm. Both boys slid down the slides, with great abandon. Stefan didn't much like the big bucket when it dumps out. It's a lot of water dumping. Fortunately they ring a bell so you know when it's coming. I have been here a week.
It's Ramadan and what that means for us is that you can't eat or drink in public, or in your car. There are some restaurants open that have film on their windows, so that people on the outside can't see you eating and if you are inside you can see out. At the malls, no music was playing.We went to get our toes done, and jennifer had to go into the massage room to drink some water.
After it gets dark, the natives come out in their black dresses for the women and white dresses for the men.
Starbucks fills up, the restaurants are hopping, and you can buy popcorn at the movies!
Anders and I went to see Mr. Poppers penguins, jennifer and I went to see bridesmaids. Mr. Poppers penguins was much more entertaining.
We walk on the path in the back nearly every day. We measured it last night and it is about 1/4 of a mile. We are usually walking around 7:30. No sleeping in for this group. Anders rides his bike, Stefan rides his scooter and Jennifer and I walk. Sometimes, Cathy comes, she's the nanny, cook and all around wonderful person to have on staff.
The malls are big and have many levels. They usually have a playground for the children. Not like the play areas at some of the malls in Dallas. You have to pay to get into these play areas.
Dubai is also famous for the tallest building in the world. There is also a hotel here called the Burg (sp)! It looks like a sailboat. We were going to have tea there but it costs $135 per person for tea and that's the only way you can come in and look around, is if you want to eat something there.
Dubai's population is 80% expats. Fortunately, their signs are written in English as well as Arabic.
All of the food is imported. We have had wonderful nectarines from California.
Jennifer continues to study the 100,000 name book. I am still calling her Matilda, it won't be her name but in like it better than baby girl.
So we go to the pool after walking and breakfast. Stefan takes a nap and then we make scooter movies with the iPad.
We went to see the world's larges piece of plexiglass in the aquarium at the Dubai mall. And then today at the aqua park they also had an aquarium. With rays, sharks, purple and yellow and blacks zebra striped fish.
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